Inheritance + dependsOnMethods

Test case sample

public abstract class Base {
    @Test
    void test() {
        assertEquals(getClass().getSimpleName(), "Test1");
    }
}

class Test1 extends Base {
    @Test(dependsOnMethods = "test")
    void otherTest() {}
}

class Test2 extends Base {
    @Test(dependsOnMethods = "test")
    void otherTest() {}
}

Expected behavior

Actual behavior

TestNG Version

7.4.0 I do not know if it worked in the past

Is the issue reproducible on runner?

• Shell
• Maven
• Gradle
• Ant
• Eclipse
• IntelliJ
• NetBeans

I do not understand if actual behavior is intended or is a bug, but would that be ok to change it? if not, is there any option that I could override it?

[krmahadevan]

@juherr - To be honest, I am not sure what should the behaviour be. I was just gathering information from @karolrom-intel so that we can figure out what to do with this. The current behaviour in my opinion is counter intuitive.

[juherr]

@krmahadevan I think the test inheritance is often used like “import tests from parent” (copy/paste). About a potential fix, it just means that the test name depends on the instance and not only on the declaring class. I will be curious to see if changing it will break tests or not.

Do you see a valid use case for the current behavior?