An easier option is to use the @BeforeMethod annotation on a method which checks your condition. If you want to skip the tests, then just throw a SkipException. Like this: @BeforeMethod protected void checkEnvironment() { if (!resourceAvailable) { throw new SkipException(“Skipping tests because resource was not available.”); } }
A simple example is java.io.OutputStream. The template method is public void write(byte b[], int off, int len). It calls the abstract method public abstract void write(int b), which must be implemented by a subclass of OutputStream. In this case the invariant portion of the template is the basic error handling that is common to every … Read more
The method returns a type of whatever you expect it to be (<X> is defined in the method and is absolutely unbounded). This is very, very dangerous as no provision is made that the return type actually matches the returned value. The only advantage this has is that you don’t have to cast the return … Read more