@BeforeTest
@Parameters({"selenium.host", "selenium.port", "selenium.browser", "selenium.url" })
public void startServer(String host, String port, String browser, String url) throws Exception {
selenium = new DefaultSelenium(host, Integer.parseInt(port), browser, url);
selenium.start();
}
testng.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE suite SYSTEM "http://testng.org/testng-1.0.dtd">
<suite name="SL-Grid" parallel="false">
<parameter name="username" value="test" />
<parameter name="password" value="test1" />
<test name="SL-Chrome" preserve-order="true">
<parameter name="selenium.host" value="localhost"></parameter>
<parameter name="selenium.port" value="5555"></parameter>
<parameter name="selenium.browser" value="*googlechrome"></parameter>
<parameter name="selenium.url" value="http://properurl:8080/"></parameter>
<classes>
<class name="com.TestBase" /> // Base class where all generic methods, setUp and tearDown methods present
<class name="com.Login"> // Login related methods and inherit TestBase
<methods>
<include name="loginPage" />
<include name="signIn" />
</methods>
</class>
<class name="com.Page1">
<methods>
<include name="clickLinkA" />
<include name="isTextBoxXXXPresent" />
</methods> </class></classes></test>
<test name="SL-Firefox" preserve-order="true">
<parameter name="selenium.host" value="172.16.4.21"></parameter>
<parameter name="selenium.port" value="5556"></parameter>
<parameter name="selenium.browser" value="*firefox"></parameter>
<parameter name="selenium.url" value="http://properurl:8080/"></parameter>
<classes>
<class name="com.TestBase" /> // Base class where all generic methods, setUp and tearDown methods present
<class name="com.Login"> // Login related methods and inherit TestBase
<methods>
<include name="loginPage" />
<include name="signIn" />
</methods>
</class>
<class name="com.Page2">
<methods>
<include name="clickLinkB" />
<include name="isListBoxXXXPresent" />
</methods> </class></classes></test>
</suite>
Upon running the suite, it is expected to invoke startServer() from TestBase -> loginPage() and SignIn() from Login -> clickLinkA() and isTextBoxXXXPresent() from Page1. However, sometimes the system initiates methods from Page1 class first, resulting in failure (as signIn is not invoked).
If you have any insights on what might be going wrong here or better ways to design this process, or any alternatives to preserve-order, please feel free to share.