Re: [Junit-devel] Why is tearDown() not called when there are exceptions in setUp()?

[Barrie T. <bae...@gm...>]

It was an easy fix.
I've submitted patch id 1166866.


On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 16:31:28 +1030, Barrie Treloar <bae...@gm...> wrote:
> Do you have code for this, or should I grab the cvs and submit a patch myself?
> 
> 
> On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 07:53:07 -0700, Dean Hiller <de...@xs...> wrote:
> > may be a bug.  I remember some code I submitted a while back to JUnit was
> > committed with a bug, and I sent a message that it needed to be fixed but
> > don't know if it was.
> >
> > Basically, JUnit is now supposed to run setup and if there is an exception
> > save it, run teardown and if there is another exception, discard it and
> > throw the one from setup.  Same for test cases.  This is because alot of the
> > time, an exception in teardown can be due to an exception in the test case
> > or the setup that happened first and if the first one is fixed, the teardown
> > will be fixed to.
> > thanks,
> > dean
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Barrie Treloar" <bae...@gm...>
> > To: <jun...@li...>
> > Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 8:46 PM
> > Subject: [Junit-devel] Why is tearDown() not called when there are
> > exceptions in setUp()?
> >
> > >I notice the unit test in
> > >    junit.tests.framework.TestCaseTest.testTearDownSetupFails()
> > > specifically is written to show that an Exception in setUp() does not
> > > call tearDown().
> > >
> > > Is there a reason for this?
> > > I've tried searching on the net for the reason behind it by have come up
> > > blank.
> > >
> > > When I place setup code inside the test and an Exception occurs the
> > > tearDown() method will be called.
> > >
> > > However, if I then move this to be common across all test fixtures by
> > > placing it inside setUp() then the test behaves differently because
> > > now tearDown() is not called.
> > >
> > > Can anyone provide any insights into this please?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > Bae
> > >
> > >
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