Mastering Software Testing with JUnit 5

Standard tests in JUnit 4

In JUnit 4, the @Test annotation (contained in package org.junit) represents a test. Any public method can be annotated with @Test to make it a test method.

In order to set up the test fixture, JUnit 4 provides the @Before annotation. This annotation can be used in any public method. Similarly, any public method annotated with @After gets executed after each test method execution. JUnit 4 provides two more annotations to enhance the test life cycle: @BeforeClass and @AfterClass. They are executed only once per test class, before and after all tests, respectively. The following picture depicts the life cycle of a JUnit 4 test case:

JUnit 4 test life cycle

@Before and @After can be applied to any public void methods. ...