Access ScalaTest test name from inside test?

Question

Is it possible to access the name of the currently executing test, from within a ScalaTest test? (And how would I do it?)

Background:

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Answer 1

Here's a solution. Extend this class instead of FreeSpec. License: CC0.

Edit: This doesn't work with concurrent tests though.

(The difference between this approach and the other answer, is that 1) here there's a currentTestName field, and in the other answer the test name is passed to the test body, and 2) this test name includes all test branch names concatenated + the actual test name, whereas the other answer's test name is exactly the test name (without test branch names).)

_{(Ooops, you'd need to use getOrElse ... instead of my lovely getOrDie.)}

/**
 * Adds a field `currentTestName` that you can use inside a FreeSpec test,
 * if you for example have many tests that take rather long, and you wonder
 * which one is currently running.
 */
trait RichFreeSpec extends FreeSpec {

  private var _currentTestName: Option[String] = None
  def currentTestName = _currentTestName getOrDie "DwE90RXP2"

  protected override def runTest(testName: String, args: org.scalatest.Args) {
    _currentTestName = Some(testName)
    super.runTest(testName, args)
  }
}