How to attach a DataPoint with a Theory?

Question

@DataPoints public static final Integer[] input1={1,2};
@Theory
@Test
public void test1(int input1){

}

@DataPoints public static final Integer[] input2={3,4};
@Theory
         


        

Answer 1

DataPoints apply to the class. If you have a @Theory method which takes an int, and you have a DataPoint which is an array of ints, then it will be called with the int.

@RunWith(Theories.class)
public class TheoryTest {
    @DataPoint public static int input1 = 45;
    @DataPoint public static int input2 = 46;
    @DataPoints public static String[] inputs = new String[] { "foobar", "barbar" };

    @Theory public void testString1(String input) {
        System.out.println("testString1 input=" + input);
    }

    @Theory public void testString2(String input) {
        System.out.println("testString2 input=" + input);
    }

    @Theory public void test1(int input) {
        System.out.println("test1 input=" + input);
    }

    @Theory public void test2(int input) {
        System.out.println("test2 input=" + input);
    }
}

This calls test1 with 45 & 46, and test2 with 45 & 46. It calls testString1 with "foobar" and "barbar" and testString2 with "foobar" and "barbar".

If you really want to use different data sets for different theories, you can wrap the data in a private class:

@RunWith(Theories.class)
public class TheoryTest {
    public static class I1 { int i; public I1(int i) { this.i = i;} }
    public static class I2 { int i; public I2(int i) { this.i = i;} }

    @DataPoint public static I1 input1 = new I1(45);
    @DataPoint public static I2 input2 = new I2(46);

    @Theory
    public void test1(I1 input) {
        System.out.println("test1 input=" + input.i);
    }

    @Theory
    public void test2(I2 input) {
        System.out.println("test2 input=" + input.i);
    }
}

This calls test1 with 45 and test2 with 46. This works, but in my opinion, it obscures the code, and it may be a better solution to just split the Test class into two classes.