We can disable test in TestNG by using the attribute “enabled=false” for the @Test method. We will see how to disable a test with a code example.

Code Example to disable a Test

public class TestNGDisableTest {

@Test(enabled=false) 
 public void disabledMethod() 
 { 
 System.out.println("In disabledMethod.. This never runs..!");
 }

}

 

Note that for enabled method the attribute switch (enabled=true) is by default. So you may skip the switch for enabled method.

One of the most common errors that is usually make is adding dependency of a disabled test . In the next section we will see what happens when we add dependency of a disabled test.

import org.testng.annotations.Test;

public class TestNGDisableTest {
  
@Test(enabled=false)
public void disabledMethod()
{ 
  System.out.println("In disabledMethod"); 
} 
    
     
@Test(dependsOnMethods={"disabledMethod"}) 
public void dependentMethod()
{ 
  System.out.println("In dependentMethod"); 
 
}

}

 

If we run the above test class we would get exception as below.

org.testng.TestNGException:
com.testingdocs.testng.sample.TestNGDisableTest.dependentMethod() is depending on method public void com.testingdocs.testng.sample.TestNGDisableTest.disabledMethod(), which is not annotated with @Test or not included.