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Change display name of unit tests in JUnit Eclipse plugin [message #869403]

Thu, 03 May 2012 10:53

Henrik Jernevad

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Registered: May 2012

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Is it possible for an Eclipse plugin to change the display name of unit tests run by the default Eclipse JUnit plugin?

Some background: I'm trying to create a plugin which will display unit test names (in the JUnit view in Eclipse) a bit different from the actual method name. If the actual test method name is "anEmptyCollectionHasSizeZero" I want it to be displayed in the Eclipse JUnit view as "An empty collection has size zero".

I've managed to display the test method names in the way described above as a separate view in a plugin, but would as I said like to get this feature integrated in the normal JUnit view. I tried to see if I could find a related extension point, but could not find anything. Is it possible to do this?

Also, is there a plugin which already does this, or similar?

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Re: Change display name of unit tests in JUnit Eclipse plugin [message #870103 is a reply to message #869403]

Sun, 06 May 2012 13:39

Stephan Herrmann

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Registered: July 2009

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Hi Henrik,

Your use case sounds very specific to me, so you shouldn't expect a dedicated extension point just for this scenario. The official answer will most likely be: no, that's not possible.

If you still want to adapt the JUnit plugin in this way, you may want to look into technology that allows you to hook into existing plugins even where no extension point exists.
You could, e.g., use Object Teams - the following links should get you started:
- http://wiki.eclipse.org/Object_Teams_Quick-Start
- http://www.eclipse.org/objectteams/
- http://www.eclipse.org/forums/eclipse.objectteams (for questions)

best,
Stephan

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