[HADOOP-9330] Add custom JUnit4 test runner with configurable timeout

• Type: Test
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 3.0.0-alpha1
• Fix Version/s: 3.0.0-alpha1
• Component/s: test
• Assignee: Steve Loughran
• Reporter: Steve Loughran
• Created: 23/Feb/13 18:51
• Updated: 29/Jun/16 10:54
• Resolved: 29/Jun/16 03:41

Description

HADOOP-9112 has added a requirement for all new test methods to declare a timeout, so that jenkins/maven builds will have better information on a timeout.

Hard coding timeouts into tests is dangerous as it will generate spurious failures on slower machines/networks and when debugging a test.

I propose providing a custom JUnit4 test runner that test cases can declare as their test runner; this can provide timeouts specified at run-time, rather than in-source.

Issue Links

• relates to: HADOOP-12439 test-patch should -1 for @Tests without a timeout