[SUREFIRE-1152] Option rerunFailingTestsCount silently fails with test suites

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.18.1
• Fix Version/s: 2.19
• Component/s: Maven Failsafe Plugin, Maven Surefire Plugin
• Assignee: Tibor Digana
• Reporter: Sean Flanigan
• Created: 10/Apr/15 04:50
• Updated: 06/Sep/15 21:14
• Resolved: 02/May/15 09:58

Description

After a test failure (with rerunFailingTestsCount > 0), the JUnit4*Provider.executeWithRerun calls execute again with a list of the failing testMethods, but JUnit4*Provider.execute silently fails to find the requested methods.

When testClass is actually a test suite class, it may not contain any methods at all (other than inherited java.lang.Object methods). The execute method iterates through the java.lang.Object methods, never finds a match for the testMethods, and silently fails to execute anything.