Index: contrib/benchmark/src/test/org/apache/lucene/benchmark/quality/TestQualityRun.java
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--- contrib/benchmark/src/test/org/apache/lucene/benchmark/quality/TestQualityRun.java	(revision 921633)
+++ contrib/benchmark/src/test/org/apache/lucene/benchmark/quality/TestQualityRun.java	(working copy)
@@ -35,9 +35,8 @@
 import org.apache.lucene.benchmark.quality.utils.SubmissionReport;
 import org.apache.lucene.search.IndexSearcher;
 import org.apache.lucene.store.FSDirectory;
+import org.apache.lucene.util.LuceneTestCase;
 
-import junit.framework.TestCase;
-
 /**
  * Test that quality run does its job.
  * <p>
@@ -45,9 +44,7 @@
  * this test will not work correctly, as it does not dynamically
  * generate its test trec topics/qrels!
  */
-public class TestQualityRun extends TestCase {
-
-  private static boolean DEBUG = Boolean.getBoolean("tests.verbose");
+public class TestQualityRun extends LuceneTestCase {
   
   public TestQualityRun(String name) {
     super(name);
@@ -63,7 +60,7 @@
     int maxResults = 1000;
     String docNameField = "doctitle"; // orig docID is in the linedoc format title 
     
-    PrintWriter logger = DEBUG ? new PrintWriter(System.out,true) : null;
+    PrintWriter logger = VERBOSE ? new PrintWriter(System.out,true) : null;
 
     // <tests src dir> for topics/qrels files - src/test/org/apache/lucene/benchmark/quality
     File srcTestDir = new File(new File(new File(new File(new File(
@@ -89,7 +86,7 @@
     QualityQueryParser qqParser = new SimpleQQParser("title","body");
     QualityBenchmark qrun = new QualityBenchmark(qqs, qqParser, searcher, docNameField);
     
-    SubmissionReport submitLog = DEBUG ? new SubmissionReport(logger, "TestRun") : null;
+    SubmissionReport submitLog = VERBOSE ? new SubmissionReport(logger, "TestRun") : null;
     qrun.setMaxResults(maxResults);
     QualityStats stats[] = qrun.execute(judge, submitLog, logger);
     
Index: src/test/org/apache/lucene/util/LuceneTestCase.java
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--- src/test/org/apache/lucene/util/LuceneTestCase.java	(revision 921633)
+++ src/test/org/apache/lucene/util/LuceneTestCase.java	(working copy)
@@ -54,6 +54,12 @@
  */
 public abstract class LuceneTestCase extends TestCase {
 
+  /**
+   * true iff tests are run in verbose mode. Note: if it is false, tests are not
+   * expected to print any messages.
+   */
+  protected static final boolean VERBOSE = Boolean.getBoolean("tests.verbose");
+
   public static final Version TEST_VERSION_CURRENT = LuceneTestCaseJ4.TEST_VERSION_CURRENT;
 
   private int savedBoolMaxClauseCount;
Index: src/test/org/apache/lucene/util/LuceneTestCaseJ4.java
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--- src/test/org/apache/lucene/util/LuceneTestCaseJ4.java	(revision 921633)
+++ src/test/org/apache/lucene/util/LuceneTestCaseJ4.java	(working copy)
@@ -77,6 +77,12 @@
 //@RunWith(RunBareWrapper.class)
 public class LuceneTestCaseJ4 {
 
+  /**
+   * true iff tests are run in verbose mode. Note: if it is false, tests are not
+   * expected to print any messages.
+   */
+  protected static final boolean VERBOSE = Boolean.getBoolean("tests.verbose");
+
   /** Change this when development starts for new Lucene version: */
   public static final Version TEST_VERSION_CURRENT = Version.LUCENE_31;