Dependency between tests in Selenium Java - Test Execution Trace

Test Overview

This test suite demonstrates dependency between tests using Selenium in Java. The first test logs in a user, and the second test depends on the login test to verify the user profile page.

Test Code - JUnit 5 with Selenium WebDriver

Selenium Java

import org.junit.jupiter.api.*;
import org.openqa.selenium.*;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;
import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;

@TestMethodOrder(MethodOrderer.OrderAnnotation.class)
public class DependencyTest {
    static WebDriver driver;

    @BeforeAll
    public static void setup() {
        driver = new ChromeDriver();
        driver.manage().window().maximize();
    }

    @Test
    @Order(1)
    public void testLogin() {
        driver.get("https://example.com/login");
        WebElement username = driver.findElement(By.id("username"));
        WebElement password = driver.findElement(By.id("password"));
        WebElement loginButton = driver.findElement(By.id("loginBtn"));

        username.sendKeys("testuser");
        password.sendKeys("password123");
        loginButton.click();

        WebElement welcomeMessage = driver.findElement(By.id("welcomeMsg"));
        assertTrue(welcomeMessage.isDisplayed(), "Welcome message should be visible after login");
    }

    @Test
    @Order(2)
    public void testUserProfile() {
        // This test depends on successful login
        driver.get("https://example.com/profile");
        WebElement profileHeader = driver.findElement(By.tagName("h1"));
        assertEquals("User Profile", profileHeader.getText(), "Profile page header should be 'User Profile'");
    }

    @AfterAll
    public static void teardown() {
        if (driver != null) {
            driver.quit();
        }
    }
}

Execution Trace - 8 Steps

Step	Action	System State	Assertion	Result
1	Test suite setup: Launch Chrome browser and maximize window	Chrome browser opened, blank page	-	PASS
2	Navigate to login page at https://example.com/login	Login page loaded with username, password fields and login button	-	PASS
3	Find username, password input fields and login button	Elements located by id: username, password, loginBtn	-	PASS
4	Enter username 'testuser' and password 'password123', then click login button	Login form submitted	-	PASS
5	Find welcome message element by id 'welcomeMsg'	Welcome message displayed on page	Verify welcome message is visible	PASS
6	Navigate to user profile page at https://example.com/profile	Profile page loaded with header	-	PASS
7	Find profile page header element by tag name 'h1'	Header element found with text 'User Profile'	Verify header text equals 'User Profile'	PASS
8	Test suite teardown: Close browser	Browser closed	-	PASS

Failure Scenario

Failing Condition: Login test fails causing user not to be logged in before profile test runs

Execution Trace Quiz - 3 Questions

What ensures that the user profile test runs only after the login test?

A The profile test calls the login test method explicitly

B The use of WebDriverWait in the profile test

C The @Order annotation specifying test execution order

D JUnit automatically runs tests in alphabetical order

Key Result

Use test ordering annotations to manage dependencies between tests, ensuring prerequisite tests run first to set up required state.