Overview

IsTestMethod and IsTestTemplateMethod currently validate that @Test and @TestTemplate methods have a void return type; however, IsTestFactoryMethod only validates that @TestFactory methods do not have a void return type. Consequently, @TestFactory return types are not validated during the discovery phase.

On the other hand, @TestFactory return types are in fact validated during the execution phase, but this is late and inconsistent with the behavior for all other types of testable methods.

Related Issues

• Introduce error handling mechanism for validation and discovery errors #242
• Forbid return values from test and lifecycle methods #835

Deliverables

• Move @TestFactory method return type validation from TestFactoryTestDescriptor to IsTestFactoryMethod.
• Enable @Disabled tests in IsTestFactoryMethodTests.