@RepeatedTest in JUnit 5

@RepeatedTest annotation is used in JUnit 5 in order to specify the number of times the test method should execute. This annotation is used to measure the Robustness of a specific test case.

Syntax of @RepeatedTest

@RepeatedTest (value, name)

Where,

• value: It represents the number of times the test must execute repeatedly.
• name (optional): It represents the display name for every time the test executes.

JUnit 5 is a widely used testing framework in the Java ecosystem. It is the successor of JUnit 4 and is designed to address its limitations. JUnit framework allows the developers to write and run the tests for their Java code. These tests help ensure that the code functions correctly and continues to work as expected as changes are made. JUnit 5 provides a variety of annotations and one such annotation is `@RepeatedTest`. In this article, let us understand about @RepeatedTest annotation in JUnit 5.

Prerequisites

To understand this, we need to have some prerequisites.

• It is essential to have knowledge of at least Java version 8.
• Understanding of build management tools like Maven or Gradle.
• Java Integrated Development Environment (IDE) such as Eclipse, IntelliJ IDEA, or Visual Studio Code.