Customize Annotations in TestNG

As everyone knows, we are using TestNG annotations like @Test,@Beforetest etc. on daily basis.But are you aware in the same way we can create our customised annotations as per our requirement and do some cool stuffs like

1. To set author and category of testcases in Extent Report
2. To set implicit/explicit wait timeout directly at test level
3. To pass testcase id to test so that TC will pick automatically from Testrail/JIRA etc.

So lets see how we can achieve same in our automation framework:

Steps:

1. In eclipse, we have to create one annotation.

2. As per your requirement,Put automation code inside the Annotation.

3. Put this annotation inside you test method

4. Now integrate this annotation methods like author() and category() with your Reporting code so that when Extent report will generate accordingly

5. Write your logic to get author and category from annotation and use it in onTestStart method.

6. Now trigger the automation

Hurray..We can see Author and Category tag inside the Extent Report.We can implement same using Custom Annotation.

Happy Learning..!!