Passing params to @BeforeClass and @AfterClass methods

Question

I am invoking TestNG programmaticaly. I use Data Providers to pass values to test method. Is there any way if I can pass a parameter to @BeforeClass and @AfterClass methods?

Answer 1

You can try @Parameters for @BeforeMethod if that helps.

TestNG JavaDocs for Parameters

TestNG Documentation for Parameters

Answer 2

I was also looking for the same but I tried to pass parameters to @BeforeMethod , @BeforeClass , @BeforeSuite and @Test methods and observed that it works for all except @BeforeClass but when I tried with @BeforeClass , no error is thrown.

Instead of going for @BeforeClass , you can pass parameters to @BeforeSuite which might help you to achieve your goal.