Cannot execute tests declared in abstract classes

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Assume we have a test Class B which extends an abstract class A. A has a test method methodA.

Expected Behavior

When running test B#methodA using the AlfrescoTestRunner, the runner should instantiate the class being executed, i.e B.

Current Behavior

The remote AlfrescoTestRunner tries to instantiate the class A instead of B. Since A is abstract, an InstantiationException is thrown \:

RunTestWebScript: Start executing ... RunTestWebScript: clazzAndMethod = me.tartard.alfresco.demo.PR491.AbstractIT#test RunTestWebScript: [clazz=me.tartard.alfresco.demo.PR491.AbstractIT][method=test] RunTestWebScript: model = {result=FAILURE, throwables=[rO0ABXNyACBqYXZhLmxhbmcuSW5zdGFudGlhdGlvbkV4Y2VwdGlvborYPidN1YWKAgAAeHIAJmphdmE ...], failures=[test(me.tartard.alfresco.demo.PR491.AbstractIT): null], test=me.tartard.alfresco.demo.PR491.AbstractIT#test#test, ignoreCount=0, wasSuccessful=false, runTime=32, runCount=1, resultObject=org.junit.runner .Result@7ae67e6c, failureCount=1} RunTestWebScript: Stopped executing Tests run: 2, Failures: 0, Errors: 1, Skipped: 0, Time elapsed: 4.104 sec <<< FAILURE! - in me.tartard.alfresco.demo.PR491.ChildIT test(me.tartard.alfresco.demo.PR491.ChildIT) Time elapsed: 0.424 sec <<< ERROR! java.lang.InstantiationException

Results :

Tests in error: ChildIT.test » Instantiation

Possible Solution

Merge Pull Request #491

Steps to Reproduce (for bugs)

Run :

$ git clone https://github.com/Alfresco/alfresco-sdk.git
$ cd alfresco-sdk/modules/alfresco-rad
$ mvn clean install -DskipTests

Run :

$ git clone https://github.com/tartard/test-sdk3.git
$ cd test-sdk3
$ mvn clean verify -Dit.test=ChildIT

Context

We are currently migrating our projects from SDK 2.1.1 to SDK 3.0.1 to prepare an Alfresco migration from v5.0.1 to v5.2. In our projects we have a lot of integration tests and are trying to make them pass using the AlfrescoTestRunner.

Your Environment

Alfresco SDK version used: 3.0.1
Alfresco version used: Enterprise 5.0.1
Output of command 'mvn -version': Apache Maven 3.3.3 (7994120775791599e205a5524ec3e0dfe41d4a06; 2015-04-22T13:57:37+02:00) Maven home: C:\Users\b88779\Programmes\apache-maven-3.3.3 Java version: 1.8.0_144, vendor: Oracle Corporation Java home: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_144\jre Default locale: fr_FR, platform encoding: Cp1252 OS name: "windows 7", version: "6.1", arch: "amd64", family: "dos"

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