JUnit crashes saying method should be static, then crashes saying it shouldn't?

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I'm trying to make a simple example test in JUnit that tests two things, then does teardown. ``` import org.junit.*; public class TestFoobar { @Test public void testOneThing() { // Code that tests one thing } @Test public void testAnotherThing() { // Code that tests another thing } @AfterClass @Test public void tearDownClass() throws Exception { // Code executed after the last test method } } ``` When I try to run this, it crashes saying `tearDownClass` has to be static: ``` $ javac TestFoobar.java -cp junit-4.8.2.jar $ java -cp junit-4.8.2.jar:. org.junit.runner.JUnitCore TestFoobar JUnit version 4.8.2 .E Time: 0.01 There was 1 failure: 1) initializationError(TestFoobar) java.lang.Exception: Method tearDownClass() should be static at org.junit.runners.model.FrameworkMethod.validatePublicVoid(FrameworkMethod.java:83) at org.junit.runners.model.FrameworkMethod.validatePublicVoidNoArg(FrameworkMethod.java:66) at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.validatePublicVoidNoArgMethods(ParentRunner.…

Accepted Answer

You have extraneous annotations. it should be:

```
@AfterClass
public static void tearDownClass() throws Exception {
    // Code executed after the last test method 
}
```

That method itself should be static in order to perform the teardown, and itself should not be a `@Test`.

JUnit crashes saying method should be static, then crashes saying it shouldn't?

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