Subclass of JUnit 4 annotation-based test won't be properly recognized as a JUnit test unless it contains at least one @Test annotated method, hence the Run test option is not available.

Consider the following example:

public class AbstractRepositoryTest {
private Repository repository;

protected AbstractRepositoryTest(Repository repository){
this.repository = repository;
}

@Test
public void testStore() {
.....
}
}


and the subclass:

public class MyRepositoryTest extends AbstractRepositoryTest {
public MyRepositoryTest() {
super(new MyRepository());
}
}

This is a very useful technique for verifying the same contract for different implementations. I do not want to add test-methods in the subclass. but if I do, the run test option is available and all the tests are executed properly.

Environment: Ubuntu

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