As shown in below robot file, I have three testcases. I want to stop the test execution, if TESTCASE1 fails. TESTCASE2 should be executed only if TESTCASE1 passes.
*** Settings ***
Library pythonLib
*** Test cases ***
TESTCASE1
boot device
TESTCASE2
configure device
TESTCASE3
restart device
Is there any keyword or custom way to do this ?
There is a command line option for this, if you want the behavior that robot should stop running as soon as any test fails. This option is --exitonfailure. From the robot framework user guide, in a section titled Stopping when the first test fails:
If option
--exitonfailureis used, test execution stops immediately if any critical test fails. Also the remaining tests are marked as failed.
You might also want to take a look at this answer to the question Automatic failing/non-execution of interdependent tests in Robot Framework, which shows how to write a keyword to implement dependencies between test cases.
There are multiple ways to get the job done, each appropriate for different situations.
The command line option --exitonfailure aborts the test run after any testcase fails, unless it is marked noncritical.
You might only want to abort if exactly TESTCASE1 fails. The Fatal Error keyword exist just for this purpose:
TESTCASE1
${passed}= Run Keyword And Return Status boot device
Run Keyword If not ${passed} Fatal Error
If this seems clunky to you, you can throw fatal errors directly from Python/Java.
These tools will get the job done, and are appropriate in some cases. Although in the asker's case, I observe:
boot device.To me that is not a testcase. That is a setup. If you need a setup to run once before a suite of testcases, you should specify it as a Suite Setup.
***Settings***
Suite Setup boot device
