java - Running JUnit tests with and without before/after hooks -

i have situation need able run suite of junit tests under 2 different "modes":

• with first mode, use @before , @after annotations/methods used; but...
• with second mode, not use these annotations/methods, run same @test methods

for example:

public class widgettest {     @before     void start() {         // start work.     }      @after     void stop() {         // shutdown work.     }      @test     public void testwidget() {         // given/when/then, etc.     } } 

in "mode #1", want @before , @after methods (start() , stop() respectively) execute before/after testwidget(). in "mode #2", only want testwidget() method fire.

the best can come is:

public class widgettest {     private boolean usehooks;      // ctor, getter , setter 'usehooks'.      @before     void start() {         if(usehooks) {             // start work.         }     }      @after     void stop() {         if(usehooks) {             // shutdown work.         }     }      @test     public void testwidget() {         // given/when/then, etc.     } } 

but presents additional problem: how inject usehooks test suite? kind of hacky, , guess i'm hoping junit supports kind of use case out of box.

is there way accomplish this? if so, how?

check out @category annotation