I'm using the Template Method Pattern for my test cases, i.e. they have the following structure: Parent(unittest.TestCase) | |---- Child1 |---- Child2 |---- Child3 Test cases are defined in the parent. Each child implements a certain different setup. When I run my tests with pytest (python -m pytest), I want the inherited tests in Child1 - Child3 to be run, but the ones defined in Parent should not run. They should also not yield a failing test. How can I do that? I'm using python_classes= in pytest.ini, so tests are not selected based on names. Changing that is not an option. I tried: Making Parent abstract. Result: Parent fails to instantiate, tests are marked as failed. Setting __test__ = False in Parent. Result: Child tests are also not executed. Continue reading...
