Global Random Number for all test-cases

Question

I would like to have a global variable, to be used in all of my tests, hence I configured in: citrus-context.xml the following:

<citrus:global-variables>
    <citrus:variable name="myVariableName" value="citrus:randomNumber(3)"/>
</citrus:global-variables>

This seems to work, but the generated variable is changed to a new random number, everytime I refer to this variable.

${myVariableName} ${myVariableName} ${myVariableName}
835               165               516

What is the preferred way to generate a random number to be used in all tests?

Answer 1

I solved this on my own, by implementing a BeforeSuite. Thanks to this post here: How should i pass variable extracted From Payload thru test classes? So, this is how I did this:

public class InitializationTest extends TestDesignerBeforeSuiteSupport {

    @Override
    public void beforeSuite(TestDesigner designer) {
        designer.createVariable("myGlobalNumber", RandomNumberFunction.getRandomNumber(3, true));

        designer.action(new AbstractTestAction() {
            @Override public void doExecute(TestContext testContext) {
                testContext.getGlobalVariables()
                        .put("myGlobalNumber", testContext.getVariable("myGlobalNumber"));
            }
        });

    }
}