Presever-order=true does not work in selenium-grid

Question

@BeforeTest
@Parameters({"selenium.host", "selenium.port", "selenium.browser", "selenium.url" })
public void startServer(String host, String port, String browser, String url) throws Exception {      
        selenium = new DefaultSelenium(host, Integer.parseInt(port), browser, url);
        selenium.start();
    }

testng.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE suite SYSTEM "http://testng.org/testng-1.0.dtd">
<suite name="SL-Grid" parallel="false">

    <parameter name="username" value="test" />
    <parameter name="password" value="test1" /> 

<test name="SL-Chrome" preserve-order="true"> 
    <parameter name="selenium.host" value="localhost"></parameter> 
        <parameter name="selenium.port" value="5555"></parameter> 
        <parameter name="selenium.browser" value="*googlechrome"></parameter> 
        <parameter name="selenium.url" value="http://properurl:8080/"></parameter> 
        <classes>
            <class name="com.TestBase" /> // Base class where all generic methods, setUp and tearDown methods present
            <class name="com.Login"> // Login related methods and inherit TestBase
                <methods>
                    <include name="loginPage" />
                    <include name="signIn" />
                </methods>
            </class>
            <class name="com.Page1">
                <methods>               
                    <include name="clickLinkA" />
                    <include name="isTextBoxXXXPresent" />
</methods> </class></classes></test>

<test name="SL-Firefox" preserve-order="true"> 
    <parameter name="selenium.host" value="172.16.4.21"></parameter> 
        <parameter name="selenium.port" value="5556"></parameter> 
        <parameter name="selenium.browser" value="*firefox"></parameter> 
        <parameter name="selenium.url" value="http://properurl:8080/"></parameter> 
        <classes>
            <class name="com.TestBase" /> // Base class where all generic methods, setUp and tearDown methods present
            <class name="com.Login"> // Login related methods and inherit TestBase
                <methods>
                    <include name="loginPage" />
                    <include name="signIn" />
                </methods>
            </class>
            <class name="com.Page2">
                <methods>               
                    <include name="clickLinkB" />
                    <include name="isListBoxXXXPresent" />
</methods> </class></classes></test>

</suite>

When i run the suite it should invoke startServer() from TestBase -> loginPage() and SignIn() from Login -> clickLinkA() and isTextBoxXXXPresent() from Page1. But manytimes system first invokes mathods from Page1 class and so gets failed (since signIn is not invoked).

Can any one please tell me where i am wrong here. Or any other better way to design. or any alternate for preserve-order

Answer 1

I think this may be issue in TestNG which you can report to TestNg guys. But to overcome your issue, you can include your login & Signin method in your BeforeTest or call it in your test Method in this case clickLinkA. Hope this solves your prblm.