It is not clear to me what you mean by "test". Is a test the class containing the various test methods or does "test" refer to each test method? For example, Given the MyTest class mention in my previous post, is MyTest the "test" or are the methods a() and b() "tests"?
If the latter, you could try,
public class MyTest { Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(MyTest.class);
@Test a() { MDC.put("testname", "myTest_a"); logger.info("a says hello"); ... }
@Test b() { MDC.put("testname", "myTest_b"); logger.info("b says hello"); ... } }
Let me try to explain what I am after: First: For me a "test" is a process. Executing 1,2,3,n-1,n method which could log information. But to keep it simple, executing method a() in class MyTest is a test (Create/append/truncate file myTest_a.log) An other test, executing method b() in class MyTest is a test (Create/append/truncate file myTest_b.log) Second: Lets use your class and methods for a simple application: Public Class MyApp { public static void main(String args[]) { MyTest myTest = new MyTest(); myTest.a(); myTest.b(); if (errors in method a) { delete file (myTest_a.log) myTest.a(); } } } If you run the code in file myTest_a.log there are 2 lines mentioned: a says hello a says hello because the file is in use. In case there are errors the (call myTest.a() again) the file myTest_a.log must be deleted and the next call must recreate the file. -Patrick