Support for @BeforeDeployment or similar?

[genman]

I have a use case where I need to run a simple socket listener before my deployment is created. I came up with something cheesy like this:

public class PushTest extends Arquillian {

    static TestServer server = null;

    @Deployment
    public static WebArchive createTestArchive() {
         server = new TestServer();

The reason I don't run the mock server inside the container is it pulls in some different dependencies, although I suppose I could do that.

Another approach would be a way to have a '@RunAsClient' method execute before the deployment takes place?

[kpiwko]

Hi Elias,

the best way would be to write your own extension that observes BeforeDeployment event fired by Arquillian and executes a method that you define in Test, for instance by annotating with your own annotation.

An extension showcase doing more or less the thing you want is available here:

https://github.com/arquillian/arquillian-showcase/tree/master/extensions/lifecycle

HTH,

Karel