The @JoinPoint annotation would actually contains 4 members:

/**
 * @author <a href="mailto:julien@jboss.org">Julien Viet</a>
 * @version $Revision: 1.1 $
 */
public @interface JoinPoint
{

 /**
 * The request count.
 *
 * @return the request count
 */
 int count() default 0;

 /**
 * The portlet id.
 *
 * @return the portlet id
 */
 String portletId();

 /**
 * The node id.
 *
 * @return the node id
 */
 NodeId node() default NodeId.DEFAULT;

 /**
 * The phase id.
 *
 * @return the phase id
 */
 PhaseId phase() default PhaseId.RENDER;
}

The other way to do would be to use some public field which would allow a more typed approach and enforce the contract with the different actions:

@TCK(4)
public class InitializeBeforeHandle
{
 @JoinPoint(portletId = InitializeBeforeHandlePortlet.NAME)
 public PortletRenderTestAction tmp = new PortletRenderTestAction()
 {
 protected DriverResponse run(Portlet portlet, RenderRequest request, RenderResponse response, PortletTestContext context) throws PortletException, IOException
 {
 Assert.assertTrue(InitializeBeforeHandlePortlet.init);
 return new EndTestResponse();
 }
 };
}

Another example of a more complex test case using the "method" style:

@TCK({5,6,8})
public class ExceptionsOnInit
{

 @JoinPoint(portletId=PortletExceptionDuringInitPortlet.NAME)
 public DriverResponse a(Portlet portlet, RenderRequest request, RenderResponse response, PortletTestContext context)
 {
 PortletExceptionDuringInitPortlet.rendered = true;
 return null;
 }

 @JoinPoint(portletId= RuntimeExceptionDuringInitPortlet.NAME)
 public DriverResponse b(Portlet portlet, RenderRequest request, RenderResponse response, PortletTestContext context)
 {
 PortletExceptionDuringInitPortlet.rendered = true;
 return null;
 }

 @JoinPoint(portletId= UnavailableExceptionDuringInitPortlet.NAME)
 public DriverResponse c(Portlet portlet, RenderRequest request, RenderResponse response, PortletTestContext context)
 {
 UnavailableExceptionDuringInitPortlet.rendered = true;
 return null;
 }

 @JoinPoint(portletId= UTP1.NAME)
 public DriverResponse d(Portlet portlet, RenderRequest request, RenderResponse response, PortletTestContext context)
 {
 return new InvokeGetResponse(response.createRenderURL().toString());
 }

 @JoinPoint(count=1, portletId=UTP1.NAME)
 public DriverResponse e(Portlet portlet, RenderRequest request, RenderResponse response, PortletTestContext context)
 {
 return new InvokeGetResponse(response.createRenderURL().toString());
 }

 @JoinPoint(count=2, portletId=UTP1.NAME)
 public DriverResponse f(Portlet portlet, RenderRequest request, RenderResponse response, PortletTestContext context)
 {
 //portlets shouldn't render itself
 assertEquals(false, PortletExceptionDuringInitPortlet.rendered);
 assertEquals(false, UnavailableExceptionDuringInitPortlet.rendered);
 assertEquals(false, RuntimeExceptionDuringInitPortlet.rendered);

 //and shouldn't be destroyed as Exceptions on init() were throwed
 assertEquals(false, PortletExceptionDuringInitPortlet.destroyed);
 assertEquals(false, UnavailableExceptionDuringInitPortlet.destroyed);
 assertEquals(false, RuntimeExceptionDuringInitPortlet.destroyed);

 //
 return new EndTestResponse();
 }
}

So finally I chosed an intermediary solution for now and I migrated all test cases to it. A test case looks like

@TestCase({Assertion.JSR168_ABC,Assertion.JSR168_XYZ})
public class MyTestCase
{
 public MyTestCase(PortletTest seq)
 {
 seq.addAction(0, MyPortlet.RENDER_JOINPOINT, new PortletRenderTestAction()
 {
 protected DriverResponse run(Portlet portlet, RenderRequest request, RenderResponse response, PortletTestContext context)
 {
 // Code test case here
 return new EndTestResponse();
 }
 });
 }
}

public enum Assertion
{

 JSR168_4(new TCK(4), "After the portlet object is instantiated, the portlet container must" +
 " initialize the portlet before invoking it to handle requests"),

 JSR168_31(new TCK(31), "", Status.jbossUntestable("why?")),

 JSR168_33(new TCK(33), "", Status.duplicate(JSR168_36, "")),

 JSR168_49(new TCK(49), "", Status.postponed("spec?")),

}

I am done for now with that task.