Seeing that @BeforeClass and @PostConstruct methods cannot be used for global test setup, the only possibiliy that seems left is using @Before. I don't consider this to be the perfect solution. Typically the tests end up doing redundant work.

Have I missed something?

If no - is there a roadmap for providing a replacement for @BeforeClass? If no - why not? Are there technical reasons or is it a priority issue?

Thank you,

Konstantin