afterAll() in protractor

afterAll() in protractor?

• afterAll() block will be executed only once, after executing the all it() blocks in a describe() block
• We can write multiple it() blocks in a describe() block.
• afterAll is normally used to write the code(steps) for close browser, close DB connections, etc.,. depends upon your requirements.

Demo on afterAll():

describe('First describe block', function () {
    it('First Test case - First describe block ', function () {
        console.log("First Test case in First describe block");
    });
    it('Second Test case - First describe block ', function () {
        console.log("Second Test case in First describe block");
    });
    afterAll(function () {
        console.log("afterAll block in First describe block");
    });
});
describe('Second describe block', function () {
    it('First Test case - second describe block ', function () {
        console.log("First Test case in second describe block");
    });
    it('Second Test case - second describe block ', function () {
        console.log("Second Test case in second describe block");
    });
    afterAll(function () {
        console.log("afterAll block in Second describe block");
    });
});

afterAll() in protractor
Run above spec file:

Output:


Here,till now afterAll() block scope is defined to specific describe() block only.
We can also declare afterAll() block to after the all describe() blocks in the spec file.

describe('First describe block', function () {
    it('First Test case - First describe block ', function () {
        console.log("First Test case in First describe block");
    });
    it('Second Test case - First describe block ', function () {
        console.log("Second Test case in First describe block");
    });
    afterAll(function () {
        console.log("afterAll block in First describe block");
    });
});
describe('Second describe block', function () {
    it('First Test case - second describe block ', function () {
        console.log("First Test case in second describe block");
    });
    it('Second Test case - second describe block ', function () {
        console.log("Second Test case in second describe block");
    });
    afterAll(function () {
        console.log("afterAll block in Second describe block");
    });
});afterAll(function () {
    console.log("afterAll block - after describe block(s)");
});

Output:

afterAll block in protractor

• Here, we observe that afterAll() blocks executed once after the all it() blocks.
  

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