package test.configurationfailurepolicy; import org.testng.SkipException; import org.testng.annotations.BeforeMethod; import org.testng.annotations.Test; public class ClassWithSkippingBeforeMethod { private int invocations = 0; @BeforeMethod public void beforeMethod() { invocations++; if (invocations ==2) throw new SkipException("skipping"); } @Test public void test1() {} @Test public void test2() {} }