import org.junit.runner.Description; import org.junit.runners.BlockJUnit4ClassRunner; import org.junit.runners.model.FrameworkMethod; import org.junit.runners.model.InitializationError; public class CustomRunner extends BlockJUnit4ClassRunner { public CustomRunner(Class<?> klass) throws InitializationError { super(klass); } /** * Returns a test Description with a null TestClass. * @param method method under test * @return a Description */ @Override protected Description describeChild(FrameworkMethod method) { return Description.createTestDescription("Not a real class name", testName(method), "someSerializable"); } }