A rule runs a test case many times in parallel. Can be used for load tests. If more than one of the parallel executions fails, only the first fail is reported. Example: To run each test method in the class 5 times, add @rule public Manifold runParallel = new Manifold(5); to the class

Manifold.java

import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;

import org.junit.rules.TestRule;
import org.junit.runner.Description;
import org.junit.runners.model.Statement;

/**
 * A rule runs each test case many times in parallel. Can be used for load tests. If more than one
 * of the parallel executions fails, only the first fail is reported. Example: To run each test
 * method in the class 5 times, add <code>  @Rule
    public Manifold runParallel = new Manifold(5);</code> to the
 * class
 * 
 * @author Matthias Kempka
 */
public class Manifold implements TestRule {

    private final int threadCount;

    public class RunOften extends Statement {

        private final Statement base;

        public RunOften(final Statement base) {
            this.base = base;
        }

        @Override
        public void evaluate() throws Throwable {
            final CountDownLatch latch = new CountDownLatch(threadCount);
            final Throwable[] exceptions = new Throwable[threadCount];

            for (int i = 0; i < threadCount; i++) {
                Runnable sample = new Runnable() {
                    public void run() {
                        try {
                            base.evaluate();
                        } catch (Throwable e) {
                            exceptions[0] = e;
                        } finally {
                            latch.countDown();
                        }
                    }
                };
                new Thread(sample).start();
            }

            // wait
            latch.await();

            for (int i = 0; i < threadCount; i++) {
                if (exceptions[i] != null) {
                    throw exceptions[i];
                }
            }
        }
    }

    public Manifold(final int threadCount) {
        this.threadCount = threadCount;
    }

    public int getThreadCount() {
        return threadCount;
    }

    public Statement apply(final Statement base, final Description description) {
        return new RunOften(base);
    }

}