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Test - Isrunningtest Method

The Test.isRunningTest() method returns true if code is being executed from a test class and false otherwise. It can be used to conditionally execute code like disabling triggers in tests to avoid limits errors or simulating callouts in test classes by returning mock responses instead of making actual requests.

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Test - Isrunningtest Method

The Test.isRunningTest() method returns true if code is being executed from a test class and false otherwise. It can be used to conditionally execute code like disabling triggers in tests to avoid limits errors or simulating callouts in test classes by returning mock responses instead of making actual requests.

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What is Test.isRunningTest() method?

The Test.isRunningTest() method is used to identify, if the piece of code being


executed is invoked from a Test class execution or from other artefacts such as a
Trigger, Batch Job etc. Returns true if the code being executed is invoked from a
test class otherwise returns a false.

Example:
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Performing web service callouts in Apex are not supported within Test
Code. Hence we could use the Test.isRunningTest() to conditionally identify and
route the execution of a code block that calls the Test Mock framework to simulate
a mock, callout response.

Use Case of Test.isRunningTest() method


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When we are setting up test data from Apex test method, we need a way to
disable the triggers that will fire. It might cause �LimitException: �Too many SOQL
queries: 101?. In this case, the triggers are not the target of the test case,
hence
this scenario will cause the test method to fail. It is not necessary to disable
the
trigger for every test case, instead we can use isRunningTest().
Setup up the trigger by leveraging isRunningTest(). isRunningTest() � Returns true
if the currently executing code was called by code contained in a test method,
false otherwise. Use this method if we need to run different code depending on
whether it was being called from a test
Other Usage scenarios
1. To ensure the trigger doesn�t execute the batch if Test.IsRunningTest() is true,

and then test the batch class with it�s own test method.

2. Testing callouts � in our callout code we check to see if we�re executing within
a
unit test context by checking Test.isRunningTest() and instead of getting your
callout response from an HttpResponse.send() request, you return a pre-built test
string instead.

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