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JUnit 4 (v4.8.0+) JUnit 5 (v5.1.0+) JUnit 6 (v6.0.1+) TestNG (v6.9.13.3+) Note: JUnit 3 styled tests are not supported in this extension (i.e. extends junit.framework.TestCase). The extension will ...