Bug: ParentRunner lost test Class from a separate class loader

src/main/java/org/junit/runner/Description.java

@@ -124,6 +124,17 @@ public static Description createSuiteDescription(Class<?> testClass) {
         return new Description(testClass, testClass.getName(), testClass.getAnnotations());
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Create a <code>Description</code> named after <code>testClass</code>
+     *
+     * @param testClass A not null {@link Class} containing tests
+     * @param annotations meta-data about the test, for downstream interpreters
+     * @return a <code>Description</code> of <code>testClass</code>
+     */
+    public static Description createSuiteDescription(Class<?> testClass, Annotation... annotations) {
+        return new Description(testClass, testClass.getName(), annotations);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Describes a Runner which runs no tests
      */

src/main/java/org/junit/runners/ParentRunner.java

@@ -346,8 +346,16 @@ protected Annotation[] getRunnerAnnotations() {
 
     @Override
     public Description getDescription() {
-        Description description = Description.createSuiteDescription(getName(),
-                getRunnerAnnotations());
+        Class<?> clazz = getTestClass().getJavaClass();
+        Description description;
+        // if subclass overrides `getName()` then we should use it
+        // to maintain backwards compatibility with JUnit 4.12
+        if (clazz == null || !clazz.getName().equals(getName())) {
+            description = Description.createSuiteDescription(getName(), getRunnerAnnotations());
+        } else {
+            description = Description.createSuiteDescription(clazz, getRunnerAnnotations());
+        }
+
         for (T child : getFilteredChildren()) {
             description.addChild(describeChild(child));
         }

src/test/java/org/junit/tests/running/classes/AllClassesTests.java

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 import org.junit.runners.Suite;
 import org.junit.runners.Suite.SuiteClasses;
+import org.junit.tests.running.classes.parent.ParentRunnerClassLoaderTest;
 
 @RunWith(Suite.class)
 @SuiteClasses({
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@
         ParameterizedTestTest.class,
         ParentRunnerFilteringTest.class,
         ParentRunnerTest.class,
+        ParentRunnerClassLoaderTest.class,
         RunWithTest.class,
         SuiteTest.class,
         UseSuiteAsASuperclassTest.class

src/test/java/org/junit/tests/running/classes/parent/ParentRunnerClassLoaderTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+package org.junit.tests.running.classes.parent;
+
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.Description;
+import org.junit.runner.notification.RunNotifier;
+import org.junit.runners.BlockJUnit4ClassRunner;
+import org.junit.runners.ParentRunner;
+import org.junit.runners.model.FrameworkMethod;
+import org.junit.runners.model.InitializationError;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.net.URLClassLoader;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+public class ParentRunnerClassLoaderTest {
+    @Test
+    public void testClassRuleAccessToClassInAnotherClassLoader() throws Exception {
+        Class<?> testClassWithOwnClassLoader = wrapToClassLoader(TestWithClassRule.class);
+
+        runTestWithParentRunner(testClassWithOwnClassLoader);
+
+        Field fieldWithReference = testClassWithOwnClassLoader.getDeclaredField("applyTestClass");
+        Class<?> usedClass = (Class<?>) fieldWithReference.get(null);
+
+        assertEquals("JUnitRunner can be located in own classLoader, so, " +
+                        "Class.forName org.junit.runner.Description.getTestClass can not see " +
+                        "in current classloader by execute Class.forName",
+                testClassWithOwnClassLoader, usedClass
+        );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testDescriptionContainCorrectTestClass() throws Exception {
+        Class<?> testClassWithOwnClassLoader = wrapToClassLoader(TestWithClassRule.class);
+        ParentRunner<?> runner = new BlockJUnit4ClassRunner(testClassWithOwnClassLoader);
+
+        Description description = runner.getDescription();
+        assertEquals("ParentRunner accept already instantiate Class<?> with tests, if we lost it instance, and will " +
+                "use Class.forName we can not find test class again, because tests can be " +
+                "located in different ClassLoader",
+                description.getTestClass(), testClassWithOwnClassLoader
+        );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testBackwardCompatibilityWithOverrideGetName() throws Exception {
+        final Class<TestWithClassRule> originalTestClass = TestWithClassRule.class;
+        final Class<?> waitClass = ParentRunnerClassLoaderTest.class;
+
+        ParentRunner<FrameworkMethod> subParentRunner = new BlockJUnit4ClassRunner(originalTestClass) {
+            @Override
+            protected String getName() {
+                return waitClass.getName();
+            }
+        };
+
+        Description description = subParentRunner.getDescription();
+        Class<?> result = description.getTestClass();
+
+        assertEquals("Subclass of ParentRunner can override getName method and specify another test class for run, " +
+                "we should  maintain backwards compatibility with JUnit 4.12",
+                waitClass, result
+        );
+    }
+
+    private void runTestWithParentRunner(Class<?> testClass) throws InitializationError {
+        ParentRunner<?> runner = new BlockJUnit4ClassRunner(testClass);
+        runner.run(new RunNotifier());
+    }
+
+    private Class<?> wrapToClassLoader(Class<?> sourceClass) throws ClassNotFoundException {
+        URL classpath = sourceClass.getProtectionDomain().getCodeSource().getLocation();
+        VisibleClassLoader loader = new VisibleClassLoader(new URL[]{classpath}, this.getClass().getClassLoader());
+        Class<?> testClassWithOwnClassLoader = loader.findClass(sourceClass.getName());
+
+        assert testClassWithOwnClassLoader != sourceClass;
+
+        return testClassWithOwnClassLoader;
+    }
+
+
+    private static class VisibleClassLoader extends URLClassLoader {
+        public VisibleClassLoader(URL[] urls, ClassLoader parent) {
+            super(urls, parent);
+        }
+
+        @Override // just making public
+        public Class<?> findClass(String name) throws ClassNotFoundException {
+            return super.findClass(name);
+        }
+    }
+}

src/test/java/org/junit/tests/running/classes/parent/TestWithClassRule.java

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+package org.junit.tests.running.classes.parent;
+
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.ClassRule;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.rules.TestRule;
+import org.junit.runner.Description;
+import org.junit.runners.model.Statement;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
+
+/**
+ * Test class for validate run tests that was load in own ClassLoader
+ */
+public class TestWithClassRule {
+    public static Class<?> applyTestClass;
+
+    @ClassRule
+    public static TestRule rule = new CustomRule();
+
+    @Test
+    public void testClassRuleExecuted() throws Exception {
+        Assert.assertNotNull("Description should contain reference to TestClass", applyTestClass);
+    }
+
+    public static final class CustomRule implements TestRule {
+
+        public Statement apply(final Statement base, final Description description) {
+            return new Statement() {
+                @Override
+                public void evaluate() throws Throwable {
+                    Class<?> testClass = description.getTestClass();
+                    if(testClass != null) {
+                        Field field = testClass.getDeclaredField("applyTestClass");
+                        field.set(null, description.getTestClass());
+                    }
+                    base.evaluate();
+                }
+            };
+        }
+    }
+}