class MyTest {
    @Before fun setup() {
       // works in that it opens the database connection, but is wrong
       // since this is per test case instead of being shared for all
    }

    @BeforeClass fun setupClass() {
       // what I want to do instead, but results in error because
       // this isn't a static method, and static keyword doesn't exist
    }

    var referenceToServer: ServerType // wrong because is not static either

    ...
}

class MyTestClass {
    companion object {
        init {
           // things that may need to be setup before companion class member variables are instantiated
        }

        // variables you initialize for the class just once:
        val someClassVar = initializer()

        // variables you initialize for the class later in the @BeforeClass method:
        lateinit var someClassLateVar: SomeResource

        @BeforeClass @JvmStatic fun setup() {
           // things to execute once and keep around for the class
        }

        @AfterClass @JvmStatic fun teardown() {
           // clean up after this class, leave nothing dirty behind
        }
    }

    // variables you initialize per instance of the test class:
    val someInstanceVar = initializer()

    // variables you initialize per test case later in your @Before methods:
    var lateinit someInstanceLateZVar: MyType

    @Before fun prepareTest() {
        // things to do before each test
    }

    @After fun cleanupTest() {
        // things to do after each test
    }

    @Test fun testSomething() {
        // an actual test case
    }

    @Test fun testSomethingElse() {
        // another test case
    }

    // ...more test cases
}

class TestServerWithPlugin {
    companion object {
        val workingDir = Paths.get("test-data/solr-standalone").toAbsolutePath()
        val coreWithPluginDir = workingDir.resolve("plugin-test/collection1")

        lateinit var server: Server

        @BeforeClass @JvmStatic fun setup() {
            assertTrue(coreWithPluginDir.exists(),"test core w/plugin does not exist $coreWithPluginDir")

            // make sure no system properties are set that could interfere with test
            resetEnvProxy()
            cleanSysProps()
            routeJbossLoggingToSlf4j()
            cleanFiles()

            val config = mapOf(...)
            val configLoader = ServerConfigFromOverridesAndReference(workingDir, config) verifiedBy { loader ->
                ...
            }

            assertNotNull(System.getProperty("solr.solr.home"))

            server = Server(configLoader)
            val (serverStarted, message) = server.run()
            if (!serverStarted) {
                fail("Server not started: '$message'")
            }
        }

        @AfterClass @JvmStatic fun teardown() {
            server.shutdown()
            cleanFiles()
            resetEnvProxy()
            cleanSysProps()
        }

        private fun cleanSysProps() { ... }

        private fun cleanFiles() {
            // don't leave any test files behind
            coreWithPluginDir.resolve("data").deleteRecursively()
            Files.deleteIfExists(coreWithPluginDir.resolve("core.properties"))
            Files.deleteIfExists(coreWithPluginDir.resolve("core.properties.unloaded"))
        }
    }

    val adminClient: SolrClient = HttpSolrClient("http://localhost:8983/solr/")

    @Before fun prepareTest() {
        // anything before each test?
    }

    @After fun cleanupTest() {
        // make sure test cores do not bleed over between test cases
        unloadCoreIfExists("tempCollection1")
        unloadCoreIfExists("tempCollection2")
        unloadCoreIfExists("tempCollection3")
    }

    private fun unloadCoreIfExists(name: String) { ... }

    @Test
    fun testServerLoadsPlugin() {
        println("Loading core 'withplugin' from dir ${coreWithPluginDir.toString()}")
        val response = CoreAdminRequest.createCore("tempCollection1", coreWithPluginDir.toString(), adminClient)
        assertEquals(0, response.status)
    }

    // ... other test cases
}

class TestAccountManager {
    companion object {
        init {
            // we need to control the"java.library.path" or sqlite cannot find its libraries
            val dynLibPath = File("./src/test/dynlib/").absoluteFile
            System.setProperty("java.library.path", dynLibPath.toString());

            // TEST HACK: if we kill this value in the System classloader, it will be
            // recreated on next access allowing java.library.path to be reset
            val fieldSysPath = ClassLoader::class.java.getDeclaredField("sys_paths")
            fieldSysPath.setAccessible(true)
            fieldSysPath.set(null, null)

            // ensure logging always goes through Slf4j
            System.setProperty("org.eclipse.jetty.util.log.class","org.eclipse.jetty.util.log.Slf4jLog")
        }

        private val localDbPort = 19444

        private lateinit var localDb: DynamoDBProxyServer
        private lateinit var dbClient: AmazonDynamoDBClient
        private lateinit var dynamo: DynamoDB

        @BeforeClass @JvmStatic fun setup() {
            // do not use ServerRunner, it is evil and doesn't set the port correctly, also
            // it resets logging to be off.
            localDb = DynamoDBProxyServer(localDbPort, LocalDynamoDBServerHandler(
                    LocalDynamoDBRequestHandler(0, true, null, true, true), null)
            )
            localDb.start()

            // fake credentials are required even though ignored
            val auth = BasicAWSCredentials("fakeKey","fakeSecret")
            dbClient = AmazonDynamoDBClient(auth) initializedWith {
                signerRegionOverride ="us-east-1"
                setEndpoint("http://localhost:$localDbPort")
            }
            dynamo = DynamoDB(dbClient)

            // create the tables once
            AccountManagerSchema.createTables(dbClient)

            // for debugging reference
            dynamo.listTables().forEach { table ->
                println(table.tableName)
            }
        }

        @AfterClass @JvmStatic fun teardown() {
            dbClient.shutdown()
            localDb.stop()
        }
    }

    val jsonMapper = jacksonObjectMapper()
    val dynamoMapper: DynamoDBMapper = DynamoDBMapper(dbClient)

    @Before fun prepareTest() {
        // insert commonly used test data
        setupStaticBillingData(dbClient)
    }

    @After fun cleanupTest() {
        // delete anything that shouldn't survive any test case
        deleteAllInTable<Account>()
        deleteAllInTable<Organization>()
        deleteAllInTable<Billing>()
    }

    private inline fun <reified T: Any> deleteAllInTable() { ... }

    @Test fun testAccountJsonRoundTrip() {
        val acct = Account("123",  ...)
        dynamoMapper.save(acct)

        val item = dynamo.getTable("Accounts").getItem("id","123")
        val acctReadJson = jsonMapper.readValue<Account>(item.toJSON())
        assertEquals(acct, acctReadJson)
    }

    // ...more test cases

}