This is especially useful if we have a class that we want to extend in the rule. See example below for a more convenient method.
import org.junit.rules.TestRule; import org.junit.runners.model.Statement; public class AwesomeTestRule implements TextRule { @Override public Statement apply(Statement base, Description description) { return new AwesomeStatement(base); } private static class AwesomeStatement extends Statement { private Statement base; public AwesomeStatement(Statement base) { this.base = base; } @Override public void evaluate() throws Throwable { try { // do your magic base.evaluate(); // this will call Junit to run an individual test } finally { // undo the magic, if required } } } }