alwaysRun parameter in TestNG

Question

Can someone please explain me when @AfterMethod(alwaysRun = true) should execute. Will it execute when @test method is skipped. In documentation is written so, but I have observed different behavior.

Example: Code:

public class testing{

    @Test
    public void testCase2(){
        System.out.println("in test case 2");
        Assert.assertEquals(1,2);
    }

    @Test(dependsOnMethods = { "testCase2" })
    public void testcase3(){
        System.out.println("OK");
    }

    @AfterMethod(alwaysRun = true)
    public void afterMethod2() {
        System.out.println("in afterMethod");
    }
}

Output:

in test case 2
in afterMethod
FAILED: testCase2
java.lang.AssertionError: expected [2] but found [1]
   at org.testng.Assert.fail(Assert.java:94)
   at org.testng.Assert.failNotEquals(Assert.java:494)
   at org.testng.Assert.assertEquals(Assert.java:123)
   at org.testng.Assert.assertEquals(Assert.java:370)
   at org.testng.Assert.assertEquals(Assert.java:380)
   at app.testing.testCase2(testing.java:22)
   at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
   at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
   at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
   at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
   at org.testng.internal.MethodInvocationHelper.invokeMethod(MethodInvocationHelper.java:84)
   at org.testng.internal.Invoker.invokeMethod(Invoker.java:714)
   at org.testng.internal.Invoker.invokeTestMethod(Invoker.java:901)
   at org.testng.internal.Invoker.invokeTestMethods(Invoker.java:1231)
   at org.testng.internal.TestMethodWorker.invokeTestMethods(TestMethodWorker.java:127)
   at org.testng.internal.TestMethodWorker.run(TestMethodWorker.java:111)
   at org.testng.TestRunner.privateRun(TestRunner.java:767)
   at org.testng.TestRunner.run(TestRunner.java:617)
   at org.testng.SuiteRunner.runTest(SuiteRunner.java:334)
   at org.testng.SuiteRunner.runSequentially(SuiteRunner.java:329)
   at org.testng.SuiteRunner.privateRun(SuiteRunner.java:291)
   at org.testng.SuiteRunner.run(SuiteRunner.java:240)
   at org.testng.SuiteRunnerWorker.runSuite(SuiteRunnerWorker.java:52)
   at org.testng.SuiteRunnerWorker.run(SuiteRunnerWorker.java:86)
   at org.testng.TestNG.runSuitesSequentially(TestNG.java:1224)
   at org.testng.TestNG.runSuitesLocally(TestNG.java:1149)
   at org.testng.TestNG.run(TestNG.java:1057)
   at org.testng.remote.RemoteTestNG.run(RemoteTestNG.java:111)
   at org.testng.remote.RemoteTestNG.initAndRun(RemoteTestNG.java:204)
   at org.testng.remote.RemoteTestNG.main(RemoteTestNG.java:175)

SKIPPED: testcase3

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Default test
Tests run: 2, Failures: 1, Skips: 1
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Default suite
Total tests run: 2, Failures: 1, Skips: 1
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Shouldn't @After method be executed twice, also after skipped @Test? Thanks for answer in advance :)

Solution

The documentation says

For after methods (afterSuite, afterClass, ...): If set to true, this configuration method will be run even if one or more methods invoked previously failed or was skipped.

So I think it should execute after skipped test method.