MAGETWO-55299: [Customer] Fast Save of Product Variations

     - MAGETWO-55787: Fast saving of product with high number of variations generated

Author: kandy

dev/tests/api-functional/framework/Magento/TestFramework/Annotation/ApiDataFixture.php

@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ public function __construct($fixtureBaseDir)
      */
     public function startTest(\PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase $test)
     {
+        \Magento\TestFramework\Helper\Bootstrap::getInstance()->reinitialize();
         /** Apply method level fixtures if thy are available, apply class level fixtures otherwise */
         $this->_applyFixtures($this->_getFixtures('method', $test) ?: $this->_getFixtures('class', $test));
     }
@@ -61,6 +62,9 @@ public function startTest(\PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase $test)
     public function endTest()
     {
         $this->_revertFixtures();
+        /** @var $objectManager \Magento\TestFramework\ObjectManager */
+        $objectManager = \Magento\TestFramework\Helper\Bootstrap::getObjectManager();
+        $objectManager->get(\Magento\Eav\Model\Entity\AttributeCache::class)->clear();
     }
 
     /**