How to Execute TestNG Tests With Maven Build

In this tutorial, we will lean how to execute testng tests using maven build file i.e. pom.xml file. This knowledge is important if you are planning to automate your tests and making them part of project build process itself.

Write TestNG Tests

Below are two tests which we have already written in two previous tutorials.

RegularExpressionGroupTest.java

public class RegularExpressionGroupTest
{
	@Test(groups = { "include-test-one" })
	public void testMethodOne() {
		System.out.println("Test method one");
	}

	@Test(groups = { "include-test-two" })
	public void testMethodTwo() {
		System.out.println("Test method two");
	}

	@Test(groups = { "test-one-exclude" })
	public void testMethodThree() {
		System.out.println("Test method three");
	}

	@Test(groups = { "test-two-exclude" })
	public void testMethodFour() {
		System.out.println("Test method Four");
	}
}

ParallelSuiteTest.java

public class ParallelSuiteTest 
{
	String testName = "";

	@BeforeTest
	@Parameters({ "test-name" })
	public void beforeTest(String testName) {
		this.testName = testName;
		long id = Thread.currentThread().getId();
		System.out.println("Before test " + testName + ". Thread id is: " + id);
	}

	@BeforeClass
	public void beforeClass() {
		long id = Thread.currentThread().getId();
		System.out.println("Before test-class " + testName + ". Thread id is: "
				+ id);
	}

	@Test
	public void testMethodOne() {
		long id = Thread.currentThread().getId();
		System.out.println("Sample test-method " + testName
				+ ". Thread id is: " + id);
	}

	@AfterClass
	public void afterClass() {
		long id = Thread.currentThread().getId();
		System.out.println("After test-method  " + testName
				+ ". Thread id is: " + id);
	}

	@AfterTest
	public void afterTest() {
		long id = Thread.currentThread().getId();
		System.out.println("After test  " + testName + ". Thread id is: " + id);
	}
}

Write TestNG Suite XML Files

Let’s see the suite files for both tests.

testng.xml

<suite name="Group of group Suite" verbose="1">
  <test name="Group of group Test">
    <groups>
      <define name="include-group">
        <include name="include-test-one" />
        <include name="include-test-two" />
      </define>
      <define name="exclude-group">
        <include name="test-one-exclude" />
        <include name="test-two-exclude" />
      </define>
      <run>
        <include name="include-group" />
        <exclude name="exclude-group" />
      </run>
    </groups>
    <classes>
      <class name="com.howtodoinjava.groupExamples.RegularExpressionGroupTest" />
    </classes>
  </test>
</suite>

suites-test-testng.xml

<suite name="Parallel tests" parallel="tests" thread-count="2" >
  <test name="Test One">
    <parameter name="test-name" value="Test One"/>
    <classes>
      <class name="com.howtodoinjava.parallelism.ParallelSuiteTest" />
    </classes>
  </test>
  <test name="Test Two">
    <parameter name="test-name" value="Test Two"/>
    <classes>
      <class name="com.howtodoinjava.parallelism.ParallelSuiteTest" />
    </classes>
  </test>
</suite>

Add the steps in Maven pom.xml

Add below pom.xml in project root. The below given file defines different configurations for maven to build the project. The functionality of each section is already mentioned as inline comments in the code.

<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
	<groupId>com.test.maven</groupId>
	<artifactId>sample-maven-build</artifactId>
	<version>1</version>
	<name>sample-maven-build</name>
	<build>
		<!-- Source directory configuration -->
		<sourceDirectory>src</sourceDirectory>
		<plugins>
			<!-- Following plugin executes the testng tests -->
			<plugin>
				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
				<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
				<version>2.14.1</version>
				<configuration>
					<!-- Suite testng xml file to consider for test execution -->
					<suiteXmlFiles>
						<suiteXmlFile>testng.xml</suiteXmlFile>
						<suiteXmlFile>suites-test-testng.xml</suiteXmlFile>
					</suiteXmlFiles>
				</configuration>
			</plugin>
			<!-- Compiler plugin configures the java version to be usedfor compiling 
				the code -->
			<plugin>
				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
				<configuration>
					<source>1.6</source>
					<target>1.6</target>
				</configuration>
			</plugin>
		</plugins>
	</build>
	<dependencies>
		<!-- Dependency libraries to include for compilation -->
		<dependency>
			<groupId>org.testng</groupId>
			<artifactId>testng</artifactId>
			<version>6.3.1</version>
		</dependency>
	</dependencies>
</project>

Maven can be used with any of the continuous integration systems. The plugin maven-surefire-plugin is used to configure and execute the tests. Here the said plugin is used to configure the testng.xml and suites-test-testng.xml for the TestNG test and generate test reports. The plugin maven-compiler-plugin used to help in compiling the code and using the particular JDK version for compilation.

Execute the tests

Now execute above pom.xml file using command “mvn test” from command prompt. You will get below result.

C:\somepath\TestNGExamples>mvn test
[INFO] Scanning for projects...
[WARNING]
[WARNING] Some problems were encountered while building the effective model forcom.test.maven:sample-maven-build:jar:1
[WARNING] 'build.plugins.plugin.version' for org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin is missing. @ line 27, column 12
[WARNING]
[WARNING] It is highly recommended to fix these problems because they threaten the stability of your build.
[WARNING]
[WARNING] For this reason, future Maven versions might no longer support building such malformed projects.
[WARNING]
[INFO]
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Building sample-maven-build 1
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO]
[INFO] --- maven-resources-plugin:2.5:resources (default-resources) @ sample-maven-build ---
[debug] execute contextualize
[WARNING] Using platform encoding (Cp1252 actually) to copy filtered resources,i.e. build is platform dependent!
[INFO] skip non existing resourceDirectory C:\BAML\DFCCUI\workspace_personal\TestNGExamples\src\main\resources
[INFO]
[INFO] --- maven-compiler-plugin:2.3.2:compile (default-compile) @ sample-maven-build ---
[INFO] Nothing to compile - all classes are up to date
[INFO]
[INFO] --- maven-resources-plugin:2.5:testResources (default-testResources) @ sample-maven-build ---
[debug] execute contextualize
[WARNING] Using platform encoding (Cp1252 actually) to copy filtered resources,i.e. build is platform dependent!
[INFO] skip non existing resourceDirectory C:\BAML\DFCCUI\workspace_personal\TestNGExamples\src\test\resources
[INFO]
[INFO] --- maven-compiler-plugin:2.3.2:testCompile (default-testCompile) @ sample-maven-build ---
[INFO] No sources to compile
[INFO]
[INFO] --- maven-surefire-plugin:2.14.1:test (default-test) @ sample-maven-build ---
[INFO] No tests to run.
[INFO] Surefire report directory: C:\BAML\DFCCUI\workspace_personal\TestNGExamples\target\surefire-reports

-------------------------------------------------------
 T E S T S
-------------------------------------------------------
Running TestSuite
Test method one
Test method two
Before test Test One. Thread id is: 10
Before test Test Two. Thread id is: 11
Before test-class Test One. Thread id is: 10
Before test-class Test Two. Thread id is: 11
Sample test-method Test One. Thread id is: 10
Sample test-method Test Two. Thread id is: 11
After test-method  Test One. Thread id is: 10
After test-method  Test Two. Thread id is: 11
After test  Test One. Thread id is: 10
After test  Test Two. Thread id is: 11
Tests run: 4, Failures: 0, Errors: 0, Skipped: 0, Time elapsed: 0.86 sec

Results :

Tests run: 4, Failures: 0, Errors: 0, Skipped: 0

[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD SUCCESS
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 2.346s
[INFO] Finished at: Wed Dec 03 12:02:26 IST 2014
[INFO] Final Memory: 4M/15M
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Feel free to add/update above pom.xml file to suit your needs.

Happy Learning !!