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From: Dan Tran <dant...@gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, May 5, 2017 3:51 AM
To: Maven Users List
Subject: Intermittent java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError:
org/junit/runner/notification/RunNotifier
Hi
Lately, my build randomly fails with
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/junit/runner/notification/RunNotifier
at surefire
My environment consists of
* 200+ modules running with --builder smart -T 4
* surefire 2.19.1 and 2.20, maven 3.3.9 and 3.5
* Build runs on Sles12SP2 with OpenJDK8
Stack Overflow has a similar issue back in 2014
MG>assuming you are not using Hamcrest following surefire doc i assume
declaring junit-dep as dependency to maven-surefire-plugin will solve
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit-dep</artifactId>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
MG>http://maven.apache.org/surefire/maven-surefire-plugin/examples/junit.html
<http://maven.apache.org/surefire/maven-surefire-plugin/examples/junit.html>
Maven Surefire Plugin – Using
JUnit<http://maven.apache.org/surefire/maven-surefire-plugin/examples/junit.html>
maven.apache.org
This is the only step that is required to get started - you can now create
tests in your test source directory (e.g., src/test/java). Surefire supports
three ...
MG>once junit added as dependency supposedly surefire test classloader will now
see junit classes (including org/junit/runner/notification/RunNotifier)
MG>does this help?
Any suggestion helping to trouble shoot this issue is greatly appreciated
Thanks
-Dan
