this isn't a generic method for getting maven properties, but basedir is special
On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 18:43:25 -0400, Omair-Inam Abdul-Matin
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> Jason van Zyl wrote:
> > On Sat, 2004-07-10 at 13:08, Omair-Inam Abdul-Matin wrote:
> >
> >>I've tried the following and my unit tests still fail because the
> >>working directory seems to be the directory of the master project.
> >
> >
> > There is no way to reliably set the working directory in Java. To make
> > your tests reactor-able you must reference resources using the "basedir"
> > system property that is made available in tests by the junit plugin.
> >
> > So the general pattern is:
> >
> > public class MyTest extends TestCase
> > {
> > private String basedir;
> >
> > protected void setUp()
> > {
> > basedir = System.getProperty( "basedir" );
> > }
> >
> > public void testThatUsesAResourceFromTheFileSystem()
> > {
> > File resource = new File( basedir, "src/test/resources/MyTestResource.txt" );
> >
> > // do you stuff with the file system resource.
> > }
> > }
> >
> >
> >
> Thanks... that's exactly what I was looking for.. I didn't know how to
> fetch maven-defined properties in a java file.
>
>
>
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