Hello!
I am trying to execute a test if and only if a certain condition is set
(such as a profile is activated). The test would fail if it is run on some
systems, so I am trying to disable it by default, and run it only when run
on the relevant system.
I made a sample project to simplify the problem. Below is the relevant part
my pom:
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<excludes>
<exclude>**/ExecuteSometimesTest.java</exclude>
</excludes>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
<profiles>
<profile>
<id>condition-profile</id>
<activation>
<property>
<name>some-condition</name>
</property>
</activation>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>rare-test</id>
<goals>
<goal>test</goal>
</goals>
<phase>test</phase>
<configuration>
<includes>
<include>**/ExecuteSometimesTest.java</include>
</includes>
<excludes />
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</profile>
</profiles>
When I execute "mvn test" it works as expected:
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T E S T S
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Running sample.test.ExecuteAlwaysTest
Tests run: 1, Failures: 0, Errors: 0, Skipped: 0, Time elapsed: 0.085 sec
Results :
Tests run: 1, Failures: 0, Errors: 0, Skipped: 0
[INFO]
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[INFO] BUILD SUCCESSFUL
[INFO]
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However, when I execute "mvn test -Dsome-condition" the
ExecuteSometimesTest.java is not executed:
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T E S T S
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Running sample.test.ExecuteAlwaysTest
Tests run: 1, Failures: 0, Errors: 0, Skipped: 0, Time elapsed: 0.04 sec
Results :
Tests run: 1, Failures: 0, Errors: 0, Skipped: 0
[INFO] [surefire:test {execution: rare-test}]
[INFO] Surefire report directory:
/home/danik/workspace/test2/execute-test-conditionally/target/surefire-reports
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T E S T S
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There are no tests to run.
Results :
Tests run: 0, Failures: 0, Errors: 0, Skipped: 0
[INFO]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD SUCCESSFUL
[INFO]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Am I doing something wrong or is this a known problem?
Help would be much appreciated!!
-- Dan
