[FIXED] Running TestNG with Maven

Issue

I am trying to run TestNG/Selenium a specific test suite, but I can't get it to run the test. The command I am running is:

 mvn test -Dsuitefile=admin_tests.xml

The admin_tests.xml contains:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE suite SYSTEM "https:://testng.org/testng-1.0.dtd">
<suite name="Administration - All">
    <test name="Users tab tests" thread-count="1">
        <packages>
            <package name="appOne.testcases.ui.admin.users.*"/>
        </packages>
    </test>
    <test name="User roles tab tests" thread-count="1">
        <packages>
            <package name="appOne.testcases.ui.admin.userRoles.*"/>
        </packages>
    </test>
</suite>

The directory structure is:

/test-suites/admin_tests.xml
/src/test/java/appOne/testcases/ui/admin/users/users_testcase1.xml
/src/test/java/appOne/testcases/ui/admin/users/users_testcase2.xml
/src/test/java/appOne/testcases/ui/admin/users/users_testcase3.xml

/src/test/java/appOne/testcases/ui/admin/userRoles/userRoles_testcase1.xml
/src/test/java/appOne/testcases/ui/admin/userRoles/userRoles_testcase2.xml
/src/test/java/appOne/testcases/ui/admin/users/userRoles_testcase3.xml

Any help would really be appreciated as I don't understand what I am doing wrong. When I run the command I get 0 tests run.

pom.xml is:

 version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<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/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>

    <groupId>org.example</groupId>
    <artifactId>automation</artifactId>
    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>

    <dependencies>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
            <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
            <version>1.7.36</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
            <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
            <version>1.7.36</version>
        </dependency>

        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.assertj/assertj-core -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
            <version>3.22.0</version>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>

        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.seleniumhq.selenium/selenium-java -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
            <artifactId>selenium-java</artifactId>
            <version>4.1.3</version>
        </dependency>

        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.testng/testng -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.testng</groupId>
            <artifactId>testng</artifactId>
            <version>7.5</version>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>

        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.google.code.gson/gson -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
            <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
            <version>2.9.0</version>
        </dependency>

        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.google.http-client/google-http-client-gson -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
            <artifactId>google-http-client-gson</artifactId>
            <version>1.41.6</version>
        </dependency>

        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/io.github.bonigarcia/webdrivermanager -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>io.github.bonigarcia</groupId>
            <artifactId>webdrivermanager</artifactId>
            <version>5.1.1</version>
        </dependency>

        <!-- Dependency for TestRail APIClient -->
        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.googlecode.json-simple/json-simple -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.googlecode.json-simple</groupId>
            <artifactId>json-simple</artifactId>
            <version>1.1.1</version>
        </dependency>
    </dependencies>

    <properties>
        <maven.compiler.source>18</maven.compiler.source>
        <maven.compiler.target>18</maven.compiler.target>
    </properties>

</project>

Solution

First of all you need to fix your suite file. You have https::// in DOCTYPE so you need to fix it to https://

Then you cannot just set any property. You have to tell surefire plugin that you are going to use that one to specify your suite. Add the following section to your pom.xml:

...

<properties>
    ...
    <maven-surefire-plugin.version>3.0.0-M6</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
    ...
</properties>

...

<build>
    <plugins>
        <plugin>
            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
            <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
            <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
            <configuration>
                <suiteXmlFiles>
                    <suiteXmlFile>${suitefile}</suiteXmlFile>
                </suiteXmlFiles>
            </configuration>
        </plugin>
    </plugins>
</build>

Next finally since you are running mvn from project root you should specify the path from project root so that you should start everything with

mvn test -Dsuitefile=test-suites/admin_tests.xml

Answered By - Alexey R.
Answer Checked By - Dawn Plyler (JavaFixing Volunteer)