How to get the value entered in the command line to Testng using maven ?

How to get the value entered in the command line to Testng using maven ?

 

Add the following code to your pom.xml:

Add maven-surefire plugin in the dependency :

<dependency>  

  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>

    <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>  

  <version>2.21.0</version>  

  <type>maven-plugin</type>

</dependency>

Add the build just like below and set the Systempropertyvariable just like you want.

For example: if you want to add an environment variable and set value to this environment variable at the run time.add the following tag inside the  <systemPropertyVariables> tag.

       

                <environement> ${environment} </envionment>

<build>
  <plugins>
    <plugin>
      <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
      <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
      <version>2.21.0</version>
      <configuration>
        <suiteXmlFiles>
          <!--    <suiteXmlFile>Testsuites/test.xml</suiteXmlFile>    
            <suiteXmlFile>Testsuites/Scantool.xml</suiteXmlFile>         
            
            
            <suiteXmlFile>Testsuites/v2api.xml</suiteXmlFile>
            
            
                Note:-                    =====              
            
            
            
            mvn clean test -Dsurefire.suiteXmlFiles=testng.xml                    -->      
          <suiteXmlFile>${suiteXmlFile}</suiteXmlFile>
        </suiteXmlFiles>
        <!-- Add the property value here and get it inside the program -->
        <systemPropertyVariables>
          <browser>${browsername}</browser>
        </systemPropertyVariables>
      </configuration>
    </plugin>
  </plugins>
</build>




Testng file:
File name: commandline.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE suite SYSTEM "http://testng.org/testng-1.0.dtd">
<suite name="Commandline">
  <test verbose="0" name="Commandline" group-by-instances="true" >
    <parameter name="value" value="${browser}" />
    <classes>
      <class name="testcase.runtimecommandline" />
    </classes>
  </test>
</suite>



Java class file
File name:runtimecommandline.java




You can access the value in two ways:
1. One is get the value directly by using System.getProperty("<tag name>")
2. Another one is set the value in testng xml file <parameter name="value" value="${browser}" />
   like this and you can access the value inside the parmeter.


package testcase;
import core.framework;import org.testng.annotations.Parameters;import org.testng.annotations.Test;
public class runtimecommandline  {


    @Test    public void browser(){


        //To use the command line feature use the following command to set the value :

 mvn clean test -Dsurefire.suiteXmlFiles=Testsuites/commandline.xml -Dbrowser=firefox
        String commandlinevalue = System.getProperty("browser");
        if(commandlinevalue.equals(""))
            commandlinevalue="Manually assign value to this variable since value is not passed in commandline";       

     System.out.println("Entered command line value : "+commandlinevalue);    }


    @Parameters({"value"})
    @Test    public void paramter(String value){
        System.out.println("parameter value: "+value);
    }

}




In command line :Run the following command


mvn clean test -Dsurefire.suiteXmlFiles=commandline.xml -Dbrowser=firefox 

Output:



[INFO]  T E S T S
[INFO] -------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Running TestSuite
************************      Commandline       *************************
------------------------------             testcase.runtimecommandline:browser      

      --------------------------------------------

->Entered command line value : firefox
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------             testcase.runtimecommandline:paramter        

    --------------------------------------------

->parameter value: firefox
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