Tibor17 commented on a change in pull request #347: URL: https://github.com/apache/maven-surefire/pull/347#discussion_r615029372
########## File path: maven-surefire-plugin/src/site/apt/examples/fork-options-and-parallel-execution.apt.vm ########## @@ -181,6 +181,67 @@ Fork Options and Parallel Test Execution See the keywords: <volatile>, <synchronized>, <<immutable>> and <final> in {{{https://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=133}Java Memory Model - JSR-133}}. +* Parallel Test-Suite Execution + + ${project.artifactId}'s notion of "suite" is related to + {{{https://github.com/junit-team/junit4/wiki/Aggregating-tests-in-suites}junit4 Suite}}. + + For example, say your tests are laid out like this: + ++---+ +src/test/java ++-features.areaA +| +-SomeStory.java +| +-AnotherStory.java +| ... ++-features.areaB +| +-DifferentStory.java +| +-OtherStory.java +| ... +... ++---+ + + You would add a TestSuite.java for each package, that would look something like: + ++---+ +package features.areaA; + +import org.junit.runner.RunWith; +import org.junit.runners.Suite; + +@RunWith(Suite.class) +@Suite.SuiteClasses({ + SomeStory.class, + AnotherStory.class, + ... +}) +public class TestSuite { + /* Suite holder */ +} ++---+ + + and similarly for <<<package features.areaB>>>. You would then configure + ${project.artifactId} like so: + ++---+ +<plugin> + <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId> + <artifactId>${project.artifactId}</artifactId> + <version>${project.version}</version> + <configuration> + <includes> + <include>features.*.*Suite</include> + </includes> + <parallel>suites</parallel> + <threadCount>4</threadCount> Review comment: > Also, am I correct in that, in this specific case, `threadCount=X` would have the exact same effect as `threadCountSuites=X`? > Should I add that to the docs here? You'r right, it has identical effect **in this case**. -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org