For a more build tool agnostic approach: Have a test resource that gets the connection details filtered in
Then in your database tests, start each one with a Junit4 Assumption like assumeThat(credentialsFromTestResource, is(not(nullValue())); And now you can run all tests from your IDE too -Stephen On Monday, 15 September 2008, Dennis Lundberg wrote: > A totally different way to do it is to run your DAO test cases against > an embedded database like HSQLDB or perhaps Derby. We use HSQLDB for > this with at file based database that gets created locally when the > tests are run. > > I know this doesn't answer your question, I'm just thinking outside the > box here :-) > > Haikal Saadh wrote: > > Hi all. > > > > I'm trying to figure out what the best way is to exclude DAO tests. The > > reason for this being that not everyone who checks a project out may have > > the credentials necessary to connect to the database. > > > > At the moment, I have two profiles like this: > > > > <profiles> > > <profile> > > <id>skip-dao-tests</id> > > <activation> > > <activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault> > > </activation> > > <build> > > <plugins> > > <plugin> > > <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> > > <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId> > > <configuration> > > <excludes> > > <exclude>**/WhatEverDaoTest.java</exclude> > > </excludes> > > </configuration> > > </plugin> > > </plugins> > > </build> > > </profile> > > <profile> > > <id>run-dao-tests</id> > > <activation> > > <property> > > <name>run.dao.tests</name> > > <value>true</value> > > </property> > > </activation> > > <build> > > <plugins> > > <plugin> > > <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> > > <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId> > > </plugin> > > </plugins> > > </build> > > <dependencies> > > ... > > </dependencies> > > </profile> > > </profiles> > > > > This works fine, but it just seems like it's bloating the pom. > > > > I could move the DAO tests to a new module, but then, I'd have two > different > > sets of cobertura/surefire reports for the same thing. > > > > Any different approaches I can try? Or is this pretty much it? > > > > Thanks. > > > -- > Dennis Lundberg > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org <javascript:;> > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org<javascript:;> > >
