Execute a suite file using Ant

Ant file for running a suite file

For running a suite file provide the ant script with the task "testng". The "testng" task will only be executed if a task definition for testng is specified.

    <property name="xml" value=""/>


    <taskdef name="testng" classname="com.beust.testng.TestNGAntTask" classpathref="classpath"/>


    <target name="run_tests" depends="compile the code">
       <echo message="running tests" />
       <testng classpathref="classpath of jars and other classes used" haltOnfailure="true">
               <xmlfileset file="${xml}" />
       </testng>
    </target>

A xml suite file can be used to specify the test to be run. The parameters to be passed to the test etc.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE suite SYSTEM "http://testng.org/testng-1.0.dtd" >
 <suite name="Suite1" verbose="1" >
  <test name="Regression1" preserve-order="true">
  <parameter name="env" value="test"/>
  <parameter name="driver" value="ie"/>
    <classes>
   <class name="mytests.First">
    </class>
    </classes>
    </test>
</suite>

Save the above suite as Sample.xml. It contains the class to be executed, the parameters to be passed to the test etc.

Ant Command
   ant -Dxml = Sample.xml

Yaml as config file

One of the best options to specify a config file for java based selenium project is by using a yaml file. In the yaml file the commonly changing config values or values which are used in all tests can be given. There are number of parsers available. I am using snakeyaml.

Jar File

snakeyaml-1.6.jar

Sample yaml file

base: &base                                  # defines anchor label base
  location_username: 'xpath'
  location_password: 'xpath'
  location_submit: 'xpath'
  page: 'http://xxxxxxxxxxx'

test:
  <<: *base                                 #  merges key : value from base anchor
  username: 'testtest'
  password: '123456'
  page: 'http://xxxxxxxxxxx'

prod:
  <<: *base
  username: 'testprod'
  password: '123456'
  page: 'http://xxxxxxxxxxx'

I have saved the above as sample.yaml in my config folder. The use of  "*" and "&" is the inherit the values defined in "base" to "test" and "prod"

Sample java program

import org.yaml.snakeyaml.Yaml;

public class xxx{
 protected Map<String, Map<String,Object>> fullConf;
 protected Map<String,Object> conf;

             Yaml yaml = new Yaml();
             InputStream input = new FileInputStream(new File(System.getProperty("user.dir") + "/config/sample.yaml"));
                this.fullConf = ((Map<String, Map<String,Object>>) yaml.load(input));
                System.out.println("values of fullConf "+fullConf);
                if (fullConf.containsKey("test")) {
                    this.conf = fullConf.get("test");
                    System.out.println("values of test env "+conf);
                    System.out.println("Username "+conf.get("username"));
                    System.out.println("Passowrd "+conf.get("password"));
                    System.out.println("Page "+conf.get("page"));
                    System.out.println("location_username "+fullConf.get("location_username"));
                    System.out.println("location_password "+fullConf.get("location_password"));
                }

}

This program prints the contents of yaml. The variable "fullConf " contains all data of the yaml file as a "key, Map". The variable "conf " will have data of any specific node.


Project home
   src
      test.com
  one/two/three
      config/config.yaml


         InputStream in = this.getClass().getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream("config/config.yaml");
        System.out.println("Hello1 : "+in);

        in = this.getClass().getResourceAsStream("/config/config.yaml");
        System.out.println("Hello3 : "+in);

http://viralpatel.net/blogs/2009/10/loading-java-properties-files.html

Execute a java class using Ant

Sample Ant Script

<project name="selenium-demo" default="compile" basedir=".">

    <property name="build.dir" value="build" />
    <property name="src.dir" value="src"/>
    <property name="lib.dir" value="lib"/>
    <property name="reports.dir" value="report"/>
    <property name="xml" value="Sample.xml"/>
    <property name="main-class"  value="mytests.Sample"/>
 
    <path id="classpath">
        <pathelement location="${build.dir}/classes"/>
        <fileset dir="${lib.dir}" includes="**/*.jar"/>
    </path>

    <target name="compile">
        <delete dir="${build.dir}"/>
        <mkdir dir="${build.dir}/classes"/>
        <javac srcdir="${src.dir}" destdir="${build.dir}/classes"  executable="javac">
            <classpath refid="classpath"/>
        </javac>
    </target>

    <target name="run_tests" depends="compile">
        <java classname="${main-class}">
             <classpath refid="classpath"/>
        </java>
    </target>

</project>

Save the above file as ant.xml.

Sample Java File


package mytests;

import java.io.IOException;

import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver;
import org.testng.annotations.Test;


public class Sample{
 
    public static void main(String str[]){
         WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();
         driver.get("http://www.addthis.com");
         try {
            Thread.sleep(5);
        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
        }
        driver.close();
    }

}

Save the java file as Sample.java and put it into a folder named "src" . Create a new folder and name it "lib" and paste the jar files to be used in the project. For above project only "selenium-server-standalone" will be enough. From the CMD go to the project location and excute the command ant run_tests. Now a new folder called build will be created and it will have all compiled classes.