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