Maven Surefire plugin in JUnit - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to specify the Maven Surefire plugin version in the POM file.

JUnit

<plugin>
  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
  <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
  <version>[1]</version>
</plugin>

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A2.5

B1.0.0

C3.0.0-M7

D4.0.0

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Common Mistakes

Using outdated plugin versions like 1.0.0 or 2.5 which may not support JUnit 5.

The version 3.0.0-M7 supports modern JUnit versions.

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medium

Complete the code to configure Maven Surefire plugin to include only tests matching the pattern.

JUnit

<configuration>
  <includes>
    <include>[1]</include>
  </includes>
</configuration>

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A**/*Test.java

B*.txt

Csrc/test/java

Dpom.xml

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Common Mistakes

Using file extensions or paths that do not match Java test files.

The pattern '**/*Test.java' tells Surefire to run all test classes ending with 'Test.java'.

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hard

Fix the error in the Maven Surefire plugin configuration to enable JUnit 5 platform.

JUnit

<configuration>
  <[1]>
    <provider>org.junit.platform.surefire.provider.JUnitPlatformProvider</provider>
  </[1]>
</configuration>

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AuseProvider

Bprovider

CproviderName

Dproviders

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Common Mistakes

Using singular tag directly without wrapping in .

The correct tag is which wraps one or more elements. Using enables specifying the JUnit Platform provider.

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hard

Fill both blanks to configure Maven Surefire plugin to run tests with JUnit 5 and enable detailed reports.

JUnit

<configuration>
  <[1]>
    <[2]>org.junit.platform.surefire.provider.JUnitPlatformProvider</[2]>
  </[1]>
  <reportsDirectory>${project.build.directory}/surefire-reports</reportsDirectory>
</configuration>

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Aproviders

Bprovider

CuseJUnitPlatform

DreportFormat

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Common Mistakes

Using incorrect tag names like or which are not valid here.

The tag wraps one or more tags. The provider specifies the JUnit Platform provider class to run JUnit 5 tests.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to configure Maven Surefire plugin to skip tests and set a custom test failure ignore flag.

JUnit

<configuration>
  <[1]>true</[1]>
  <[2]>false</[2]>
  <[3]>true</[3]>
</configuration>

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AskipTests

BtestFailureIgnore

CforkCount

DfailIfNoTests

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Common Mistakes

Confusing forkCount (which is a number) with boolean flags.

Setting testFailureIgnore to true when you want build to fail on test errors.

true skips running tests.
false means build fails on test failures.
true fails build if no tests are found.