Can we execute automation scripts using project maven jar?

Question

When we build maven project, project jar having name with the concatenation of GroupID-ArtifactID-Version is generated. Can we execute scripts on any machine using this jar?

Answer 1

Usually maven Jar which is installed will not really contain your test package "src/test/java". So, you can not execute your automation script using Jar built using maven by default.

 

If you want to include your test classes into your Jar file, you can use below plugin.

 

<plugin>

        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>

        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>

        <version>3.0.2</version>

        <executions>

          <execution>

            <goals>

              <goal>test-jar</goal>

            </goals>

          </execution>

        </executions>

</plugin>

 

And once Jar is built, you can use with scope as test.

 

<dependency>

      <groupId>groupId</groupId>

      <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>

      <type>test-jar</type>

      <version>version</version>

      <scope>test</scope>

</dependency>

 

Hope that answered your question.