Ability to access manifest resource while running unit tests
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Key: SUREFIRE-620
URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/SUREFIRE-620
Project: Maven Surefire
Issue Type: Improvement
Components: Junit 4.x support, Maven Surefire Plugin
Affects Versions: 2.5
Environment: n/a
Reporter: Ernst de Haan
Priority: Minor
Use case:
- my code calls getClass().getPackage().getImplementationVersion() to determine
the version specified in the manifest
- I would like to test this code, for example making sure the returned string
is not null
Currently, when I run "mvn test" it does not generate the JAR, nor does it not
make the META-INF/MANIFEST.MF file available in the classpath.
First question is whether this is a *unit* test or an *integration* test. I
would say a unit test, because no other code bases are involved, this should be
within a single module, and not testing any dependencies.
Secondly, is the test valid at all if it uses a resource. I would say "yes",
because it is even standard functionality offered by J2SE and I consider this a
good approach to determining meta data from the codebase self.
Thirdly, should the Surefire plugin depend on the JAR being created or should
it just generate the manifest (and copy/generate other resources?) and stick
them where the compiled classes go?
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