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Tibor Digana reassigned SUREFIRE-620:
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Assignee: Tibor Digana
> Ability to access manifest resource while running unit tests
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> Key: SUREFIRE-620
> URL: https://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
> Assignee: Tibor Digana
> Priority: Minor
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> 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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