Maven Eclipse unit test configuration

Question

I use Eclipse and for some of my unit tests, I need to set some JVM args for the test to work, -Djava.library.path in particular. I set it in my POM file as follows:

<plugin>
  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
  <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
  <configuration>
    <argLine>-Djava.library.path=target/dll</argLine>
  </configuration>
</plugin>

and it works correctly when I build with Maven. However, when I run in Eclipse (even with the Maven plug-in installed - I have everything else in my Eclipse environment working properly with maven), this JVM argument is not applied. Does anyone know why this is or how to fix this?

Argentum

Just to make sure - how are you running the unit test? M2Eclipse? Right-click -> Run as test? – Diandre

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Robert, I'm running the test as right click -> run as test. I'll check out the mailing list too, thanks! – Argentum

Answer 1

Running the test in Eclipse with the JUnit test runner does not invoke maven , even if you are using m2eclipse.

I suggest you either:

• create a maven launch configuration for the test goal;
• add -Djava.library.path=target/dll to your JVM arguments in the JUnit launch configuration.

Diandre

thanks for clarifying. I had done the second option. my worry was that other developers would all have to modify their configs manually - I was hoping to push that out automatically. appreciate the help. – Argentum

You can share your run configurations. Run -> Run Configurations -> JUnit -> (select one) -> Common -> Shared file, then check into SCM. – Bridget