How to test using maven

[tcho16]

Hi I've currently written tests using the lua busted framework but turns out there isn't any maven plugins for busted. I came across luaunit and you claim that I can use luaunit in maven. I tried looking for the luaunit maven plugin but couldn't find any. Could you tell me how I could incorporate this luaunit test on maven. Thank you.

[n1tehawk]

Hi tcho16!

DISCLAIMER: I have no personal experience with configuring/running Maven at all.

First of all, it's important to realize that neither LuaUnit nor busted offer direct out-of-the-box support for Maven (i.e. provide a suitable plugin).

Instead, they both allow output of test results as XML in a JUnit-compatible format ("xUnit"). For LuaUnit you would use options like --output junit --name myresults.xml, and a quick check shows that busted has a similar outputHandler.

If I understand it correctly, Maven integration thus consists of two steps:

1. Execute the (Lua) script that does the actual testing using LuaUnit (or busted), and creates corresponding JUnit output.
2. Make the test results available/meaningful to Maven by parsing the XML resulting from step 1.

Questions related to step 1. have been asked several times on StackOverflow - here's an answer that I found useful. If you are content with a simple BUILD SUCCESSFUL vs. BUILD FAILED result, this might already be all that is required.

Step 2. seems to be the more interesting one. While searching for a solution, I came across https://github.com/qqilihq/maven-test-parser-plugin which seems very helpful.

Regards, NiteHawk

[tcho16]

@n1tehawk Thanks for the input. Showed me some light in finding my answer but got there in the end :)

Ended up using the TAP output from busted alongside the tap4j maven plugin and incorporated them into my JUnit test cases.

[n1tehawk]

You're welcome! It was an interesting question, and this information might help others in the future. The tap4j route could also be useful in conjunction with LuaUnit, as it supports TAP output too.