# The JVM Test Suite Plugin

version 7.3

The JVM Test Suite plugin (plugin id: `jvm-test-suite`) provides a DSL and API to model multiple groups of automated tests into test suites in JVM-based projects. Tests suites are intended to grouped by their purpose and can have separate dependencies and use different testing frameworks.

For instance, this plugin can be used to define a group of Integration Tests, which might run much longer than unit tests and have different environmental requirements.

## Usage

This plugin is applied automatically by the `java` plugin but can be additionally applied explicitly if desired. The plugin cannot be used without a JVM language plugin applied as it relies on several conventions of the `java` plugin.

Example 1. Applying the JVM Test Suite plugin
build.gradle

    plugins {
        id 'java'
        id 'jvm-test-suite'
    }

build.gradle.kts

    plugins {
        java
        `jvm-test-suite`
    }

The plugins adds the following objects to the project:

- A `testing` extension (type: TestingExtension) to the project used to configure test suites.

When used with the Java Plugin:

- A test suite named `test` (type: JvmTestSuite).

- A `test` SourceSet.

- Several configurations derived from the `test` SourceSet name: `testImplementation`, `testCompileOnly`, `testRuntimeOnly`

- A single test suite target backed by a task named `test`.

The `test` task, SourceSet and derived configurations are identical in name and function to those used in prior Gradle releases.

## Tasks

The JVM Test Suite plugin adds the following task to the project:

`test` — Test

  Depends on: `testClasses` from the `java` plugin, and all tasks which produce the test runtime classpath

  Runs the tests using JUnit by default but can be configured for other frameworks.

Additional instances of Test tasks will be automatically created for each test suite added via the `testing` extension.

## Configuration

See the TestingExtension class in the API documentation.

### Terminology and Modeling

The JVM Test Suite Plugin introduces some modeling concepts backed by new APIs. Here are their definitions.

#### Test Suite

A test suite is a collection of JVM-based tests.

#### Test Suite Target

For the initial release of this plugin, each test suite has a single target. This results in a 1:1:1 relationship between test suite, test suite target and a matching Test task. The name of the `Test` task is derived from the suite name. Future iterations of the plugin will allow defining multiple targets based other attributes, such as a particular JDK/JRE runtime.

Each test suite has some configuration that is common across for all tests contained in the suite:

- Testing framework

- Sources

- Dependencies

In the future, other properties may be specified in the test suite which may influence the toolchains selected to compile and run tests.

The `Test` task associated with the target inherits its name from the suite. Other properties of the `Test` task are configurable.

## Configuration Examples

Here are several examples to illustrate the configurability of test suites.

## Declare an additional test suite

build.gradle

    testing {
        suites { (1)
            test { (2)
                useJUnitJupiter() (3)
            }

            integrationTest(JvmTestSuite) { (4)
                dependencies {
                    implementation project (5)
                }

                targets { (6)
                    all {
                        testTask.configure {
                            shouldRunAfter(test)
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }

    tasks.named('check') { (7)
        dependsOn(testing.suites.integrationTest)
    }

build.gradle.kts

    testing {
        suites { (1)
            val test by getting(JvmTestSuite::class) { (2)
                useJUnitJupiter() (3)
            }

            val integrationTest by registering(JvmTestSuite::class) { (4)
                dependencies {
                    implementation(project) (5)
                }

                targets { (6)
                    all {
                        testTask.configure {
                            shouldRunAfter(test)
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }

    tasks.named("check") { (7)
        dependsOn(testing.suites.named("integrationTest"))
    }

1 | Configure all test suites for this project.
2 | Configure the built-in `test` suite. This suite is automatically created for backwards compatibility. By convention, the built-in `test` suite will use JUnit4.
3 | Declare this test suite uses JUnit Jupiter. The framework’s dependencies are automatically included. It is not necessary to explicitly name or configure the built-in `test` suite if JUnit4 is desired.
4 | Define a new suite called `integrationTest`.
5 | Add a dependency on the production code of the project to the `integrationTest` suite targets. By convention, only the built-in `test` suite will automatically have a dependency on the production code of the project.
6 | Configure all targets of this suite. By convention, test suite targets have no relationship to other `Test` tasks. This example shows that the slower integration test suite targets should run after all targets of the `test` suite are complete.
7 | Configure the `check` task to depend on all `integrationTest` targets. By convention, test suite targets are not associated with the `check` task.

Invoking the `check` task on the above configured build should show output similar to:

    > Task :compileJava
    > Task :processResources NO-SOURCE
    > Task :classes
    > Task :compileTestJava
    > Task :processTestResources NO-SOURCE
    > Task :testClasses
    > Task :test
    > Task :jar
    > Task :compileIntegrationTestJava
    > Task :processIntegrationTestResources NO-SOURCE
    > Task :integrationTestClasses
    > Task :integrationTest
    > Task :check

    BUILD SUCCESSFUL in 0s
    6 actionable tasks: 6 executed

Note that the `integrationTest` test suite does not run until after the `test` test suite completes.

## Configure the built-in `test` suite

build.gradle

    testing { (1)
        suites {
            test {
                useTestNG() (1)

                targets {
                    all {
                        testTask.configure { (2)
                            // set a system property for the test JVM(s)
                            systemProperty 'some.prop', 'value'
                            options { (3)
                                preserveOrder = true
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }

build.gradle.kts

    testing {
        suites {
            val test by getting(JvmTestSuite::class) {
                useTestNG() (1)

                targets {
                    all {
                        testTask.configure { (2)
                            // set a system property for the test JVM(s)
                            systemProperty("some.prop", "value")
                            options { (3)
                                val options = this as TestNGOptions
                                options.preserveOrder = true
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }

1 | Declare the `test` test suite uses the TestNG test framework.
2 | Lazily configure the test task of all targets of the suite; note the return type of `testTask` is `TaskProvider<Test>`.
3 | Configure more detailed test framework options. The `options` will be a subclass of `org.gradle.api.tasks.testing.TestFrameworkOptions`, in this case it is `org.gradle.api.tasks.testing.testng.TestNGOptions`.

## Configure dependencies of a test suite

build.gradle

    testing {
        suites {
            test { (1)
                dependencies {
                    implementation 'org.assertj:assertj-core:3.21.0' (2)
                }
            }
        }
    }

    // Note that this is equivalent to:
    dependencies {
        testImplementation 'org.assertj:assertj-core:3.21.0'
    }

build.gradle.kts

    testing {
        suites {
            val test by getting(JvmTestSuite::class) { (1)
                dependencies {
                    implementation("org.assertj:assertj-core:3.21.0") (2)
                }
            }
        }
    }

    // Note that this is equivalent to:
    dependencies {
        testImplementation("org.assertj:assertj-core:3.21.0")
    }

1 | Configure the built-in `test` test suite.
2 | Add the assertj library to the test’s compile and runtime classpaths. The `dependencies` block within a test suite is already scoped for that test suite. Instead of having to know the global name of the configuration, test suites have a consistent name that you use in this block for declaring `implementation`, `compileOnly` and `runtimeOnly` dependencies.

## Configure source directories of a test suite

build.gradle

    testing {
        suites {
            integrationTest(JvmTestSuite) { (1)
                sources { (2)
                    java { (3)
                        srcDirs = ['src/it/java'] (4)
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }

build.gradle.kts

    testing {
        suites {
            val integrationTest by registering(JvmTestSuite::class) { (1)
                sources { (2)
                    java { (3)
                        setSrcDirs(listOf("src/it/java")) (4)
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }

1 | Declare and configure a suite named `integrationTest`. The `SourceSet` and synthesized `Test` tasks will be based on this name.
2 | Configure the `sources` of the test suite.
3 | Configure the `java` SourceDirectorySet of the test suite.
4 | Overwrite the `srcDirs` property, replacing the conventional `src/integrationTest/java` location with `src/it/java`.

## Configure the `Test` task for a test suite

build.gradle

    testing {
        suites {
            integrationTest {
                targets {
                    all { (1)
                        testTask.configure {
                            maxHeapSize = '512m' (2)
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }

build.gradle.kts

    testing {
        suites {
            val integrationTest by getting(JvmTestSuite::class) {
                targets {
                    all { (1)
                        testTask.configure {
                            setMaxHeapSize("512m") (2)
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }

1 | Configure the `integrationTest` task created by declaring a suite of the same name.
2 | Configure the `Test` task properties.

`Test` tasks associated with a test suite target can also be configured directly, by name. It is not necessary to configure via the test suite DSL.

## Differences between similar methods on JvmTestSuite and Test task types

Instances of JvmTestSuite have methods useJUnit() and useJUnitJupiter(), which are similar in name to methods on the Test task type: useJUnit() and useJUnitPlatform(). However, there are important differences.

Unlike the methods on the Test task, JvmTestSuite methods perform two additional pieces of configuration:

1. JvmTestSuite#useJUnit(), #useJUnitJupiter() and other framework-specific methods automatically apply the relevant testing framework libraries to the compile and runtime classpaths of the suite targets. Note the overloaded methods like JvmTestSuite#useJUnit(String) and #useJUnitJupiter(String) allow you to provide specific versions of the framework dependencies.

2. JvmTestSuite#useJUnit() and #useJUnitJupiter() automatically configure the suite targets' Test tasks to execute using the specified framework.

An example of this behavior is shown in the first configuration example above, Configuring the built-in `test` suite.

Note that unlike the Test task, the aforementioned methods on JvmTestSuite do not accept a closure or action for configuring the framework. These framework configuration options can be set on the individual targets.