TestNG with test libraries

[Jonathan Gibbons]

On 06/27/2016 02:10 PM, David DeHaven wrote:
> We have a directory marked as TestNG tests but some helper classes outside that directory that we would like to use. Since TestNG tests don't use the @test (or can they?) is there a way to tell jtreg/testng to add the library to the classpath when building/running?
>
> -DrD-
>

Are you using the TEST.properties mechanism to declare a directory full 
of just TestNG tests?

Assuming you are following the convention to put a TEST.proiperties file 
in the root dir of your TestNG hierarchy, with an entry like
     TestNG.dirs = .

add another property
     lib.dirs = <path>

where <path> is what you might otherwise put in a @library tag, i.e.  a 
path that does not begin with '/', which with be evaluated relative to 
the immediately enclosing directory, or a path that does begin with '/', 
which will be evaluated relative to the root directory of the test suite 
(i.e. the directory containing the TEST.ROOT file).


TestNG tests can actually contain @test directives, but only for 
documentary info, like @bug, @synopsis, etc.

-- Jon