[SUREFIRE-1917] Surefire plug-in level dependency doesn't work

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Invalid
• Affects Version/s: 3.0.0-M5
• Component/s: Junit 4.x support

Environment

18:41:33 [root@MAC10143-ROTH tmp]# mvn -v
Apache Maven 3.6.3 (cecedd343002696d0abb50b32b541b8a6ba2883f)
Maven home: /usr/local/Cellar/maven/3.6.3/libexec
Java version: 11.0.10, vendor: AdoptOpenJDK, runtime: /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/adoptopenjdk-11.jdk/Contents/Home
Default locale: en_GB, platform encoding: UTF-8
OS name: "mac os x", version: "10.16", arch: "x86_64", family: "mac"
18:48:39 [root@MAC10143-ROTH tmp]#

• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Marco Brandizi
• Created: 04/Jun/21 17:54
• Updated: 04/Jun/24 20:22
• Resolved: 04/Jun/24 20:22

Description

I've been using a Junit 4.x listener for years, to wrap every test method run with nice header/trailer decorations.

 I've been doing this by adding the dependency to the listener class in the surefire's <plugin> section and then using the property listener.

I've just discovered that this doesn't work anymore with 3.0.0-M5 version: it says that the listener's ClassNotFoundException for the listener class.

You can verify this with the attached simple project.

Using it, I've tried several older versions until I found that the latest working is 2.19.1, the 2.20.1 raises a NullPointerEx and I didn't get exactly where (see the .out in the attachment).