[SUREFIRE-2049] Upgrade Surefire Provider interface

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Component/s: documentation, JUnit 3.x support, Junit 4.7+ (parallel) support, Junit 4.x support, JUnit 5.x support, Maven Failsafe Plugin, Maven Surefire Plugin, TestNG support
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Tibor Digana
• Created: 28/Mar/22 00:19
• Updated: 30/May/23 18:09

Description

The interface SurefireProvider has several drawbacks:

1. method getSuites() should be deleted and substituted by a negotiation mechanism between the plugin process and surefire forked process. TODO: analyse as-is-status in the in-plugin mode
2. method invoke( Object forkTestSet ) has parameter of Java type Object. This should respect polymorphic approach.
3. analyse the impact of the method cancel()

Issue Links

• blocks: SUREFIRE-2073 Test class filtering should be done in the particular fork JVM where the real test would run.
• is duplicated by: SUREFIRE-1560 Rework SUREFIRE-1535. Use only FORKTESTSET and split SurefireProvider to two interfaces - currently has two responsibilities