[SUREFIRE-2115] Unable to execute specific inner class test in Surefire

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Component/s: Maven Surefire Plugin, TestNG support
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Baubak Gandomi
• Created: 06/Sep/22 07:26
• Updated: 08/Mar/23 23:52
• Resolved: 08/Mar/23 23:52

Description

Hi I have a nested class hierarchy which is as follows:

public class NestClassContainer {

    @Test
    public static class TestClass1 {

        public void testC1_m1() {
            System.out.println("Should not execute");
        }
    }

    @Test
    public static class TestClass2 {

        public void testC2_m1() {
            System.out.println("Should execute");
        }
    }

}

I want to use Surefire to only execute NestClassContainer$TestClass2, This works just fine in TestNG exeution, but I cannot get it to work in Surefire.

When I try to execute one of the nested classes TestClass2 , it executes all the tests in the top class. (Tested versions 2.22.1 & 3.0.0-M7)

Here is my commandline:

mvn clean test -Dtest=NestClassContainer$TestClass2 

Expected outcome:

We execute only testC2_m1

Actual outcome:

Both testC1_m1 & testC2_m1 are executed.

I have even tries setting the annotations on the test methods instead, but the result is the same.