[SUREFIRE-363] The maven-surefire-plugin fails with a NoSuchMethodException.

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Cannot Reproduce
• Affects Version/s: 2.4
• Component/s: TestNG support
• Environment: Maven 2.0.7, Surefire SVN revision 587921, TestNG 5.5
• Flags: Patch
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Tibor Adam Varga
• Created: 24/Oct/07 11:27
• Updated: 05/Apr/15 14:53
• Resolved: 20/Nov/07 19:49

Description

Parameter type mismatch when finding the TestNGDirectoryTestSuite constructor:

[INFO] [surefire:test]
[INFO] Surefire report directory: /Users/tibvarga/work/test/project/target/surefire-reports
org.apache.maven.surefire.booter.SurefireExecutionException: Unable to find appropriate constructor to create suite: org.apache.maven.surefire.testng.TestNGDirectoryTestSuite.<init>(java.io.File, java.util.ArrayList, java.util.ArrayList, java.lang.String, java.lang.String, java.util.HashMap); nested exception is java.lang.NoSuchMethodException: org.apache.maven.surefire.testng.TestNGDirectoryTestSuite.<init>(java.io.File, java.util.ArrayList, java.util.ArrayList, java.lang.String, java.lang.String, java.util.HashMap); nested exception is org.apache.maven.surefire.testset.TestSetFailedException: Unable to find appropriate constructor to create suite: org.apache.maven.surefire.testng.TestNGDirectoryTestSuite.<init>(java.io.File, java.util.ArrayList, java.util.ArrayList, java.lang.String, java.lang.String, java.util.HashMap); nested exception is java.lang.NoSuchMethodException: org.apache.maven.surefire.testng.TestNGDirectoryTestSuite.<init>(java.io.File, java.util.ArrayList, java.util.ArrayList, java.lang.String, java.lang.String, java.util.HashMap)
org.apache.maven.surefire.testset.TestSetFailedException: Unable to find appropriate constructor to create suite: org.apache.maven.surefire.testng.TestNGDirectoryTestSuite.<init>(java.io.File, java.util.ArrayList, java.util.ArrayList, java.lang.String, java.lang.String, java.util.HashMap); nested exception is java.lang.NoSuchMethodException: org.apache.maven.surefire.testng.TestNGDirectoryTestSuite.<init>(java.io.File, java.util.ArrayList, java.util.ArrayList, java.lang.String, java.lang.String, java.util.HashMap)
java.lang.NoSuchMethodException: org.apache.maven.surefire.testng.TestNGDirectoryTestSuite.<init>(java.io.File, java.util.ArrayList, java.util.ArrayList, java.lang.String, java.lang.String, java.util.HashMap)
at java.lang.Class.getConstructor0(Class.java:2647)
at java.lang.Class.getConstructor(Class.java:1629)
at org.apache.maven.surefire.Surefire.instantiateObject(Surefire.java:217)
at org.apache.maven.surefire.Surefire.instantiateSuite(Surefire.java:246)
at org.apache.maven.surefire.Surefire.createSuiteFromDefinition(Surefire.java:148)
at org.apache.maven.surefire.Surefire.run(Surefire.java:111)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
at org.apache.maven.surefire.booter.SurefireBooter.runSuitesInProcess(SurefireBooter.java:315)
at org.apache.maven.surefire.booter.SurefireBooter.main(SurefireBooter.java:922)
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] BUILD FAILURE

Attached are a project to demonstrate the issue and a patch that resolves it.

Issue Links

• depends upon: SUREFIRE-362 SurefireBooter does not recognise the Properties sent by SurefirePlugin