[SUREFIRE-622] The TestNG command line option '-testrunfactory' should be supported.

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 2.19
• Component/s: TestNG support
• Flags: Patch
• Assignee: Tibor Digana
• Reporter: Orien Madgwick
• Created: 04/Jun/10 17:11
• Updated: 13/Oct/15 23:35
• Resolved: 13/Oct/15 21:48

Description

Version 5.9 of TestNG added the -testrunfactory command line option for registering a custom test runner factory. The Maven Surefire Plugin should support this option.

Ideally, one should be able to specify the option in the Surefire configuration of their project's pom.xml file.

<plugin>
  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
  <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
  <configuration>
    <properties>
      <property>
        <name>testrunfactory</name>
        <value>org.example.CustomTestRunnerFactory</value>
      </property>
    </properties>
  </configuration>
</plugin>