How to exclude class in TestNG?

Question

Is this possible to exclude classes in testng.xml?

I tried with

Answer 1

As workaround, you can add pseudo groups to the each test with name, equals test method or test class via annotation transformer

public class TestNGAnnotationTransformer implements IAnnotationTransformer {

@Override
public void transform(ITestAnnotation annotation, Class testClass, Constructor testConstructor, Method testMethod) {
    if (testMethod == null || annotation == null) {
        return;
    }

    String pseudoGroupClass = testMethod.getDeclaringClass().getSimpleName();
    String pseudoGroupMethod = pseudoGroupClass + "." + testMethod.getName();

    String[] existingGroups = annotation.getGroups();
    String[] extendedGroups;
    if (existingGroups == null) {
        extendedGroups = new String[] { pseudoGroupClass, pseudoGroupMethod };
    } else {
        List tmp = new ArrayList();
        for (String group : existingGroups) {
            tmp.add(group);
        }
        tmp.add(pseudoGroupClass);
        tmp.add(pseudoGroupMethod);
        extendedGroups = tmp.toArray(new String[0]);
    }

    annotation.setGroups(extendedGroups);
}

}

and use it in your testng.xml