TestNG surefire, run suite with maven command line

Question

Is it possible to run a predefined xml suite from the command line through maven?

I am able to run a class or a particular test. But I am unable to run a suite.

Answer 1

Usually you don't need nothing special in relationship with TestNG. Just use the maven-surefire-plugin:

  
    org.apache.maven.plugins
    maven-surefire-plugin
    2.12
  

and based on that all Tests which are correctly annotated should run. Ah of course you need a dependency to TestNG like this:

  org.testng
  testng
  6.5.2
  test

Usually i wouldn't create Test Suites anymore, cause this a point which you have to maintain which is often missed to update etc. just use annotations.

If you need to run a particular suite of tests just define a testng.xml file in src/test/resources and enhance the configuration of the maven-surefire plugin appropriately.

  
    org.apache.maven.plugins
    maven-surefire-plugin
    2.12
    
      
        src/test/resources/testng.xml