How to access pom.xml values from a testng listener

Question

I have a testng listener where it needs to retrieve the following values from the pom.xml.

<groupId></groupId>
<artifactId></artifactId>
<version></version>

I tried [1] but that was giving the values of the listener pom. What I need to get is the values of the pom.xml that I will eventually use this lisetner

In Summary: I have a testng listener implementation "listener.jar" which is a dependency in "Project A" and need to read the above above parameters in "Project A".

[1] Get Maven artifact version at runtime

You will have to create an XmlReader, which will be parameterized with the Maven POM XSD Schema (and you'll have to generate the Java classes from it) [XSD](https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd). Once you've done this, you will be able to read the data your `pom.xml` contains. — DamCx, Dec 09 '16 at 09:35
Not update just read. I can only change my listener and not the project. I just need to read the pom.xml in "the project" and retrieve the values. — nu1silva, Dec 09 '16 at 09:49
So you have to do it outside of your project, otherwise you might have troubles to access it — DamCx, Dec 09 '16 at 09:51
yes it needs to be from my end. Did consider the XMLReader option but was looking for a way to get these through testng. — nu1silva, Dec 09 '16 at 09:54

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 19 '16 at 07:26

Solved! and here is how it was done.

On the maven-surefire-plugin I added the required values as "systemPropertyVariables"

<systemPropertyVariables>
      <component.name>${artifactId}</component.name>
      <component.version>${version}</component.version>
</systemPropertyVariables>

So the plugin would look like this;

<build>
    <pluginManagement>
        <plugins>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>2.12</version>
                <configuration>
                    <systemPropertyVariables>
                        <component.name>${artifactId}</component.name>
                        <component.version>${version}</component.version>
                    </systemPropertyVariables>
                    <suiteXmlFiles>
                        <suiteXmlFile>src/test/resources/testng.xml</suiteXmlFile>
                    </suiteXmlFiles>
                </configuration>
            </plugin>
        </plugins>
    </pluginManagement>
</build>

In the testng.xml we need to mention these as parameters inorder to access them through the listener.

<suite name="SampleTest_TestSuite1" verbose="1">
<parameter name="component" value="${component.name}"/>
<parameter name="version" value="${component.version}"/>

<test name="SampleTest" preserve-order="true" parallel="false">
    <classes>
        ...
    </classes>
</test>
</suite>

Then we access these parameters through testng listener.

public class DataBaseReporterListener implements IReporter {

    @Override
    public void generateReport(List<XmlSuite> xmlSuites, List<ISuite> suites, String s) {

        String componentName = suites.get(0).getParameter("component");
        String componentVersion = suites.get(0).getParameter("version");

score -1 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 09 '16 at 09:40

-1

give a properties tag in POM.xml and add an appropriate name to it. Add the properties you need to add in custom nodes like

<properties>
<property>
<id>ABC</id>
...
<customprop1>property value</customprop1>
</property>
</properties>

Now after activationg this profile you can access value in any jsp file by just using

${customprop1}

answered Dec 09 '16 at 09:40

Ishwar .Patil

103
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This won't help him to get his actual Dependencies versions in his Java code, but only some properties within his `pom.xml`. – DamCx Dec 09 '16 at 09:44
I wont be able to update the pom.xml. So, thats out of the question. – nu1silva Dec 09 '16 at 09:45

How to access pom.xml values from a testng listener

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