How to tie different values of a parameter to different groups?

Question

A test should run:

locally against local installation
locally against the server installation

Of course, the test must use different host URLs for those runs. How can I set them from outside of the code of the test? I thought about something as tying different test groups to different parameters values, but any way will be good.

two ideas. How about https://stackoverflow.com/a/13074108/4506285 (test with theories) or Is parameterized test what you are looking for? Check this link http://www.tutorialspoint.com/junit/junit_parameterized_test.htm — pwain, Nov 27 '17 at 20:50
@pwain If ever my managers will make me to use JUnit and I won't be able to struggle, I will use your first reference. Interesting tricks. But better it will be to use the normal testing system - look at my answer. — Gangnus, Nov 27 '17 at 23:50

Gangnus · Answer 1 · 2017-11-28T14:10:21.880

The parameters in TestNG cannot be tied to groups. Because of that mistake I couldn't find the answer. They can be tied to tests or suits though, so, everything is OK.

<suite name="My suite">
  <parameter name="first-name"  value="Cedric"/>
  <test name="Simple example">
............
@Parameters({ "first-name" })
@Test
public void testSingleString(String firstName) {
  System.out.println("Invoked testString " + firstName);
  assert "Cedric".equals(firstName);
}

The example is from the documentation.

So, we can set the value of a parameter from outside of the test code. Btw, tricks from @pwain fist reference can be useful in some situations, too, especially if we use JUnit instead of TestNG

How to tie different values of a parameter to different groups?

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