I am using Spock framework for testing (1.0-groovy-2.4 release). Junit offers this option to run a specific test using the command line (with Maven):
mvn -Dt
I use:
Windows: mvn -Dtest="TestCircle#my test" test
*Nix: mvn "-Dtest=TestCircle#my test" test
It works perfectly with surefire 2.19.1 and junit 4.8.1. The following is the code example and the execution output:
import spock.lang.Specification
class HelloSpec extends Specification {
def sayHello() {
given: "A person's name is given as a method parameter."
def greeting = "Hello Petri";
expect: "Should say hello to the person whose name is given as a method parameter"
greeting == "Hello Petri";
println "hello from HelloSpec"
}
def sayHi() {
expect:
1==1
println "sayHi from HelloSpec"
}
def "say hi to spock" () {
expect:
true
println "say hi to spock from HelloSpec"
}
}
# mvn test "-Dtest=HelloSpec#say hi to spock"
[INFO] Scanning for projects...
[INFO]
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Building Auto Test 1
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO]
[INFO] --- maven-resources-plugin:2.6:resources (default-resources) @ auto-test ---
[INFO] Using 'UTF-8' encoding to copy filtered resources.
[INFO] Copying 5 resources
[INFO]
[INFO] --- maven-compiler-plugin:2.5.1:compile (default-compile) @ auto-test ---
[INFO] No sources to compile
[INFO]
[INFO] --- maven-resources-plugin:2.6:testResources (default-testResources) @ auto-test ---
[INFO] Using 'UTF-8' encoding to copy filtered resources.
[INFO] Copying 122 resources
[INFO]
[INFO] --- maven-compiler-plugin:2.5.1:testCompile (default-testCompile) @ auto-test ---
[INFO] No sources to compile
[INFO]
[INFO] --- gmaven-plugin:1.4:testCompile (compile-test) @ auto-test ---
[INFO] Compiled 42 Groovy classes
[INFO]
[INFO] --- maven-surefire-plugin:2.19.1:test (default-test) @ auto-test ---
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T E S T S
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Running HelloSpec
say hi to spock from HelloSpec
Tests run: 1, Failures: 0, Errors: 0, Skipped: 0, Time elapsed: 0.558 sec - in HelloSpec
Results :
Tests run: 1, Failures: 0, Errors: 0, Skipped: 0
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD SUCCESS
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 17.169s
[INFO] Finished at: Fri Jul 01 14:19:20 CST 2016
[INFO] Final Memory: 31M/736M
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
# mvn test "-Dtest=HelloSpec#sayHi"
[INFO] Scanning for projects...
[INFO]
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Building Auto Test 1
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO]
[INFO] --- maven-resources-plugin:2.6:resources (default-resources) @ auto-test ---
[INFO] Using 'UTF-8' encoding to copy filtered resources.
[INFO] Copying 5 resources
[INFO]
[INFO] --- maven-compiler-plugin:2.5.1:compile (default-compile) @ auto-test ---
[INFO] No sources to compile
[INFO]
[INFO] --- maven-resources-plugin:2.6:testResources (default-testResources) @ auto-test ---
[INFO] Using 'UTF-8' encoding to copy filtered resources.
[INFO] Copying 122 resources
[INFO]
[INFO] --- maven-compiler-plugin:2.5.1:testCompile (default-testCompile) @ auto-test ---
[INFO] No sources to compile
[INFO]
[INFO] --- gmaven-plugin:1.4:testCompile (compile-test) @ auto-test ---
[INFO] Compiled 42 Groovy classes
[INFO]
[INFO] --- maven-surefire-plugin:2.19.1:test (default-test) @ auto-test ---
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T E S T S
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Running HelloSpec
sayHi from HelloSpec
Tests run: 1, Failures: 0, Errors: 0, Skipped: 0, Time elapsed: 0.539 sec - in HelloSpec
Results :
Tests run: 1, Failures: 0, Errors: 0, Skipped: 0
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD SUCCESS
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 12.187s
[INFO] Finished at: Fri Jul 01 14:19:49 CST 2016
[INFO] Final Memory: 31M/736M
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
# mvn test "-Dtest=HelloSpec#sayHello"
[INFO] Scanning for projects...
[INFO]
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Building Auto Test 1
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO]
[INFO] --- maven-resources-plugin:2.6:resources (default-resources) @ auto-test ---
[INFO] Using 'UTF-8' encoding to copy filtered resources.
[INFO] Copying 5 resources
[INFO]
[INFO] --- maven-compiler-plugin:2.5.1:compile (default-compile) @ auto-test ---
[INFO] No sources to compile
[INFO]
[INFO] --- maven-resources-plugin:2.6:testResources (default-testResources) @ auto-test ---
[INFO] Using 'UTF-8' encoding to copy filtered resources.
[INFO] Copying 122 resources
[INFO]
[INFO] --- maven-compiler-plugin:2.5.1:testCompile (default-testCompile) @ auto-test ---
[INFO] No sources to compile
[INFO]
[INFO] --- gmaven-plugin:1.4:testCompile (compile-test) @ auto-test ---
[INFO] Compiled 42 Groovy classes
[INFO]
[INFO] --- maven-surefire-plugin:2.19.1:test (default-test) @ auto-test ---
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T E S T S
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Running HelloSpec
hello from HelloSpec
Tests run: 1, Failures: 0, Errors: 0, Skipped: 0, Time elapsed: 0.515 sec - in HelloSpec
Results :
Tests run: 1, Failures: 0, Errors: 0, Skipped: 0
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD SUCCESS
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 11.170s
[INFO] Finished at: Fri Jul 01 14:20:14 CST 2016
[INFO] Final Memory: 31M/736M
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hope this help.