Maven TestNG project, pass command line arguments to testng.xml file

Question

I have a Maven TestNG project, and am trying pass couple of command line arguments into the testng.xml file.

The testng.xml file looks like below:

Answer 1

TestNG and surefire are not supporting the ${var} notation.

But you can use the filtering feature of Maven. Then you'll have to choose the modified resource:

4.0.0
Test_Project
TP_X
1.0-SNAPSHOT
  
    
        
            src/test/resources
            true
        
    
    ${src.dir}
    
        
            org.apache.maven.plugins
            maven-surefire-plugin
            2.19.1
            
                
                   target/test-classes/testng.xml
                
            
        
    
  

Note the difference between testResources and resources: How do I filter test resources in maven?