How to run particular (out of build cycle) Junit5 tests using Gradle

Question

I am moving tests to junit5 that are going to be run with Gradle. In a project I work with there are unit tests and some specific tests that must be run on demand (from particul

Answer 1

Define a new configuration, depend on junit-platform-console-standalone artifact and configure the console launcher to your needs. Like:

configurations {
    standalone
}

dependencies {
    standalone 'org.junit.platform:junit-platform-console-standalone:1.0.0-SNAPSHOT'
}

task downloadJUnitPlatformStandalone(type: Copy) {
    from configurations.standalone
    into "$buildDir/junit-platform-standalone"
    eachFile { println " (standalone) -> " + it.file.name }
}

task runJUnitPlatformStandalone(type: JavaExec, dependsOn: downloadJUnitPlatformStandalone) {
    jvmArgs '-ea'
    jvmArgs '-Djava.util.logging.config.file=src/test/logging.properties'
    classpath = fileTree(dir: "$buildDir/junit-platform-standalone", include: '*.jar') + project.sourceSets.test.runtimeClasspath
    main 'org.junit.platform.console.ConsoleLauncher'
    args += '--scan-class-path'
    args += '--disable-ansi-colors'
    args += '--details=tree'
    args += "--reports-dir=$project.testReportDir"
}

test.dependsOn runJUnitPlatformStandalone

Source junit-platform-standalone.gradle or alternate (Jupiter-only) dependencies jupiter.gradle.

Without own configuration and download: https://discuss.gradle.org/t/junit-5-jupiter-platform-snapshot-console-launcher-task/19773/2