Include new test directory maven surefire plugin

Question

Existing Structure : src/test/java --> All java unit tests. This gets picked up easily by Maven surefire plugin. Now, in addition to these java unit test cases, I want to i

Answer 1

The following pom is working:

<project
  xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">

  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>

  <groupId>com.soebes.groovy</groupId>
  <artifactId>first-groovy</artifactId>
  <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>

  <name>Test Groovy Scripting</name>

  <properties>
    <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
  </properties>

  <dependencies>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>org.codehaus.gmaven.runtime</groupId>
      <artifactId>gmaven-runtime-2.0</artifactId>
      <version>1.5</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
      <artifactId>groovy-all</artifactId>
      <version>2.0.0</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>org.testng</groupId>
      <artifactId>testng</artifactId>
      <version>6.8.7</version>
    </dependency>
      <dependency>
        <groupId>org.easytesting</groupId>
        <artifactId>fest-assert</artifactId>
        <version>1.4</version>
      </dependency>
  </dependencies>

  <build>
    <plugins>
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>3.1</version>
        <configuration>
          <compilerId>groovy-eclipse-compiler</compilerId>
          <verbose>true</verbose>
        </configuration>
        <dependencies>
          <dependency>
            <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
            <artifactId>groovy-eclipse-compiler</artifactId>
            <version>2.8.0-01</version>
          </dependency>
          <dependency>
            <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
            <artifactId>groovy-eclipse-batch</artifactId>
            <version>2.0.7-03</version>
          </dependency>
        </dependencies>
      </plugin>
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>2.16</version>
      </plugin>
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.codehaus.gmaven</groupId>
        <artifactId>gmaven-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>1.5</version>
        <dependencies>
          <dependency>
            <groupId>org.codehaus.gmaven.runtime</groupId>
            <artifactId>gmaven-runtime-2.0</artifactId>
            <version>1.5</version>
          </dependency>
          <dependency>
            <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
            <artifactId>groovy</artifactId>
            <version>1.8.6</version>
          </dependency>
        </dependencies>
        <configuration>
          <debug>false</debug>
          <verbose>true</verbose>
          <stacktrace>true</stacktrace>
          <defaultScriptExtension>.groovy</defaultScriptExtension>
          <providerSelection>2.0</providerSelection>
        </configuration>
        <executions>
          <execution>
            <goals>
              <goal>testCompile</goal>
              <goal>compile</goal>
            </goals>
          </execution>
        </executions>
      </plugin>
    </plugins>
  </build>

</project>

You can see a full working example here. This means having groovy tests under src/test/groovy java unit tests under src/test/java.

Answer 2

Just as Java sources need to be compiled (as done by the maven-compiler-plugin), so do the groovy files. You need to add the gmaven-plugin, see http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GMAVEN/Building+Groovy+Projects#BuildingGroovyProjects-CompilingSources

UPDATE https://github.com/groovy/GMavenPlus