Hello Folks,
In this post, we will see a very important and basic concept of TestNG : Understanding of TestNG.xml
You must aware about the hierarchy of testng.xml to implement many concept of testng. Let’s learn it:
I will generate a testng.xml for below hierarchy of project:
The generated testng.xml will be as below. I have added some extra tags for better understanding.
When we generate a testng.xml by default, it includes all methods annotated with @Test tag of a class. That is the reason you do not see tag. I added to make you understand about hierarchy of testng.xml in above xml.
There are five levels in a testng.xml as marked in red border in above image:
- Method
- Classes
- Class
- Test
- Suite
You can relate all above levels with Testing Methodologies as below:
A project is divided in to different Modules. Each module is divided in to multiple Test Scenarios. Each test scenario is divided in to multiple Test Cases. Since TestNG is a testing framework, it also allows you to organize your test as you do as a manual tester. You can categorized your automation suite in same way as you do in manual testing.
- Method : Test Cases
- Class : Test Scenarios
- Classes : Module Testing
- Test : Integration Testing
- Suite : System Testing
These level allows you to do extra setup for a test or module or suit. We will see more in upcoming posts, how knowledge of levels in testng.xml is going to help us.
A suite(Project) can have multiple Tests(Modules). A Test can have multiple Classes ( Please note here I am talking about tag not . You can have only single tag in a tag).
More about TestNG in upcoming posts. Stay tuned.
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