Junit run not picking file src/test/resources. For

Question

I m facing a issue where test/resource is not picked,but instead jar's main/resource is picked

Scenario is like : Myproject src/test/resources--- have config.xml w which should be needed by abc.jar which is a dependecy in Myproject.

When running test case for Myproject its loading config.xml of abc.jar instead of Myproject test/resources. - I need to know order in which maven pick resources. - Or wat im trying is not possible.

Thanks.

Answer 1

I ran into a similar issue with my project. So I have TestClassA in ProjectA that calls ClassB from ProjectB. ClassB uses a file in src/test/resources. For some reason this file was not being used. I found out that ProjectA had a file by the same name in its src/test/resources.
So in summary, even though ClassB was in ProjectB, it was using ProjectA's src/test/resources because that's the project where the test originated.

Answer 2

Files from target/tests-classes (by default) are included at the beginning the test classpath. So when running tests, resources from both src/main/resources and src/test/resources are on the classpath but the later has precedence over the former. In other words, if you have a config.xml in src/main/resources and in src/test/resouces:

• src/main/resources/config.xml will be packaged in the final artefact but
• src/test/resources/config.xml will be used when running test

If this is not what you're experiencing, there must be a mistake somewhere else.

If you want to convince yourself you can run mvn -X test, this will print the Test Classpath. And you'll see that this classpath is made of (in this order):

• target/test-classes
• target/classes
• the project jar
• the dependencies (including those with a test scope)