Switch between MavenDependencyAppender

[flavienlaurent]

Is there a simple way to have multiple MavenDependencyAppender and to switch between them at the test level?

I'm looking for something to be able to run one test with default libs, then run one test with jpa related libs, then run one test with web services related lib and so on.

Thanks for your work!

[urbim]

No, currently not, but there are some other options.

If your project is separated in multiple modules (jpa, rest, etc.) you can have one MavenDependencyAppender per module.

You could also include all your libraries in all your tests. Usually that doesn't cause much trouble.

[flavienlaurent]

Thanks for your response. You're right, it doesn't cause much trouble but sometimes, you want your test configuration to be as clear as possible and your execution as fast as possible ;)

[urbim]

Yes, of course.

You could configure libraries when creating deployments, something like this:

@Deployment
public static WebArchive createDeployment() {
    JavaArchive jar = ShrinkWrap.create(JavaArchive.class);
    // add classes to jar

    return ShrinkWrap.create(WebArchive.class)
            .addAsLibrary(jar);
            .addAsLibrary(additionalLibrary);
}

The adapter will then correctly restructure deployment to exploded format. As for the additionalLibrary parameter, you can resolve a library with Maven using the ShrinkWrap Resolvers. We are actually using this tool to resolve MavenDependencyAppender libraries here.

But this is not so simple anymore.