Question

I am using IntelliJ 11.1.3, IvyIDEA Plugin for IntelliJ, Spock 0.5 (which depends on Groovy 1.8.4), and Groovy 1.5.6.

I have an IntelliJ module that follows Maven Standard Directory Layout. The output is a WAR file.

When doing a build of this module in IntelliJ, is there any way that I can tell IntelliJ to use the following:

• Groovy 1.5.6 to compile src/main/groovy
• Groovy 1.8.4 to compile src/test/groovy

I need to do this because the actual application code needs to be compiled against Groovy 1.5.6 (long story short: the WAR that is generated is deployed with an EAR that must stay on Groovy 1.5.6 for now).

The Test directory, of course, does not get deployed with the WAR. The Test directory contains Spock Tests. I am using Spock 0.5, which requires Groovy 1.8.x

ivy.xml

<dependency conf="compile->default" name="groovy-all" 
    org="org.codehaus.groovy" rev="1.5.6"/>

<dependency conf="test->default" name="groovy-all" 
    org="org.codehaus.groovy" rev="1.8.4"/>
<dependency conf="test->default" name="spock-core" 
    org="org.spockframework" rev="0.5-groovy-1.8"/>

I need to be able to run tests from IntelliJ. If I build from IntelliJ and attempt to run a Spock Test, I get the following:

org.spockframework.runtime.InvalidSpecException: 
Specification 'org.myorg.test.ProcessCaseTest' was not compiled properly 
(Spock AST transform was not run); try to do a clean build
at org.spockframework.runtime.SpecUtil.checkIsSpec(SpecUtil.java:53)

If I remove this line:

<dependency conf="compile->default" name="groovy-all" 
    org="org.codehaus.groovy" rev="1.5.6"/>

then I can build and run Spock Tests, but I lose Groovy from my module.

I think what I need to do is tell IntelliJ to use one version of Groovy to compile the application code and another version of Groovy to compile the tests, but I have not been able to find a way to do this.

I would be extremely grateful for any help or insight that anyone could provide. Thank you very much.

Answer 1

IDEA follows the Maven dependency model where compile dependencies automatically make it to the test class path. What you can try is to reorder dependencies in the IDEA module so that Groovy 1.8 (which should have scope test) comes before Groovy 1.5 (which should have scope compile). Anyway, it’s a hairy affair.

PS: I recommend to use Spock 0.6.