Question

I have:

Project
     \-src/main/resources
     \-src/main/java
     \-src/test/resources
                        \-TestDataSourceContext.xml
     \-src/test/java

and

DatabaseUtils
     \-src/main/resources
     \-src/main/java
     \-src/test/resources
                        \-AbstractTestDataSourceContext.xml
     \-src/test/java

In my Pom for Project I have a dependency as follows:
`

<dependencies>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>uk.co.domain.databaseutils</groupId>
        <artifactId>DatabaseUtils</artifactId>
        <version>${buildVersion}</version>
    </dependency> 
</dependencies>

Then in TestDataSourceContext.xml I have:

<import resource="classpath:AbstractTestDataSourceContext.xml"/>

Of course I get a filenotfoundexception when trying to do the import when running unit tests for Project, as AbstractTestDataSourceContext.xml is not included on the classpath. Is there a straightforward way of getting this file on the class path? Is there a maven option, a plugin etc? So when I depend on DatabaseUtils I can take all it’s resources, get DatabaseUtils to package it’s resource etc… I am still relatively new to Maven but it seems bizarre to me that this would be complicated to do.

Answer 1

What you usually do, you include another dependency with scope test:

<dependency>
    <groupId>uk.co.domain.databaseutils</groupId>
    <artifactId>DatabaseUtils</artifactId>
    <version>${buildVersion}</version>
    <scope>test</scope>
    <type>test-jar</type>
</dependency> 

It tells maven to include test-jar (should be called DatabaseUtils-<version>-tests.jar) on classpath for running tests (scope test).

This assumes there is a proper DatabaseUtils test jar available which should be the case if it’s installed in a default way by maven.