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why mvn clean verify is running surefire plugin only

My project structure is:
Project_Name
|-src/main/java
|-src/test/java
|-default package
|-MyIT.java
|-steps
|-MySteps.java
|-pom.xml
MyIT.java:
#RunWith(SerenityRunner.class)
public class MyIT {
#Steps
MySteps mySteps;
#BeforeClass
public static void setUp() {
RestAssured.baseURI="https://restcountries.com/";
System.out.println("1");
}
#Test
#Title("Check \"Republic Of India\"")
public void verify_that_given_string_found_in_the_response() {
mySteps.whenIOpenURLForIndia();
mySteps.thenRepublicOfIndiaFoundInResponse();
}
}
MySteps.java:
public class MySteps {
#Step("When I Open the URL for India")
public void whenIOpenURLForIndia() {
SerenityRest.given().relaxedHTTPSValidation().basePath("v2/name/{country}").pathParam("country", "INDIA").when().get();
}
#Step("Then \"Republic of India\" found in the response")
public void thenRepublicOfIndiaFoundInResponse() {
SerenityRest.lastResponse().then().body("[1].altSpellings",hasItem("Republic of India"));
}
}
Pom.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>org.restcountries</groupId>
<artifactId>Serenity_RestAssured_Assignment1</artifactId>
<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
<name>Serenity_RestAssured_Assignment1</name>
<!-- FIXME change it to the project's website -->
<url>http://www.example.com</url>
<properties>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/net.serenity-bdd/serenity-core -->
<dependency>
<groupId>net.serenity-bdd</groupId>
<artifactId>serenity-core</artifactId>
<version>3.1.15</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/net.serenity-bdd/serenity-junit -->
<dependency>
<groupId>net.serenity-bdd</groupId>
<artifactId>serenity-junit</artifactId>
<version>3.1.15</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/net.serenity-bdd/serenity-rest-assured -->
<dependency>
<groupId>net.serenity-bdd</groupId>
<artifactId>serenity-rest-assured</artifactId>
<version>3.1.15</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/junit/junit -->
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<version>4.13.2</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/io.rest-assured/rest-assured -->
<dependency>
<groupId>io.rest-assured</groupId>
<artifactId>rest-assured</artifactId>
<version>4.4.0</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.hamcrest/java-hamcrest -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
<artifactId>java-hamcrest</artifactId>
<version>2.0.0.0</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<pluginManagement>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.8.1</version>
<configuration>
<source>1.8</source>
<target>1.8</target>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.0.0-M4</version>
<configuration>
<skip>true</skip>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.0.0-M4</version>
<configuration>
<skipTests>false</skipTests>
</configuration>
<executions>
<execution>
<goals>
<goal>integration-test</goal>
<goal>verify</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</pluginManagement>
</build>
</project>
Now when I run it using:
mvn clean verify
its output is:
[INFO] Scanning for projects...
[INFO]
[INFO] ---------< org.restcountries:Serenity_RestAssured_Assignment1 >---------
[INFO] Building Serenity_RestAssured_Assignment1 0.0.1-SNAPSHOT
[INFO] --------------------------------[ jar ]---------------------------------
[INFO]
[INFO] --- maven-clean-plugin:2.5:clean (default-clean) # Serenity_RestAssured_Assignment1 ---
[INFO] Deleting C:\ eclipse_workspace\Serenity_RestAssured_Assignment1\target
[INFO]
[INFO] --- maven-resources-plugin:2.6:resources (default-resources) # Serenity_RestAssured_Assignment1 ---
[INFO] Using 'UTF-8' encoding to copy filtered resources.
[INFO] skip non existing resourceDirectory
C:\ eclipse_workspace\Serenity_RestAssured_Assignment1\src\main\resources
[INFO]
[INFO] --- maven-compiler-plugin:3.8.1:compile (default-compile) # Serenity_RestAssured_Assignment1 ---
[INFO] Nothing to compile - all classes are up to date
[INFO]
[INFO] --- maven-resources-plugin:2.6:testResources (default-testResources) # Serenity_RestAssured_Assignment1 ---
[INFO] Using 'UTF-8' encoding to copy filtered resources.
[INFO] skip non existing resourceDirectory
C:\ eclipse_workspace\Serenity_RestAssured_Assignment1\src\test\resources
[INFO]
[INFO] --- maven-compiler-plugin:3.8.1:testCompile (default-testCompile) # Serenity_RestAssured_Assignment1 ---
[INFO] Changes detected - recompiling the module!
[INFO] Compiling 2 source files to
C:\ eclipse_workspace\Serenity_RestAssured_Assignment1\target\test-classes
[INFO]
[INFO] --- maven-surefire-plugin:3.0.0-M4:test (default-test) # Serenity_RestAssured_Assignment1 ---
[INFO] Tests are skipped.
[INFO]
[INFO] --- maven-jar-plugin:2.4:jar (default-jar) # Serenity_RestAssured_Assignment1 ---
[WARNING] JAR will be empty - no content was marked for inclusion!
[INFO] Building jar:
C:\ eclipse_workspace\Serenity_RestAssured_Assignment1\target\Serenity_RestAssured_Assignment1-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD SUCCESS
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 3.305 s
[INFO] Finished at: 2022-06-24T04:14:55+05:30
It shows “tests are skipped” and “jar will be empty”.
My question is why mvn verify is not running MyIT.java test despite that naming convention is proper for integration test(maven failsafe plugin). Maven surefire plugin is skipping the tests but maven failsafe plugin should identify the MyIT.java test.
EDIT: mvn clean test-compile failsafe:integration-test is able to run the MyIT.java test successfully but mvn clean test-compile failsafe:verify does not.

The issue is simply because you have defined the maven-failsafe-plugin in pluginManagement only.
The usual way is to define the version in pluginManagement while the binding has to be done in build area.
<build>
<pluginManagement>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.0.0-M7</version>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</pluginManagement>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
<executions>
<execution>
<goals>
<goal>integration-test</goal>
<goal>verify</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
I also recommend to upgrade your used plugins which means define newer versions of all used plugin in pluginManagement.
Furthermore you should not define a configuration for maven-surefire-plugin:
<configuration>
<skip>true</skip>
</configuration>

mvn appengine:run fails to execute goal com.google.cloud.tools:appengine-maven-plugin:2.2.0:run mvn appengine:deploy works fine

I am following the instructions from https://cloud.google.com/appengine/docs/standard/java/building-app/static-content I can deploy my changes and check them using gcloud app browse, but I cannot make the local development environment work.
Running mvn appengine:run -DskipTests returns the following error, and trying mvn package clean beforehand doesn't change it
[INFO] Scanning for projects...
[WARNING] The project mobi.grocerymonkey.groceryapp:groceryapp:war:1.0-SNAPSHOT uses prerequisites which is only intended for maven-plugin projects but not for non maven-plugin projects. For such purposes you should use the maven-enforcer-plugin. See https://maven.apache.org/enforcer/enforcer-rules/requireMavenVersion.html
[INFO]
[INFO] --------------< mobi.grocerymonkey.groceryapp:groceryapp >--------------
[INFO] Building groceryapp 1.0-SNAPSHOT
[INFO] --------------------------------[ war ]---------------------------------
[INFO]
[INFO] --- appengine-maven-plugin:2.2.0:run (default-cli) # groceryapp ---
Feb 26, 2020 3:28:56 PM com.google.cloud.tools.appengine.operations.DevAppServerRunner run
INFO: submitting command: /usr/local/Cellar/openjdk/13.0.2+8_2/libexec/openjdk.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/java -Xdebug -Dappengine.fullscan.seconds=3 -Duse_jetty9_runtime=true -D--enable_all_permissions=true -Dappengine.sdk.root=/Users/kn/Library/Application Support/google-cloud-tools-java/managed-cloud-sdk/LATEST/google-cloud-sdk/platform/google_appengine/google/appengine/tools/java -cp /Users/kn/Library/Application Support/google-cloud-tools-java/managed-cloud-sdk/LATEST/google-cloud-sdk/platform/google_appengine/google/appengine/tools/java/lib/appengine-tools-api.jar com.google.appengine.tools.development.DevAppServerMain --allow_remote_shutdown --disable_update_check --no_java_agent /Users/kn/Documents/private/musical-funicular/groceryapp/target/groceryapp-1.0-SNAPSHOT
[INFO] GCLOUD: WARNING: An illegal reflective access operation has occurred
[INFO] GCLOUD: WARNING: Illegal reflective access by com.google.appengine.tools.development.StreamHandlerFactory (file:/Users/kn/Library/Application%20Support/google-cloud-tools-java/managed-cloud-sdk/LATEST/google-cloud-sdk/platform/google_appengine/google/appengine/tools/java/lib/impl/appengine-local-runtime.jar) to method java.net.URL.getURLStreamHandler(java.lang.String)
[INFO] GCLOUD: WARNING: Please consider reporting this to the maintainers of com.google.appengine.tools.development.StreamHandlerFactory
[INFO] GCLOUD: WARNING: Use --illegal-access=warn to enable warnings of further illegal reflective access operations
[INFO] GCLOUD: WARNING: All illegal access operations will be denied in a future release
[INFO] GCLOUD: java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to create a DevAppServer
[INFO] GCLOUD: at com.google.appengine.tools.development.DevAppServerFactory.doCreateDevAppServer(DevAppServerFactory.java:369)
[INFO] GCLOUD: at com.google.appengine.tools.development.DevAppServerFactory.createDevAppServer(DevAppServerFactory.java:301)
[INFO] GCLOUD: at com.google.appengine.tools.development.DevAppServerMain$StartAction.apply(DevAppServerMain.java:383)
[INFO] GCLOUD: at com.google.appengine.tools.util.Parser$ParseResult.applyArgs(Parser.java:45)
[INFO] GCLOUD: at com.google.appengine.tools.development.DevAppServerMain.run(DevAppServerMain.java:257)
[INFO] GCLOUD: at com.google.appengine.tools.development.DevAppServerMain.main(DevAppServerMain.java:248)
[INFO] GCLOUD: Caused by: java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
[INFO] GCLOUD: at com.google.appengine.tools.development.DevAppServerImpl.<init>(DevAppServerImpl.java:124)
[INFO] GCLOUD: at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
[INFO] GCLOUD: at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:62)
[INFO] GCLOUD: at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45)
[INFO] GCLOUD: at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstanceWithCaller(Constructor.java:500)
[INFO] GCLOUD: at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:481)
[INFO] GCLOUD: at com.google.appengine.tools.development.DevAppServerFactory.doCreateDevAppServer(DevAppServerFactory.java:354)
[INFO] GCLOUD: ... 5 more
[INFO] GCLOUD: Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: java.lang.NoSuchMethodException: java.net.SocksSocketImpl.<init>()
[INFO] GCLOUD: at com.google.appengine.tools.development.DevSocketImplFactory.<clinit>(DevSocketImplFactory.java:76)
[INFO] GCLOUD: ... 12 more
[INFO] GCLOUD: Caused by: java.lang.NoSuchMethodException: java.net.SocksSocketImpl.<init>()
[INFO] GCLOUD: at java.base/java.lang.Class.getConstructor0(Class.java:3350)
[INFO] GCLOUD: at java.base/java.lang.Class.getDeclaredConstructor(Class.java:2554)
[INFO] GCLOUD: at com.google.appengine.tools.development.DevSocketImplFactory.<clinit>(DevSocketImplFactory.java:72)
[INFO] GCLOUD: ... 12 more
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD FAILURE
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 4.892 s
[INFO] Finished at: 2020-02-26T15:28:57+01:00
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] Failed to execute goal com.google.cloud.tools:appengine-maven-plugin:2.2.0:run (default-cli) on project groceryapp: Failed to run devappserver: com.google.cloud.tools.appengine.operations.cloudsdk.process.ProcessHandlerException: com.google.cloud.tools.appengine.AppEngineException: Non zero exit: 1 -> [Help 1]
[ERROR]
[ERROR] To see the full stack trace of the errors, re-run Maven with the -e switch.
[ERROR] Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug logging.
[ERROR]
[ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible solutions, please read the following articles:
[ERROR] [Help 1] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/MojoExecutionException
Kristians-MacBook-Air:groceryapp kn$
pom.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project>
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<packaging>war</packaging>
<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<groupId>mobi.grocerymonkey.groceryapp</groupId>
<artifactId>groceryapp</artifactId>
<properties>
<!-- uncomment if you wish to set your project here project- gcloud is used otherwise -->
<!-- <app.deploy.project>enduring-trees-259812</app.deploy.project> -->
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
<project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
<maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
<maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
<maven.compiler.showDeprecation>true</maven.compiler.showDeprecation>
<archiveClasses>true</archiveClasses>
</properties>
<prerequisites>
<maven>3.5</maven>
</prerequisites>
<dependencies>
<!-- Compile/runtime dependencies -->
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.appengine</groupId>
<artifactId>appengine-api-1.0-sdk</artifactId>
<version>1.9.78</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
<artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
<version>4.0.1</version>
<type>jar</type>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>jstl</groupId>
<artifactId>jstl</artifactId>
<version>1.2</version>
</dependency>
<!-- Test Dependencies -->
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.appengine</groupId>
<artifactId>appengine-testing</artifactId>
<version>1.9.78</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.appengine</groupId>
<artifactId>appengine-api-stubs</artifactId>
<version>1.9.78</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.appengine</groupId>
<artifactId>appengine-tools-sdk</artifactId>
<version>1.9.78</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.truth</groupId>
<artifactId>truth</artifactId>
<version>1.0.1</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
<artifactId>junit-jupiter-engine</artifactId>
<version>5.6.0</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
<artifactId>mockito-all</artifactId>
<version>2.0.2-beta</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.googlecode.objectify</groupId>
<artifactId>objectify</artifactId>
<version>6.0.6</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.json</groupId>
<artifactId>json</artifactId>
<version>20190722</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<!-- for hot reload of the web application-->
<outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/${project.build.finalName}/WEB-INF/classes</outputDirectory>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
<artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.2.0</version>
<configuration>
<project>enduring-trees-259812</project>
<version>1</version>
<jvmFlags>
<jvmFlag>-Xdebug</jvmFlag>
<jvmFlag>-Dappengine.fullscan.seconds=3</jvmFlag>
</jvmFlags>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
<artifactId>versions-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.7</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<phase>compile</phase>
<goals>
<goal>display-dependency-updates</goal>
<goal>display-plugin-updates</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
<configuration>
<excludes>
<exclude>javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api</exclude>
<exclude>com.google.guava:guava</exclude> <!-- avoid android version -->
</excludes>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.2.3</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.8.1</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.1.0</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.0.0-M1</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.0.0-M4</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.8.2</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.1.0</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.1</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.0.0-M3</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>enforce-maven</id>
<goals>
<goal>enforce</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<rules>
<requireMavenVersion>
<version>3.5</version>
</requireMavenVersion>
<requirePluginVersions>
<message>Best Practice is to always define plugin versions!</message>
<banLatest>true</banLatest>
<banRelease>true</banRelease>
<phases>clean,deploy,verify,appengine:run,appengine:deploy,appengine:update,appengine:devappaserver,site</phases>
</requirePluginVersions>
</rules>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>
appengine-web.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<appengine-web-app xmlns="http://appengine.google.com/ns/1.0">
<runtime>java8</runtime>
<threadsafe>true</threadsafe>
<system-properties>
<property name="java.util.logging.config.file" value="WEB-INF/logging.properties"/>
</system-properties>
<static-files>
<include path="/**.html"></include>
</static-files>
</appengine-web-app>
mvn clean install -U has been run

I had the same build error because of using unmatched JDK version.
Check your JDK version with "java -version". Probably you should use Java8(Java1.8) instead of Open JDK13.

Maven plugin AbstractMojoTestCase PlexusContainerException

I'm trying to create a maven plugin for the first time.
everything works till now except for the testing part.
I want to write some test cases before I start at coding the plugin itself.
I've had really much trouble till now with being able to simply run a test case that doesn't even do anything itself.
I think I'm missing a dependency or that I'm using compatible versions. I've messed much with the versions and the exceptions have changed a lot. But this one keeps coming back.
So when I run mvn test I get the following response from the console:
λ mvn test
[INFO] Scanning for projects...
[INFO]
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Building Simple Web Share Plugin 1.2.9-SNAPSHOT
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO]
[INFO] --- maven-resources-plugin:2.6:resources (default-resources) # sws-maven-plugin ---
[INFO] Using '' encoding to copy filtered resources.
[INFO] skip non existing resourceDirectory maven-sws-plugin\src\main\resources
[INFO]
[INFO] --- maven-compiler-plugin:3.2:compile (default-compile) # sws-maven-plugin ---
[INFO] Changes detected - recompiling the module!
[INFO] Compiling 4 source files to maven-sws-plugin\target\classes
[INFO]
[INFO] --- maven-plugin-plugin:3.2:descriptor (default-descriptor) # sws-maven-plugin ---
[INFO] Using '' encoding to read mojo metadata.
[INFO] Applying mojo extractor for language: java
[INFO] Mojo extractor for language: java found 0 mojo descriptors.
[INFO] Applying mojo extractor for language: bsh
[INFO] Mojo extractor for language: bsh found 0 mojo descriptors.
[INFO] Applying mojo extractor for language: java-annotations
[INFO] Mojo extractor for language: java-annotations found 1 mojo descriptors.
[INFO]
[INFO] --- maven-plugin-plugin:3.2:descriptor (mojo-descriptor) # sws-maven-plugin ---
[INFO] Using '' encoding to read mojo metadata.
[INFO] Applying mojo extractor for language: java
[INFO] Mojo extractor for language: java found 0 mojo descriptors.
[INFO] Applying mojo extractor for language: bsh
[INFO] Mojo extractor for language: bsh found 0 mojo descriptors.
[INFO] Applying mojo extractor for language: java-annotations
[INFO] Mojo extractor for language: java-annotations found 1 mojo descriptors.
[INFO]
[INFO] --- maven-resources-plugin:2.6:testResources (default-testResources) # sws-maven-plugin ---
[INFO] Using '' encoding to copy filtered resources.
[INFO] Copying 1 resource
[INFO]
[INFO] --- maven-compiler-plugin:3.2:testCompile (default-testCompile) # sws-maven-plugin ---
[INFO] Nothing to compile - all classes are up to date
[INFO]
[INFO] --- maven-surefire-plugin:2.12.4:test (default-test) # sws-maven-plugin ---
[INFO] Surefire report directory: maven-sws-plugin\target\surefire-reports
-------------------------------------------------------
T E S T S
-------------------------------------------------------
Running plugins.MojoTest
org.codehaus.plexus.PlexusContainerException: Cycle detected in component graph in the system:
at org.codehaus.plexus.DefaultPlexusContainer.initialize(DefaultPlexusContainer.java:624)
at org.codehaus.plexus.DefaultPlexusContainer.construct(DefaultPlexusContainer.java:281)
at org.codehaus.plexus.DefaultPlexusContainer.<init>(DefaultPlexusContainer.java:172)
at org.apache.maven.plugin.testing.AbstractMojoTestCase.setupContainer(AbstractMojoTestCase.java:159)
at org.apache.maven.plugin.testing.AbstractMojoTestCase.getContainer(AbstractMojoTestCase.java:179)
at org.apache.maven.plugin.testing.AbstractMojoTestCase.setUp(AbstractMojoTestCase.java:107)
at nl.ciber.maven.plugins.MojoTest.setUp(MojoTest.java:11)
at junit.framework.TestCase.runBare(TestCase.java:125)
at junit.framework.TestResult$1.protect(TestResult.java:106)
at junit.framework.TestResult.runProtected(TestResult.java:124)
at junit.framework.TestResult.run(TestResult.java:109)
at junit.framework.TestCase.run(TestCase.java:118)
at junit.framework.TestSuite.runTest(TestSuite.java:208)
at junit.framework.TestSuite.run(TestSuite.java:203)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at org.apache.maven.surefire.junit.JUnitTestSet.execute(JUnitTestSet.java:95)
at org.apache.maven.surefire.junit.JUnit3Provider.executeTestSet(JUnit3Provider.java:121)
at org.apache.maven.surefire.junit.JUnit3Provider.invoke(JUnit3Provider.java:98)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at org.apache.maven.surefire.util.ReflectionUtils.invokeMethodWithArray(ReflectionUtils.java:189)
at org.apache.maven.surefire.booter.ProviderFactory$ProviderProxy.invoke(ProviderFactory.java:165)
at org.apache.maven.surefire.booter.ProviderFactory.invokeProvider(ProviderFactory.java:85)
at org.apache.maven.surefire.booter.ForkedBooter.runSuitesInProcess(ForkedBooter.java:115)
at org.apache.maven.surefire.booter.ForkedBooter.main(ForkedBooter.java:75)
Caused by: org.codehaus.plexus.component.composition.CycleDetectedInComponentGraphException: Cyclic requirement detected
at org.codehaus.plexus.component.composition.DefaultCompositionResolver.addComponentDescriptor(DefaultCompositionResolver.java:65)
at org.codehaus.plexus.component.repository.DefaultComponentRepository.addComponentDescriptor(DefaultComponentRepository.java:229)
at org.codehaus.plexus.DefaultComponentRegistry.addComponentDescriptor(DefaultComponentRegistry.java:126)
at org.codehaus.plexus.DefaultPlexusContainer.addComponentDescriptor(DefaultPlexusContainer.java:514)
at org.codehaus.plexus.DefaultPlexusContainer.discoverComponents(DefaultPlexusContainer.java:969)
at org.codehaus.plexus.DefaultPlexusContainer.discoverComponents(DefaultPlexusContainer.java:941)
at org.codehaus.plexus.DefaultPlexusContainer.initialize(DefaultPlexusContainer.java:560)
... 29 more
Caused by: org.codehaus.plexus.util.dag.CycleDetectedException: Edge between 'Vertex{label='org.apache.maven.plugin.version.PluginVersionResolver:default'}' and 'Vertex{label='org.apache.maven.plugin.MavenPluginManager:default'}' introduces to cycle in the graph org.apache.maven.plugin.MavenPluginManager:default --> org.apache.maven.plugin.version.PluginVersionResolver:default --> org.apache.maven.plugin.MavenPluginManager:default
at org.codehaus.plexus.util.dag.DAG.addEdge(DAG.java:143)
at org.codehaus.plexus.util.dag.DAG.addEdge(DAG.java:123)
at org.codehaus.plexus.component.composition.DefaultCompositionResolver.addComponentDescriptor(DefaultCompositionResolver.java:60)
... 35 more
Tests run: 1, Failures: 1, Errors: 0, Skipped: 0, Time elapsed: 0.726 sec <<< FAILURE!
testFilePath(***.maven.plugins.MojoTest) Time elapsed: 0.686 sec <<< FAILURE!
junit.framework.AssertionFailedError: Failed to create plexus container.
at junit.framework.Assert.fail(Assert.java:47)
at org.apache.maven.plugin.testing.AbstractMojoTestCase.setupContainer(AbstractMojoTestCase.java:164)
at org.apache.maven.plugin.testing.AbstractMojoTestCase.getContainer(AbstractMojoTestCase.java:179)
at org.apache.maven.plugin.testing.AbstractMojoTestCase.setUp(AbstractMojoTestCase.java:107)
at ***.maven.plugins.MojoTest.setUp(MojoTest.java:11)
at junit.framework.TestCase.runBare(TestCase.java:125)
at junit.framework.TestResult$1.protect(TestResult.java:106)
at junit.framework.TestResult.runProtected(TestResult.java:124)
at junit.framework.TestResult.run(TestResult.java:109)
at junit.framework.TestCase.run(TestCase.java:118)
at junit.framework.TestSuite.runTest(TestSuite.java:208)
at junit.framework.TestSuite.run(TestSuite.java:203)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at org.apache.maven.surefire.junit.JUnitTestSet.execute(JUnitTestSet.java:95)
at org.apache.maven.surefire.junit.JUnit3Provider.executeTestSet(JUnit3Provider.java:121)
at org.apache.maven.surefire.junit.JUnit3Provider.invoke(JUnit3Provider.java:98)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at org.apache.maven.surefire.util.ReflectionUtils.invokeMethodWithArray(ReflectionUtils.java:189)
at org.apache.maven.surefire.booter.ProviderFactory$ProviderProxy.invoke(ProviderFactory.java:165)
at org.apache.maven.surefire.booter.ProviderFactory.invokeProvider(ProviderFactory.java:85)
at org.apache.maven.surefire.booter.ForkedBooter.runSuitesInProcess(ForkedBooter.java:115)
at org.apache.maven.surefire.booter.ForkedBooter.main(ForkedBooter.java:75)
Results :
Failed tests: testFilePath(***.maven.plugins.MojoTest): Failed to create plexus container.
Tests run: 1, Failures: 1, Errors: 0, Skipped: 0
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD FAILURE
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 13.595 s
[INFO] Finished at: 2017-03-24T10:35:35+01:00
[INFO] Final Memory: 32M/497M
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-surefire-plugin:2.12.4:test (default-test) on project sws-maven-plugin: There are test failures.
[ERROR]
[ERROR] Please refer to maven-sws-plugin\target\surefire-reports for the individual test results.
[ERROR] -> [Help 1]
[ERROR]
[ERROR] To see the full stack trace of the errors, re-run Maven with the -e switch.
[ERROR] Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug logging.
[ERROR]
[ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible solutions, please read the following articles:
[ERROR] [Help 1] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/MojoFailureException
My POM.xml (I've added a few things what are proberally not needed, I've googled a lot and nothing worked till now):
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>***.maven.plugin.sws</groupId>
<artifactId>sws-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<packaging>maven-plugin</packaging>
<version>1.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
<name>Simple Web Share Plugin</name>
<properties>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>Cp1252</project.build.sourceEncoding>
<maven.version>3.5.0-alpha-1</maven.version>
</properties>
<repositories>
<repository>
<id>mavencentral</id>
<name>Maven Central</name>
<url>https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/</url>
<layout>default</layout>
</repository>
</repositories>
<reporting>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-plugin-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.4</version>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</reporting>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.2</version>
<configuration>
<source>1.8</source>
<target>1.8</target>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-plugin-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.2</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>mojo-descriptor</id>
<goals>
<goal>descriptor</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
<configuration>
<skipErrorNoDescriptorsFound>true</skipErrorNoDescriptorsFound>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
<directory>${project.basedir}/target</directory>
<outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes</outputDirectory>
<finalName>${project.artifactId}-${project.version}</finalName>
<testOutputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
<sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
<testSourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/test/java</testSourceDirectory>
<resources>
<resource>
<directory>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>
</resource>
</resources>
<testResources>
<testResource>
<directory>${project.basedir}/src/test/resources</directory>
</testResource>
</testResources>
</build>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.fusesource.fabric</groupId>
<artifactId>fabric-maven-proxy</artifactId>
<version>7.0.1.fuse-084</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>***.webshare</groupId>
<artifactId>simple-web-share-api</artifactId>
<version>0.4</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.eclipse.aether</groupId>
<artifactId>aether-api</artifactId>
<version>1.1.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-plugin-api</artifactId>
<version>${maven.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-settings</artifactId>
<version>${maven.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>jdom</groupId>
<artifactId>jdom</artifactId>
<version>1.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.0.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
<version>3.1</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
<artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
<version>3.0.8</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
<artifactId>plexus-container-default</artifactId>
<!--<version>1.5.5</version>-->
<version>1.7.1</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-artifact</artifactId>
<version>${maven.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compat</artifactId>
<version>3.3.9</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>commons-io</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
<version>2.4</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin-testing</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-plugin-testing-harness</artifactId>
<version>2.1</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-core</artifactId>
<version>3.5.0-alpha-1</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<version>3.8.1</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin-tools</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-plugin-annotations</artifactId>
<version>3.2</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</project>
My POM for testing:
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>***.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>sws-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<packaging>jar</packaging>
<version>1.9.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
<name>reminder-maven-plugin Maven Mojo</name>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<version>3.8.1</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>***.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>sws-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
</configuration>
<executions>
<execution>
<goals>
<goal>test</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>
TestCase:
package ***.maven.plugins;
import org.apache.maven.plugin.testing.AbstractMojoTestCase;
/**
* Created by casper.hollemans on 20-3-2017.
*/
public class MojoTest extends AbstractMojoTestCase {
public void setUp() throws Exception {
super.setUp();
}
public void tearDown() throws Exception {
super.tearDown();
}
public void testFilePath() throws Exception {
}
}

So after struggling a bit more, I've been able to fix the exceptions.
The main problem wat that my POM was growing a bit big full of unnecessary dependencies. I've looked into the git of the maven clean plugin and compared my pom with the pom of the clean plugin. The main issue was, as I expected; I used the wrong versions. I'll post my current pom over here and the link to the maven plugin's git.
Maven plugins github page
Maven clean plugin (project I used to compare to).
My pom:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>***.maven.plugin.sws</groupId>
<artifactId>sws-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<packaging>maven-plugin</packaging>
<version>1.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
<name>Simple Web Share Plugin</name>
<properties>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>****</project.build.sourceEncoding>
<maven.version>3.0</maven.version>
</properties>
<reporting>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-plugin-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.4</version>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</reporting>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.2</version>
<configuration>
<source>1.8</source>
<target>1.8</target>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-plugin-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.2</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>mojo-descriptor</id>
<goals>
<goal>descriptor</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
<configuration>
<skipErrorNoDescriptorsFound>true</skipErrorNoDescriptorsFound>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.12</version>
<configuration>
<forkMode>never</forkMode>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
<directory>${project.basedir}/target</directory>
<outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes</outputDirectory>
<finalName>${project.artifactId}-${project.version}</finalName>
<testOutputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
<sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
<testSourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/test/java</testSourceDirectory>
<resources>
<resource>
<directory>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>
</resource>
</resources>
<testResources>
<testResource>
<directory>${project.basedir}/src/test/resources</directory>
</testResource>
</testResources>
</build>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>***.webshare</groupId>
<artifactId>simple-web-share-api</artifactId>
<version>0.4</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-plugin-api</artifactId>
<version>${maven.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>jdom</groupId>
<artifactId>jdom</artifactId>
<version>1.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
<version>3.5</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.eclipse.aether</groupId>
<artifactId>aether-api</artifactId>
<version>1.1.0</version>
</dependency>
<!-- dependencies to annotations -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin-tools</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-plugin-annotations</artifactId>
<version>3.2</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<!-- Test -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin-testing</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-plugin-testing-harness</artifactId>
<version>2.1</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-core</artifactId>
<version>${maven.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<version>4.12</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compat</artifactId>
<version>${maven.version}</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</project>

Issue with automated test not being found in classpath file

To start, let me just say that I have done quite a bit of research on my own in trying to resolve this issue. I have looked over a bunch of answers here on SO and have tried many of them but, sadly, to no avail.
My current stack is Eclipse (Mars) with Maven and Selenium. When attempting to run my automated tests, I get the following:
[INFO] Scanning for projects... [INFO] [INFO]
------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Building automation 0.0.1-SNAPSHOT [INFO]
------------------------------------------------------------------------ [WARNING] The POM for org.testng:testng:jar:5.14.3 is invalid,
transitive dependencies (if any) will not be available, enable debug
logging for more details [WARNING] The POM for
org.testng:testng:jar:5.14.4 is invalid, transitive dependencies (if
any) will not be available, enable debug logging for more details
[WARNING] The POM for org.testng:testng:jar:5.14.5 is invalid,
transitive dependencies (if any) will not be available, enable debug
logging for more details [INFO] [INFO] ---
maven-clean-plugin:2.5:clean (default-clean) # automation --- [INFO]
Deleting C:\Users\bmoore\workspace\automation\target [INFO] [INFO]
--- maven-resources-plugin:2.6:resources (default-resources) # automation --- [INFO] Using 'UTF-8' encoding to copy filtered
resources. [INFO] Copying 7 resources [INFO] [INFO] ---
maven-compiler-plugin:3.3:compile (default-compile) # automation ---
[INFO] Changes detected - recompiling the module! [INFO] Compiling 253
source files to C:\Users\bmoore\workspace\automation\target\classes
[INFO] [INFO] --- maven-resources-plugin:2.6:testResources
(default-testResources) # automation --- [INFO] Using 'UTF-8' encoding
to copy filtered resources. [INFO] Copying 3 resources [INFO] [INFO]
--- maven-compiler-plugin:3.3:testCompile (default-testCompile) # automation --- [INFO] Changes detected - recompiling the module!
[INFO] Compiling 17 source files to
C:\Users\bmoore\workspace\automation\target\test-classes [INFO]
[INFO] --- maven-surefire-plugin:2.19:test (default-test) # automation
------------------------------------------------------- T E S T S
------------------------------------------------------- Running TestSuite
Results :
Tests run: 0, Failures: 0, Errors: 0, Skipped: 0
[INFO]
------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] BUILD FAILURE [INFO]
------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Total time: 9.679 s [INFO] Finished at:
2016-02-02T10:26:53-07:00 [INFO] Final Memory: 23M/277M [INFO]
------------------------------------------------------------------------ [ERROR] Failed to execute goal
org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-surefire-plugin:2.19:test
(default-test) on project automation: Execution default-test of goal
org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-surefire-plugin:2.19:test failed: There
was an error in the forked process [ERROR] org.testng.TestNGException:
[ERROR] [ERROR] Cannot find class in classpath:
com..qa.automation.roles.SuperAdminCreateCouponTest [ERROR]
at org.testng.xml.XmlClass.loadClass(XmlClass.java:81) [ERROR] at
org.testng.xml.XmlClass.init(XmlClass.java:73) [ERROR] at
org.testng.xml.XmlClass.(XmlClass.java:59) [ERROR] at
org.testng.xml.TestNGContentHandler.startElement(TestNGContentHandler.java:546)
[ERROR] at
com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.startElement(AbstractSAXParser.java:509)
[ERROR] at
com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractXMLDocumentParser.emptyElement(AbstractXMLDocumentParser.java:182)
[ERROR] at
com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanStartElement(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:1344)
[ERROR] at
com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContentDriver.next(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:2787)
[ERROR] at
com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentScannerImpl.next(XMLDocumentScannerImpl.java:606)
[ERROR] at
com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:510)
[ERROR] at
com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(XML11Configuration.java:848)
[ERROR] at
com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(XML11Configuration.java:777)
[ERROR] at
com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XMLParser.parse(XMLParser.java:141)
[ERROR] at
com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(AbstractSAXParser.java:1213)
[ERROR] at
com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.SAXParserImpl$JAXPSAXParser.parse(SAXParserImpl.java:643)
[ERROR] at
com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.SAXParserImpl.parse(SAXParserImpl.java:327)
[ERROR] at javax.xml.parsers.SAXParser.parse(SAXParser.java:195)
[ERROR] at org.testng.xml.XMLParser.parse(XMLParser.java:38) [ERROR]
at org.testng.xml.SuiteXmlParser.parse(SuiteXmlParser.java:16) [ERROR]
at org.testng.xml.SuiteXmlParser.parse(SuiteXmlParser.java:9) [ERROR]
at org.testng.xml.Parser.parse(Parser.java:172) [ERROR] at
org.testng.TestNG.initializeSuitesAndJarFile(TestNG.java:300) [ERROR]
at org.testng.TestNG.run(TestNG.java:1021) [ERROR] at
org.apache.maven.surefire.testng.TestNGExecutor.run(TestNGExecutor.java:282)
[ERROR] at
org.apache.maven.surefire.testng.TestNGXmlTestSuite.execute(TestNGXmlTestSuite.java:83)
[ERROR] at
org.apache.maven.surefire.testng.TestNGProvider.invoke(TestNGProvider.java:114)
[ERROR] at
org.apache.maven.surefire.booter.ForkedBooter.invokeProviderInSameClassLoader(ForkedBooter.java:286)
[ERROR] at
org.apache.maven.surefire.booter.ForkedBooter.runSuitesInProcess(ForkedBooter.java:240)
[ERROR] at
org.apache.maven.surefire.booter.ForkedBooter.main(ForkedBooter.java:121)
[ERROR] -> [Help 1] [ERROR] [ERROR] To see the full stack trace of
the errors, re-run Maven with the -e switch. [ERROR] Re-run Maven
using the -X switch to enable full debug logging. [ERROR] [ERROR] For
more information about the errors and possible solutions, please read
the following articles: [ERROR] [Help 1]
http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/PluginExecutionException
That is the full trace of what happened. The issue (as I see it) is with the following lines:
[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-surefire-plugin:2.19:test (default-test) on project automation: Execution default-test of goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-surefire-plugin:2.19:test failed: There was an error in the forked process
[ERROR] org.testng.TestNGException:
[ERROR]
[ERROR] Cannot find class in classpath: com..qa.automation.roles.SuperAdminCreateCouponTest
I have tried verifying the classpath entries, and that the surefire plugin is present. In both cases, they are where they should be. I have tried committing files one-at-a-time and that works. It's only when I build that I have an issue, and it is blocking me from running the automation completely.
I am guessing that the issue is likely an easy one to resolve but, the Java/Eclipse stack is not second nature to me like .NET/C# is.
NOTE: I will update the question with new information should it become available.
UPDATE: I have included the POM below:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0
http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>com.kryterion.qa</groupId>
<artifactId>automation</artifactId>
<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
<packaging>jar</packaging>
<name>automation</name>
<url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
<properties>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
<skipTests>false</skipTests>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.testng</groupId>
<artifactId>testng</artifactId>
<version>6.9.9</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>log4j</groupId>
<artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
<version>1.2.17</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
<artifactId>selenium-java</artifactId>
<version>2.48.2</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
<artifactId>selenium-firefox-driver</artifactId>
<version>2.48.2</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
<artifactId>selenium-chrome-driver</artifactId>
<version>2.48.2</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
<artifactId>selenium-server</artifactId>
<version>2.48.2</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>mysql</groupId>
<artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
<version>5.1.37</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.inject</groupId>
<artifactId>guice</artifactId>
<version>3.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>net.sourceforge.jexcelapi</groupId>
<artifactId>jxl</artifactId>
<version>2.6.12</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
<artifactId>poi</artifactId>
<version>3.10-FINAL</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.uncommons</groupId>
<artifactId>reportng</artifactId>
<version>1.1.4</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.velocity</groupId>
<artifactId>velocity</artifactId>
<version>1.7</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.derby</groupId>
<artifactId>derby</artifactId>
<version>10.11.1.1</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.mybatis</groupId>
<artifactId>mybatis</artifactId>
<version>3.2.8</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<finalName>automation</finalName>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.3</version>
<configuration>
<source>1.8</source>
<target>1.8</target>
<showDeprecation>true</showDeprecation>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.19</version>
<configuration>
<skipTests>${skipTests}</skipTests>
<systemPropertyVariables>
<environment>${envName}</environment>
</systemPropertyVariables>
<suiteXmlFiles>
<suiteXmlFile>src/test/resources/testng.xml</suiteXmlFile>
</suiteXmlFiles>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
<reporting>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-surefire-report-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.16</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
<artifactId>cobertura-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.7</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-changelog-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.2</version>
<configuration>
<issueLinkUrl>http://prodjira01:8080/browse/%ISSUE%</issueLinkUrl>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.9.1</version>
<configuration>
<show>private</show>
<additionalparam>${javadoc.doclint.none}</additionalparam>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-jxr-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.3</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.4</version>
<configuration>
<linkXRef>true</linkXRef>
<source>1.8</source>
<targetJdk>1.8</targetJdk>
<rulesets>
<ruleset>/rulesets/java/basic.xml</ruleset>
<ruleset>/rulesets/java/braces.xml</ruleset>
<ruleset>/rulesets/java/design.xml</ruleset>
</rulesets>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
<artifactId>taglist-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.4</version>
<configuration>
<tagListOptions>
<tagClasses>
<tagClass>
<displayName>Todo</displayName>
<tags>
<tag>
<matchString>todo</matchString>
<matchType>ignoreCase</matchType>
</tag>
<tag>
<matchString>FIXME</matchString>
<matchType>ignoreCase</matchType>
</tag>
<tag>
<matchString>NB</matchString>
<matchType>exact</matchType>
</tag>
</tags>
</tagClass>
<tagClass>
<displayName>Deprecated</displayName>
<tags>
<tag>
<matchString>#deprecated</matchString>
<matchType>ignoreCase</matchType>
</tag>
</tags>
</tagClass>
</tagClasses>
</tagListOptions>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
<artifactId>findbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.0.0</version>
<configuration>
<xmlOutput>true</xmlOutput>
<!-- Optional directory to put findbugs xdoc xml report -->
<xmlOutputDirectory>target/site</xmlOutputDirectory>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<configLocation>config/sun_checks.xml</configLocation>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</reporting>
</project>
#sircapsalot - I made the change you suggested below and what happened is that all of the:
import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
Suddenly started throwing warnings in all the classes that had those imports. Thoughts?

According to Maven Central, the version you are requesting isn't there. (you are requesting org.testng:testng:jar:5.14.3)
Try updating to the newest version: 6.9.10 in your pom.xml
<dependency>
<groupId>org.testng</groupId>
<artifactId>testng</artifactId>
<version>6.9.10</version>
</dependency>

So, I figured out the issue... It turns out, it was a problem with PEBKAC.
I renamed a file that I had changed yesterday back to its original state and all is well now. Thanks for those that chimed in to help with this!

Maven tomcat7 exec-war-only Error

I want to create an executable war/jar like explained in the tomcat7-maven-plugin documentation: http://tomcat.apache.org/maven-plugin-2.2/executable-war-jar.html
But i get a build failure (NullPointerException):
[INFO] Error stacktraces are turned on.
[INFO] Scanning for projects...
[INFO]
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Building Gothic Mod Manager 0.1.1-SNAPSHOT
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO]
[INFO] >>> tomcat7-maven-plugin:2.2:exec-war (default-cli) # gmm >>>
[INFO]
[INFO] --- maven-resources-plugin:2.6:resources (default-resources) # gmm ---
[INFO] Using 'ISO-8859-1' encoding to copy filtered resources.
[INFO] Copying 3 resources
[INFO]
[INFO] --- maven-compiler-plugin:3.1:compile (default-compile) # gmm ---
[INFO] Nothing to compile - all classes are up to date
[INFO]
[INFO] --- maven-resources-plugin:2.6:testResources (default-testResources) # gmm ---
[INFO] Not copying test resources
[INFO]
[INFO] --- maven-compiler-plugin:3.1:testCompile (default-testCompile) # gmm ---
[INFO] Not compiling test sources
[INFO]
[INFO] --- maven-surefire-plugin:2.12.4:test (default-test) # gmm ---
[INFO] Tests are skipped.
[INFO]
[INFO] --- maven-war-plugin:2.2:war (default-war) # gmm ---
[INFO] Packaging webapp
[INFO] Assembling webapp [gmm] in [C:\***\GMM\target\gmm-0.1.1-SNAPSHOT]
[INFO] Processing war project
[INFO] Copying webapp resources [C:\***\GMM\src\main\webapp]
[INFO] Webapp assembled in [963 msecs]
[INFO] Building war: C:\***\GMM\target\gmm-0.1.1-SNAPSHOT.war
[INFO] WEB-INF\web.xml already added, skipping
[INFO]
[INFO] --- tomcat7-maven-plugin:2.2:exec-war-only (executable) # gmm ---
[INFO]
[INFO] <<< tomcat7-maven-plugin:2.2:exec-war (default-cli) # gmm <<<
[INFO]
[INFO] --- tomcat7-maven-plugin:2.2:exec-war (default-cli) # gmm ---
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD FAILURE
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 4.854s
[INFO] Finished at: Mon Jun 09 18:55:09 CEST 2014
[INFO] Final Memory: 30M/223M
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.tomcat.maven:tomcat7-maven-plugin:2.2:exec-war (default-cli) on project gmm: Execution default-cli of goal org.apache.tomcat.maven:tomcat7-maven-plugin:2.2:exec-war failed. NullPointerException -> [Help 1]
org.apache.maven.lifecycle.LifecycleExecutionException: Failed to execute goal org.apache.tomcat.maven:tomcat7-maven-plugin:2.2:exec-war (default-cli) on project gmm: Execution default-cli of goal org.apache.tomcat.maven:tomcat7-maven-plugin:2.2:exec-war failed.
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:224)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:153)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:145)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:84)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:59)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleStarter.singleThreadedBuild(LifecycleStarter.java:183)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleStarter.execute(LifecycleStarter.java:161)
at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:317)
at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:152)
at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.execute(MavenCli.java:555)
at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.doMain(MavenCli.java:214)
at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:158)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launchEnhanced(Launcher.java:289)
at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:229)
at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.mainWithExitCode(Launcher.java:415)
at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:356)
at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:46)
Caused by: org.apache.maven.plugin.PluginExecutionException: Execution default-cli of goal org.apache.tomcat.maven:tomcat7-maven-plugin:2.2:exec-war failed.
at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultBuildPluginManager.executeMojo(DefaultBuildPluginManager.java:115)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:208)
... 20 more
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
at java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(FileInputStream.java:134)
at org.apache.tomcat.maven.plugin.tomcat7.run.AbstractExecWarMojo.execute(AbstractExecWarMojo.java:301)
at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultBuildPluginManager.executeMojo(DefaultBuildPluginManager.java:106)
... 21 more
[ERROR]
[ERROR] Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug logging.
[ERROR]
[ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible solutions, please read the following articles:
[ERROR] [Help 1] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/PluginExecutionException
The goals tomcat7:deploy, :redeploy, :undeploy and the startup of a local embedded server with tomcat7:run work as expected.
Unlike the documentation i linked above i only have a single .pom file, so i merged the parts from the docu together. My pom now looks like this:
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>de.gothic-reloaded-mod</groupId>
<artifactId>gmm</artifactId>
<packaging>war</packaging>
<version>0.1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
<name>Gothic Mod Manager</name>
<url>https://github.com/Katharsas/GMM</url>
<properties>
<org.springframework.version>4.0.4.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
<org.springframework.security.version>3.2.0.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.imgscalr</groupId>
<artifactId>imgscalr-lib</artifactId>
<version>4.2</version>
<type>jar</type>
<scope>compile</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId>
<artifactId>jackson-mapper-asl</artifactId>
<version>1.9.13</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<version>4.11</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
<version>3.2.1</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
<artifactId>jstl</artifactId>
<version>1.2</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.thoughtworks.xstream</groupId>
<artifactId>xstream</artifactId>
<version>1.4.7</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
<artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
<version>3.1.0</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.tomcat</groupId>
<artifactId>tomcat-juli</artifactId>
<version>7.0.52</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
<version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
<version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
<version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-beans</artifactId>
<version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-security-core</artifactId>
<version>${org.springframework.security.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-security-config</artifactId>
<version>${org.springframework.security.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-security-web</artifactId>
<version>${org.springframework.security.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-security-taglibs</artifactId>
<version>${org.springframework.security.version}</version>
</dependency>
<!-- Apache Commons Upload -->
<dependency>
<groupId>commons-io</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
<version>2.4</version>
</dependency>
<!-- Apache Commons Upload -->
<dependency>
<groupId>commons-fileupload</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-fileupload</artifactId>
<version>1.3</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<pluginManagement>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.tomcat.maven</groupId>
<artifactId>tomcat7-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.2</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.1</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.6</version>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</pluginManagement>
<resources>
<resource>
<directory>src/main/resources</directory>
<filtering>true</filtering>
</resource>
</resources>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.tomcat.maven</groupId>
<artifactId>tomcat7-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<path>/GMM</path>
<encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
<username>admin</username>
<password>**********</password>
</configuration>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>executable</id>
<goals>
<goal>exec-war-only</goal>
<goal>exec-war</goal>
</goals>
<phase>package</phase>
<configuration>
<enableNaming>true</enableNaming>
<warRunDependencies>
<warRunDependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>de.gothic-reloaded-mod</groupId>
<artifactId>gmm</artifactId>
<version>0.1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
<type>war</type>
</dependency>
<contextPath>/</contextPath>
</warRunDependency>
</warRunDependencies>
<extraDependencies>
<extraDependency>
<groupId>org.apache.derby</groupId>
<artifactId>derby</artifactId>
<version>10.1.3.1</version>
</extraDependency>
<extraDependency>
<groupId>javax.mail</groupId>
<artifactId>mail</artifactId>
<version>1.4</version>
</extraDependency>
</extraDependencies>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<source>1.7</source>
<target>1.7</target>
<encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<encoding>ISO-8859-1</encoding>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>
Additional info: Im using Eclipse Kepler, my Run Configuration looks like this:
tomcat7:exec-war -e
I also tried with the commando line, tried :exec-war-only but nothing worked.
I searched and tried different things for days now, so any help is much appreciated! : ]

The NPE is because the plugin does not find the packaged war file, I fixed that error by explicitly adding the package phase to the build, so for example:
mvn clean package tomcat7:exec-war
any phase that produce the war package fits well for avoiding the NPE: package, install, deploy, etc.
So, in your case, where you use a Run Configuration in Eclipse, just add package before tomcat7:exec-war -e

I have a similar issue with version 2.2 of the plugin, but I got it run with 2.1 according to this tutorial.

There is a version 2.3 now where the problem from 2.2 has been fixed!
(had some problems with 2.1 because it is so old)
Sadly its only a snapshot version and needs to be fetched from Apache Snapshots Repository. To get it you need to put this into your pom:
<pluginRepositories>
<pluginRepository>
<id>apache.snapshots</id>
<name>Apache Snapshots</name>
<url>http://repository.apache.org/snapshots</url>
<releases>
<enabled>false</enabled>
</releases>
<snapshots>
<enabled>true</enabled>
</snapshots>
</pluginRepository>
</pluginRepositories>
Then you can use the new version <version>2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>

I received this error with spring boot application. I had to spend quite sometime so putting it here that below plugin needs to be included
<plugin>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
</plugin>
Also packaging type should be jar
<packaging>jar</packaging>
Start-class should be defined as your main class
<start-class>com.edu.schoolT.SchoolWeb</start-class>
main class or class annotated with #SpringBootApplication should extend SpringBootServletInitializer. For further info...
Create a deployable war file

I have fixed similar issue in my project and given reference below link
tomcat7-maven-plugin custom server.xml
Find pom.xml changes for this issue