How to run Spek tests with Maven? - maven

Question

I'm trying to run Spek tests with Maven. I have set up maven like this:
<build>
<sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/kotlin</sourceDirectory>
<testSourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/test/kotlin</testSourceDirectory>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<artifactId>kotlin-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
<version>${kotlin.version}</version>
<configuration/>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>compile</id>
<phase>compile</phase>
<goals>
<goal>compile</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
<execution>
<id>test-compile</id>
<phase>test-compile</phase>
<goals>
<goal>test-compile</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
Additionally I have a few Spek tests in src/test/kotlin. I can run these fine within the IDE, but when I run mvn test they are completely ignored by the surefire plugin (it reports 0 tests being run). Is it possible to run Spek tests with maven and if so, how would this be set up? I cannot find anything about it on the spek homepage.

Answer 1

I could reproduce your issue with a small sample project, that you can find on GitLab.com.
If you run mvn clean test, surefire won't find any tests:
[INFO] --- maven-surefire-plugin:2.12.4:test (default-test) # spek-maven-sample ---
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD SUCCESS
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 5.074 s
[INFO] Finished at: 2016-07-27T00:49:14+02:00
[INFO] Final Memory: 36M/363M
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
This can be circumvented by explicitly including test specs in the Surefire plugin. Say, all your specs are named *Spec.*, then explicitly configuring surefire in your pom.xml:
<build>
<plugins>
<!-- other build plugins like the kotlin-maven-plugin -->
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.12.4</version>
<configuration>
<includes>
<include>**/*Spec.*</include>
</includes>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
will lead to executing tests
[INFO] --- maven-surefire-plugin:2.12.4:test (default-test) # spek-maven-sample ---
[INFO] Surefire report directory: C:\Dev\IDEA\spek-test\target\surefire-reports
-------------------------------------------------------
T E S T S
-------------------------------------------------------
Running NonsenseTestableSpec
Proof that 'should return true' ran
Tests run: 3, Failures: 0, Errors: 0, Skipped: 0, Time elapsed: 0.077 sec
Results :
Tests run: 3, Failures: 0, Errors: 0, Skipped: 0
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD SUCCESS
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 6.335 s
[INFO] Finished at: 2016-07-27T01:02:12+02:00
[INFO] Final Memory: 26M/363M
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
You can find the full working example on the branch "explicit-surefire-config" of the mentioned repository.