mvn test does not launch Test NG tests but shows Build Successful - maven

Question

When running my Maven project with mvn test and testing.xml, my tests are not launched. But build shows successful. I have included necessary maven-surefire-plugin. Pls can anybody help.
Content pom.xml
<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>com.siemens.fossology.test</groupId>
<artifactId>ui-test</artifactId>
<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<packaging>jar</packaging>
<name>ui-test</name>
<url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
<properties>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
<main.class>com.siemens.fossology.test.ui.StartUp</main.class>
<java.version>1.7</java.version>
<config-builder.version>1.3.1</config-builder.version>
<testng.version>6.1.1</testng.version>
<guava.version>18.0</guava.version>
<slf4j.version>1.7.7</slf4j.version>
<logback.version>1.1.2</logback.version>
<mockito.version>1.10.8</mockito.version>
<hamcrest.version>1.3</hamcrest.version>
<selenium-java.version>2.47.1</selenium-java.version>
<xml-apis.version>1.4.01</xml-apis.version>
<maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.3</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
<maven-jar-plugin.version>2.5</maven-jar-plugin.version>
<maven-assembly-plugin.version>2.4</maven-assembly-plugin.version>
<maven-shade-plugin.version>2.3</maven-shade-plugin.version>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.tngtech.java</groupId>
<artifactId>config-builder</artifactId>
<version>${config-builder.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.testng</groupId>
<artifactId>testng</artifactId>
<version>${testng.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
<artifactId>guava</artifactId>
<version>${guava.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
<version>${slf4j.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
<artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
<version>${logback.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
<artifactId>logback-core</artifactId>
<version>${logback.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
<artifactId>hamcrest-all</artifactId>
<version>${hamcrest.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
<artifactId>mockito-all</artifactId>
<version>${mockito.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
<artifactId>selenium-java</artifactId>
<version>${selenium-java.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>xml-apis</groupId>
<artifactId>xml-apis</artifactId>
<version>${xml-apis.version}</version>
</dependency>
<!--<dependency> <groupId>org.apache.maven.surefire</groupId> <artifactId>surefire-testng</artifactId>
<version>2.16</version> </dependency> -->
</dependencies>
<build>
<pluginManagement>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
<artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>0.7.2.201409121644</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<goals>
<goal>prepare-agent</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
<execution>
<id>report</id>
<phase>prepare-package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>report</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
<configuration>
<excludes>
<exclude>org/xmlsoap/schemas/**</exclude>
<exclude>org/apache/ws/commons/schema/**</exclude>
</excludes>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</pluginManagement>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
<configuration>
<source>${java.version}</source>
<target>${java.version}</target>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.12.4</version>
<configuration>
<suiteXmlFiles>
<suiteXmlFile>testing.xml</suiteXmlFile>
</suiteXmlFiles>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
<version>${maven-jar-plugin.version}</version>
<configuration>
<archive>
<manifest>
<addClasspath>true</addClasspath>
<mainClass>${main.class}</mainClass>
</manifest>
</archive>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
<version>${maven-assembly-plugin.version}</version>
<configuration>
<descriptorRefs>
<descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
</descriptorRefs>
<archive>
<manifest>
<mainClass>${main.class}</mainClass>
</manifest>
</archive>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
<version>${maven-shade-plugin.version}</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<phase>package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>shade</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<transformers>
<transformer
implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ManifestResourceTransformer">
<mainClass>${main.class}</mainClass>
</transformer>
<transformer
implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.AppendingTransformer">
<resource>META-INF/spring.handlers</resource>
</transformer>
<transformer
implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.AppendingTransformer">
<resource>META-INF/spring.schemas</resource>
</transformer>
<transformer
implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.AppendingTransformer">
<resource>META-INF/spring.tooling</resource>
</transformer>
</transformers>
<shadedArtifactAttached>true</shadedArtifactAttached>
<shadedClassifierName>with-dependencies</shadedClassifierName>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
<artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>
The testing.xml content
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE suite SYSTEM "testng.org/testng-1.0.dtd">
<suite verbose="0" name="Default suite">
<test verbose="2" name="Default test" preserve-order="false">
<classes>
<class name="com.siemens.fossology.test.ui.scripts.AdminCleanupTest" />
</classes>
</test>
</suite>

Answer 1

Changing maven-surefire-plugin version to 2.14.1 in pom.xml has solved the issue. Now my mvn test launches TestNG tests.Verhagen, juherr Thanks for the inputs. But still i dont know why it expected this version?

Answer 2

Move testing.xml in src/test/resources/ directory
and then change pom with:
<suiteXmlFile>src/test/resources/testing.xml</suiteXmlFile>

Answer 3

In an other project I see the doctype defined as:
<!DOCTYPE suite SYSTEM "http://testng.org/testng-1.0.dtd" >
Where you have
<!DOCTYPE suite SYSTEM "testng.org/testng-1.0.dtd" >
Could that be the cause ?

Answer 4

Just modify each .class file name to finish with the word test.
Example:
FirstLoginTest.class
GetCustomersTest.class