Maven Build Profiles Example

Refer to the below Links for Practise

Selenium Wiki
Complete List of Selenium Basics
50 Real Time Interview Questions
Real Time Scenario’s
Java Platform Standard Edition 8 Documentation
Complete List of Java Basics
Java Quiz
Java OOPS Quiz
Selenium Advanced Quiz
Selenium Quiz

Access the URL to learn Maven Basics: http://total-qa.com/advanced-selenium/maven/
Maven is a Build Automation Tool helps in packaging different build types as Jar,War,EAR.
EAR -> Enterprise Archive
JAR -> JAVA Archive
WAR-> Web Archive
Refer to the link for more details: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1594667/war-vs-ear-file

Sometimes, its require to run the Selenium WebDriver Automation tests against the Multiple Environments as DEV and QA. Maven has a provision of profiles which helps to run the test with multiple environments.

Configure the pom.xml with different profiles as mentioned below:

Maven Profiles pom.xml
Java

<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.totalqa.pages</groupId> <artifactId>maven_profiles</artifactId> <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version> <packaging>jar</packaging> <name>mavenprofiles</name> <url>http://maven.apache.org</url> <properties> <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding> </properties> <profiles> <profile> <id>QA</id> <build> <plugins> <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.18.1</version> <configuration> <forkCount>0</forkCount> <suiteXmlFiles> <suiteXmlFile>QA.xml</suiteXmlFile> </suiteXmlFiles> </configuration> </plugin> </plugins> </build> </profile> <profile> <id>DEV</id> <build> <plugins> <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.18.1</version> <configuration> <forkCount>0</forkCount> <suiteXmlFiles> <suiteXmlFile>DEV.xml</suiteXmlFile> </suiteXmlFiles> </configuration> </plugin> </plugins> </build> </profile> </profiles> <dependencies> <dependency> <groupId>org.testng</groupId> <artifactId>testng</artifactId> <version>6.8</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId> <artifactId>selenium-java</artifactId> <version>3.7.1</version> </dependency> </dependencies> </project>

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<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.totalqa.pages</groupId>
<artifactId>maven_profiles</artifactId>
<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
<packaging>jar</packaging>

<name>mavenprofiles</name>
<url>http://maven.apache.org</url>

<properties>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
</properties>
<profiles>
<profile>
<id>QA</id>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.18.1</version>
<configuration>
<forkCount>0</forkCount>
<suiteXmlFiles>
<suiteXmlFile>QA.xml</suiteXmlFile>
</suiteXmlFiles>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</profile>
<profile>
<id>DEV</id>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.18.1</version>
<configuration>
<forkCount>0</forkCount>
<suiteXmlFiles>
<suiteXmlFile>DEV.xml</suiteXmlFile>
</suiteXmlFiles>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</profile>
</profiles>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.testng</groupId>
<artifactId>testng</artifactId>
<version>6.8</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
<artifactId>selenium-java</artifactId>
<version>3.7.1</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</project>

Running the Maven Project using Profile Names:
Right-click on the project select Run as->Run Configurations

Maven Run Configuration

Provide the maven goals and profile Names:

maven goals profile

Executing the Maven Project with maven goals and profile Names from command line:

Download the Apache Maven Software from the link https://maven.apache.org/download.cgi accordingly as per the Operating System.

Unzip the file and set the Class-path for the Apache Maven.

classpath

Run the Maven Project from the command line with goals and profile name

Executing Maven Commands from Command Line
Java

mvn clean test -P profilename Ex: mvn clean test -P QA

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mvn clean test -P profilename

Ex: mvn clean test -P QA

Refer to the below Links for Practise

Selenium Wiki
Complete List of Selenium Basics
50 Real Time Interview Questions
Real Time Scenario’s
Java Platform Standard Edition 8 Documentation
Complete List of Java Basics
Java Quiz
Java OOPS Quiz
Selenium Advanced Quiz
Selenium Quiz

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Maven Build Profiles Example

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