import java.io.*; boolean result = true; try { File a = new File( basedir, "target/configured-handler-1-bin/file.txt"); File b = new File( basedir, "target/configured-handler-1-bin/b/file.txt"); if(result && !a.exists() ) { System.out.println( "File: " + a + " should have been generated, but was not." ); result = false; } if(result) { BufferedReader r = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(a)); String s = null; boolean foundA = false; boolean foundB = false; while( ( s = r.readLine() ) != null ) { if ( s.equals( "file A" ) ) { foundA = true; } else if ( s.equals( "file B" ) ) { foundB = true; } if ( foundA && foundB ) { result = true; break; } } if ( !result ) { System.out.println( "File: " + a + " should contain lines:\nfile A\nfile B\n\n ...but didn't." ); } } if(result && b.exists() ) { System.out.println( "File: " + b + " should not exist, but does." ); result = false; } } catch( IOException e ) { e.printStackTrace(); result = false; } return result;