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 Surefire API Design
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 Brett Porter
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 2007-03-03
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Surefire API

* Definitions

*-------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| test method | individual test method within a class         |
*-------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| test        | 1..N test methods in 1 or more classes.       |
*-------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| suite       | 1..N tests.                                   |
*-------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| group       | A named subset of test methods within a test. |
*-------------+-----------------------------------------------+

  How each definition is applied depends on the provider, and the test suite being used.

  Directory test suite: this constructs a single suite from a directory file set. Each discovered class is treated as a test.

  TestNG XML test suite: this constructs a single suite from a testng.xml file. The definitions inside the file will match those above. 

  JUnit 3.x: Groups are not supported.

  See {{{../surefire-providers/index.html}Surefire Providers}} for more information on specific providers.

~~TODO: fix up URLs, move some to providers/javadoc.