JUnit Setup Maven – JUnit 4 and JUnit 5

JUnit 4 and JUnit 5 are completely different frameworks. They both serve the same purpose, but the JUnit 5 is a completely different testing framework written from scratch. It’s not using anything from JUnit 4 APIs.

Here we will look into how to setup JUnit 4 and JUnit 5 in our maven projects.

JUnit Maven Dependencies

If you want to use JUnit 4, then you need a single dependency as below.

Copy
<dependency>
	<groupId>junit</groupId>
	<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
	<version>4.12</version>
	<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>

JUnit 5 is divided into several modules, you need at least JUnit Platform and JUnit Jupiter to write tests in JUnit 5. Also, note that JUnit 5 requires Java 8 or higher versions.

Copy
<dependency>
	<groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
	<artifactId>junit-jupiter-engine</artifactId>
	<version>5.2.0</version>
	<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
	<groupId>org.junit.platform</groupId>
	<artifactId>junit-platform-runner</artifactId>
	<version>1.2.0</version>
	<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>

If you want to run parameterized tests, then you need to add an additional dependency.

Copy
<dependency>
	<groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
	<artifactId>junit-jupiter-params</artifactId>
	<version>5.2.0</version>
	<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>

JUnit Tests During Maven Build

If you want the tests to be executed during the maven build, you will have to configure maven-surefire-plugin plugin in your pom.xml file.

JUnit 4:

Copy
<build>
	<plugins>
		<plugin>
			<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
			<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
			<version>2.22.0</version>
			<dependencies>
				<dependency>
					<groupId>org.apache.maven.surefire</groupId>
					<artifactId>surefire-junit4</artifactId>
					<version>2.22.0</version>
				</dependency>
			</dependencies>
			<configuration>
				<includes>
					<include>**/*.java</include>
				</includes>
			</configuration>
		</plugin>
	</plugins>
</build>

JUnit 5:

Copy
<build>
	<plugins>
		<plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
           <version>2.22.0</version>
           <dependencies>
               <dependency>
                   <groupId>org.junit.platform</groupId>
                   <artifactId>junit-platform-surefire-provider</artifactId>
                   <version>1.2.0</version>
               </dependency>
           </dependencies>
           <configuration>
           	<additionalClasspathElements>
           		<additionalClasspathElement>src/test/java/</additionalClasspathElement>
           	</additionalClasspathElements>
           </configuration>
       </plugin>
	</plugins>
</build>

JUnit HTML Reports

Maven surefire plugin generates text and XML reports, we can generate HTML based reports using maven-surefire-report-plugin. Below configuration works for both JUnit 4 and JUnit 5.

Copy
<reporting>
	<plugins>
		<plugin>
			<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
			<artifactId>maven-surefire-report-plugin</artifactId>
			<version>2.22.0</version>
		</plugin>
	</plugins>
</reporting>

Just run mvn site command and the HTML report will be generated in the target/site/ directory.

That’s all for a quick roundup of JUnit setup for maven projects.

About Pankaj

If you have come this far, it means that you liked what you are reading. Why not reach little more and connect with me directly on Google Plus, Facebook or Twitter. I would love to hear your thoughts and opinions on my articles directly.

Recently I started creating video tutorials too, so do check out my videos on Youtube.