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Play! framework: customize which tests are run

I have a Play! 2 for Scala application, and I am using Specs2 for tests. I can run all tests with the test command, or a particular specification with test-only MyParticularSpec.

What I would like to do is mark some particular specifications, or even single methods inside a specification, in order to do things like:

  • running all tests that are not integration (that is, that do not access external resources)
  • running all tests that do not access external resources in write mode (but still running the reading tests)
  • running all tests but a given one

and so on.

I guess something like that should be doable, perhaps by adding some annotations, but I am not sure how to go for it.

Does there exist a mechanism to selectively run some tests and not other ones?

EDIT I have answered myself when using test-only. Still the command line option does not work for the test task. Following the sbt guide I have tried to create an additional sbt configuration, like

object ApplicationBuild extends Build {
  // more settings
  lazy val UnitTest = config("unit") extend(Test)
  lazy val specs = "org.scala-tools.testing" %% "specs" % "1.6.9" % "unit"

  val main = PlayProject(appName, appVersion, appDependencies, mainLang = SCALA)
    .configs(UnitTest)
    .settings(inConfig(UnitTest)(Defaults.testTasks) : _*)
    .settings(
      testOptions in UnitTest += Tests.Argument("exclude integration"),
      libraryDependencies += specs
    )
}

This works when I pass arguments without options, for instance when I put Test.Argument("plan"). But I was not able to find how to pass a more complex argument. I have tried

Tests.Argument("exclude integration")
Tests.Argument("exclude=integration")
Tests.Argument("-exclude integration")
Tests.Argument("-exclude=integration")
Tests.Argument("exclude", "integration")
Tests.Argument("exclude \"integration\"")

and probably more. Still not any clue what is the correct syntax.

Does anyone know how to pass arguments with options to specs2 from sbt?

Solution

  • If you want to pass several arguments you can add several strings to one Test.Argument

    testOptions in Test += Tests.Argument("include", "unit")

    There are examples of this in the specs2 User Guide here and in the Play documentation there.