Created: (SUREFIRE-550) Per-test or test group system properties

Per-test or test group system properties
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                 Key: SUREFIRE-550
                 URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/SUREFIRE-550
             Project: Maven Surefire
          Issue Type: Improvement
          Components: process forking
    Affects Versions: 2.4.3
            Reporter: benson margulies


As a user of surefire, I want to be able to specify different system properties for different tests, so that I don't have to make extra projects just to organize these tests. For example, if I need to run a particular test with -Dfile.encoding set to a non-default value, I currently appear to need to create an entire maven project to contain this.


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Brett Porter commented on SUREFIRE-550:
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is it just for this example or are there other system properties? Can they be set as part of the test rather than from the command line?

This would make the configuration a little complex.

> Per-test or test group system properties
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>
>                 Key: SUREFIRE-550
>                 URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/SUREFIRE-550
>             Project: Maven Surefire
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: process forking
>    Affects Versions: 2.4.3
>            Reporter: Benson Margulies
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> As a user of surefire, I want to be able to specify different system properties for different tests, so that I don't have to make extra projects just to organize these tests. For example, if I need to run a particular test with -Dfile.encoding set to a non-default value, I currently appear to need to create an entire maven project to contain this.

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Benson Margulies commented on SUREFIRE-550:
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I think my best reason is that many tests may share one property that they read, and having to Before it in all of them gets messy.

> Per-test or test group system properties
> ----------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: SUREFIRE-550
>                 URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/SUREFIRE-550
>             Project: Maven Surefire
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: process forking
>    Affects Versions: 2.4.3
>            Reporter: Benson Margulies
>
> As a user of surefire, I want to be able to specify different system properties for different tests, so that I don't have to make extra projects just to organize these tests. For example, if I need to run a particular test with -Dfile.encoding set to a non-default value, I currently appear to need to create an entire maven project to contain this.

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