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Groups & testng.xml: Slicing the Suite

smoke vs regression, include vs exclude, <parameter> injection, the suite file that decides what actually runs tonight.

Difficulty
Medium
Format
Quiz
Points
150
Estimate
9 min

// MISSION BRIEF

Your Mission

One codebase, many runs: the 4-minute smoke on every PR, the full regression at night, the payments-only slice before a gateway change. In TestNG that slicing is groups plus testng.xml.

This quiz covers group mechanics, include/exclude semantics, the suite file's structure, and parameter injection with @Parameters.

// FIRST CONTACT

Battle teaser

Tests are tagged @Test(groups = {"smoke"}). How do you run ONLY the smoke group via testng.xml?

  1. ARename all smoke classes to Smoke*.java
  2. B<suite name="smoke"> is enough, the suite name selects the group
  3. CInside the <test> tag: <groups><run><include name="smoke"/></run></groups>
  4. DGroups can only be selected from the command line
Answers, scoring, hints, and the full battle stay sealed.

// SKILL TAGS

javatestnggroupstestng-xml