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What is Maven? And what role does it play in your framework?
Maven is a build process automation and project management tool for Java projects:
- Maven automates the build process, including tasks such as compiling source code, running tests, packaging binaries, and creating artifacts.
- Maven follows a convention over the configuration approach, defining a standard project structure. This makes it easier for developers to understand and contribute to projects, as they know where to find source code, resources, and configuration files.
- Maven manages project dependencies, retrieving and resolving them from remote repositories.
What Maven lifecycles do you know?
Maven defines a set of lifecycle phases that dictate the order in which tasks are executed. There are three built-in build lifecycles: default, clean, and site. The default lifecycle handles your project deployment, the clean lifecycle handles project cleaning, and the site lifecycle handles the creation of your project’s website.
Clean lifecycle:
- clean — remove all files generated by the previous build
Default lifecycle:
- validate — validate that the project is correct and all necessary information is available.
- compile — compile the source code of the project.
- test — test the compiled source code using a suitable testing framework.
- package — take the compiled code and package it in its distributable format, such as a JAR.
- verify — run any checks on the results of integration tests to ensure quality criteria are met.
Site lifecycle:
- site — generate the project’s site documentation.
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What Maven command do you use to run your test?
I use mvn test Maven command to run my tests.
How can you pass environmental variables from the maven command?
Maven command with system property:
mvn test -Denv=PRODCode to read system property value:
String value = System.getProperty("env");
System.out.println("System property: " + value);Output:
System property: PRODThis article is part of a series of articles to prepare for the interview for SDET or Test Automation roles. Next, you can read these articles:
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