In which directory I have to place testng.xml?

Question

I'm doing one project in which I have to perform automation testing. For this purpose I'm using Testng framework.

I am giving testng.xml as input file and some method will consume it, however right now my reader method is not able to detect the file.

In which directory I to place my testng.xml file..... and is there any maven specification I have to make in pom.xml for detecting that testng.xml file is there and they have to read it.

Answer 1

In which directory I to place my testng.xml file.....

I suspect that the testng.xml file should be put at the top of your classpath. If you are using maven then a good place for it would be src/test/resources/testng.xml. See this example:

How to call testng.xml file from pom.xml in Maven

is there any maven specification I have to make in pom.xml for detecting that testng.xml file is there and they have to read it.

I'm not 100% sure about this. In looking at the above example it looks like something like the following is recommended:

<plugin>
    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin</groupId>
    <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
    <version>2.12</version>
    <configuration>
       <suiteXmlFiles>
           <suiteXmlFile>src/test/resources/testng.xml</suiteXmlFile>
       </suiteXmlFiles>
    </configuration> 
</plugin>