Getting variables from pom.xml java

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Getting variables from pom.xml java

I am using eclipse with maven to test mobile automation on a mobile web page.

I am defining the following in my pom.xml

<properties>
    <MY_VARIABLE>www.google.com/</MY_VARIABLE>
</properties>

but when i call this using

String testurl1 = System.getProperty("MY_VARIABLE");

it always returns null.

I have also tried the following way to define a variable

<plugin>
    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
    <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
    <version>2.16</version>
    <configuration>
        <systemPropertyVariables>
        <MY_VARIABLE>www.google.com</MY_VARIABLE>
        </systemPropertyVariables>
    </configuration>
</plugin>

but still getting the value as null.

I could use some help Thanks.

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Ram Oct 20 '14 at 7:11

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René Link · Accepted Answer · 2014-10-20T07:15:50+0000

Your config won't work in eclipse as there is no reliable m2e support to be sure. Maven surefire plugin extends the new process and provides it systemPropertyVariables

. Your config will work if you run tests from the command line, eg.

mvn surefire:test

To run it in both worlds (command line and eclipse) I do it like this ...

Create src/test/resources/maven.properties

Edit the file maven.properties

and put the properties it needs, for example

project.build.directory=${project.build.directory}
MY_VARIABLE=${MY_VARIABLE}

Enable resource filtering for test resources

<build>
    <testResources>
        <testResource>
            <directory>src/test/resources</directory>
            <filtering>true</filtering>
        </testResource>
    </testResources>
    ...
</build>

Load properties into your test and access them

 Properties mavenProps = new Properties();
 InputStream in = TestClass.class.getResourceAsStream("/maven.properties");
 mavenProps.load(in);

 String buildDir = mavenProps.getProperty("project.build.directory");
 String myVar = mavenProps.getProperty("MY_VARIABLE");

Getting variables from pom.xml java

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