Running tests with TestNG fails
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Description
### Apache NetBeans version
Apache NetBeans 19
### What happened
Attempt to run tests with TestNG installed in the classpath, I get the following error
Exception in thread "main" org.testng.TestNGException:
Couldn't find a constructor in class org.testng.reporters.VerboseReporter
at org.testng.internal.objects.InstanceCreator.newInstance(instancecreator.java:57)
at org.testng.ITestObjectFactory.newInstance(itestobjectfactory.java:10)
....
### How to reproduce
Install TestNG with required dependencies and run a test.
### Did this work correctly in an earlier version?
No / Don't know
### Operating System
Windows
### JDK
17
### Apache NetBeans packaging
Apache NetBeans provided installer
### Anything else
It works correctly if I run the test via a Test Runner, but if I right click and select run file or test file it throws that error.
I narrowed it down to the TestNGAntTask in the build-impl.XML file where the listeners attribute has the VerboseReporter package listed - if I remove that it works.
### Are you willing to submit a pull request?
No
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Research direction
Start with the TestNGAntTask and its listeners attribute in build-impl.XML, then reproduce the failure by running a test file through the right-click action and compare it with the Test Runner. Done means the right-click run path no longer throws the VerboseReporter constructor error while TestNG tests still run.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- java
- Domain
- devtools, testing-qa
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100