Want to run multiple Test Cases by ant ?

Question

Hi all,
I have a class called Book.java and two test cases called BookTest1.java and BookTest2.java . I want to test both this test cases by ant. I have to set this ant task unix cron job so, that this test is done automatically each day.
I have wrote the build file with batchtest option but it is building the application suucessfully without checking the Test Cases individually.
I am successfully the same task with JUnit Test suite.
Thanks and Regards
Taton Banerjee
Book.java
package src;
public class Book {
    private String title;
    private double price;
    public Book(String title,double price) {
        this.title = title;
        this.price = price;
public static void main(String args[])
     System.out.println("Inside Book class");
    public boolean equals(Object object) {
        if (object instanceof Book) {
            Book book = (Book) object;
            return getTitle().equals(book.getTitle())
                    && getPrice() == book.getPrice();
        return false;
    public double getPrice() {
        return price;
    public void setPrice(double price) {
        this.price = price;
    public String getTitle() {
        return title;
    public void setTitle(String title) {
        this.title = title;
BookTest1.java
package src;
import junit.framework.Test;
import junit.framework.TestCase;
import junit.framework.TestSuite;
//import de.laliluna.tutorial.junitexample.Book;
* @author http://www.laliluna.de
public class BookTest1 extends TestCase {
    private Book book1;
    private Book book2;
    @SuppressWarnings("unused")
     private Book book3;
     * setUp() method that initializes common objects
    protected void setUp() throws Exception {
        super.setUp();
        book1 = new Book("ES", 12.99);
        book2 = new Book("The Gate", 11.99);
        book3 = new Book("ES", 12.99);
     * tearDown() method that cleanup the common objects
    protected void tearDown() throws Exception {
        super.tearDown();
        book1 = null;
        book2 = null;
        book3 = null;
     * Constructor for BookTest1.
     * @param name
    public BookTest1(String name) {
        super(name);
     * testEquals method to test the equals(..) method
     * of the class Book
    public void testEquals(){
        assertFalse(book2.equals(book1));
        assertTrue(book1.equals(book3));
    public static Test suite(){
        TestSuite suite = new TestSuite();
        suite.addTest(new BookTest1("testEquals"));
        return suite;
BookTest2.java
package src;
import junit.framework.Test;
import junit.framework.TestCase;
import junit.framework.TestSuite;
//import de.laliluna.tutorial.junitexample.Book;
public class BookTest2 extends TestCase {
    private Book book3;
    private Book book4;
    private Book book5;
     * setUp() method that initializes common objects
    protected void setUp() throws Exception {
        super.setUp();
        book3 = new Book("ES", 12.99);
        book4 = new Book("The Gate", 11.99);
        book5 = new Book("ES", 12.99);
     * tearDown() method that cleanup the common objects
    protected void tearDown() throws Exception {
        super.tearDown();
        book3 = null;
        book4 = null;
        book5 = null;
     * Constructor for BookTest.
     * @param name
    public BookTest2(String name) {
        super(name);
     * testEquals method to test the equals(..) method
     * of the class Book
    public void testEquals(){
        assertFalse(book4.equals(book3));
        assertTrue(book3.equals(book5));
    public static Test suite(){
        TestSuite suite = new TestSuite();
        suite.addTest(new BookTest2("testEquals"));
        return suite;
Test Suite(Not neccessary when running with ant)
package src;
import junit.framework.Test;
import junit.framework.TestSuite;
public class AllJUnitTests {
     /*public AllJUnitTests(String name)
     super(name);
     public static Test suite() {
          TestSuite suite = new TestSuite("Test for src");
          //$JUnit-BEGIN$
          suite.addTest(BookTest2.suite());
          suite.addTest(BookTest1.suite());
          //$JUnit-END$
          return suite;
     * Runs the test suite using the textual runner.
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        junit.textui.TestRunner.run(suite());
build.xml
<?xml version="1.0"?>
     <project default="deploy">
     <!-- set global properties for this build -->
          <property name="src" value="src" />
          <property name="build" value="build" />
          <property name="dist" value="dist" />
          <target name="JUNIT">
               <!-- Create the time stamp -->
               <tstamp/>
               <!-- Create the build directory structure used by compile -->
               <mkdir dir="${build}/src" />
          </target>
          <target name="compile" depends="JUNIT">
               <mkdir dir="${dist}/lib" />
               <!-- Compile the java code from ${src} into ${build} -->
               <javac srcdir="${src}" destdir="${build}/src" >
               <classpath>
                    <!--<pathelement location="dist/lib/HellowithAnt.jar" />-->
                    <pathelement path="E:/junit4.4/junit-4.4.jar" />
                    <!--<pathelement path="/lib/commons-net-1.4.1.jar" />
                    <pathelement path="/lib/jakarta-oro-2.0.8.jar" />-->
               <!--<pathelement path="E:/apache-ant-1.7/lib" />-->
               </classpath>
               </javac>
               <junit printsummary="yes" fork="yes"
                       errorProperty="batchtest.failed"
                       failureProperty="batchtest.failed"
                       haltonfailure="yes">
                       <formatter type="xml"/>
                       <classpath path=".">
                         <pathelement path="E:/junit4.4/junit-4.4.jar" />
                         <pathelement path="/build/src/BookTest1.class"/>
                         <pathelement path="/build/src/BookTest2.class"/>
                            <pathelement path="/build/src/AllJUnitTests.class"/>                                   
                         </classpath>     
                         <!--<test todir="${build}/src"/>-->
                         <batchtest todir="${build}/src">
                         <!--<fileset dir="${build}/src" includes="src.AllJUnitTests.class"/>-->
                         <fileset dir="${build}/src">     
                    <filename name ="src.BookTest1.class"/>
                         <filename name ="src.BookTest2.class"/>
                         <filename name ="src.AllJUnitTests.class"/>     
                         </fileset>     
                         </batchtest>
                    <!--<batchtest todir="build.src">
                         <fileset dir="build.src">
                         <filename name ="src.BookTest1.class"/>
                         <filename name ="src.BookTest2.class"/>
                         </fileset>     
                    </batchtest>-->
                         <!--<test todir="${build}/src" name="src.BookTest"/>-->
                    </junit>
                         <fail message="Tests failed!" if="batchtest.failed"/>                              
                        <junitreport todir="${build}/src">
                            <!--<batchtest todir="${build}/src">
                        <fileset dir="${build}/src">
                         <include name="*.xml"/>
                         </fileset>
                         </batchtest>-->
                    <report format="frames" todir="${build}/lib"/>
                         </junitreport>
                </target>
                <target name="dist" depends="compile">
                 <!-- Create the ${dist}/lib directory -->
                 <!-- Put everything in ${build} into the HelloTest.jar file -->
                 <jar jarfile="${dist}/lib/HellowithAnt.jar" basedir="${build}/src" >
                      <!--<fileset dir="${dist}/lib">
                                               <filename name="BookTest1.class"/>
                                               <filename name="BookTest2.class"/>
                                           <filename name="Book.class"/>
                                           <filename name="dist.lib.HelloTestwith.jar"/>
                      </fileset>-->
                      <manifest>
                       <attribute name="Main-Class" value="src.Book"/>
                       </manifest>
                      </jar>
                </target>
                <target name="runtests" depends="dist" >
                 <java jar="${dist}/lib/HellowithAnt.jar"
                      fork="yes" 
                      classpath=".;D:/Java/jdk1.5.0_01/bin;E:/apache-ant-1.7.0/lib/junit-4.4.jar;C:/Documents and Settings/kaushikb/workspace/HelloTestwithAnt/dist/lib/HellowithAnt.jar;C:/Documents and Settings/kaushikb/workspace/HelloTestwithAnt/src/AllJUnitTests;C:/Documents and Settings/kaushikb/workspace/HelloTestwithAnt/src/BookTest1;C:/Documents and Settings/kaushikb/workspace/HelloTestwithAnt/src/BookTest2">
                    <!--<fileset todir="${build}/src">
                         <filename name="src.BookTest1.class"/>
                         <filename name="src.BookTest2.class"/>
                         </fileset>-->
                    <arg value="src.AllJUnitTests"/>
                 </java>
                </target>
                 <target name="deploy" depends="runtests">
               </target>
           </project>/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Command prompt output :
c:/Documents and Settings/kaushikb/workspace/HelloTestwithAnt> ant
Buildfile: build.xml
JUNIT:
compile:
[javac] Compiling 4 source files to C:\Documents and Settings\kaushikb\wor
pace\HelloTestwithAnt\build\src
[junitreport] Processing C:\Documents and Settings\kaushikb\workspace\HelloTes
ithAnt\build\src\TESTS-TestSuites.xml to C:\DOCUME~1\kaushikb\LOCALS~1\Temp\nu
1759201173
[junitreport] Loading stylesheet jar:file:/E:/apache-ant-1.7.0/lib/ant-junit.j
!/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/xsl/junit-frames.xsl
[junitreport] Transform time: 1153ms
[junitreport] Deleting: C:\DOCUME~1\kaushikb\LOCALS~1\Temp\null1759201173
dist:
[jar] Building jar: C:\Documents and Settings\kaushikb\workspace\HelloTe
withAnt\dist\lib\HellowithAnt.jar
runtests:
[java] Inside Book class
deploy:
BUILD SUCCESSFUL
Total time: 5 seconds
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Answer 1

Haven't looked too carefully because you weren't very specific, but here's how I would do it:
public class Book { }
public class TestBook1 extends TestCase {}
public class TestBook2 extends TestCase {} //don't define any suite() method
public class TestBookSuite extends TestCase {
   public static Test suite() {
      TestSuite suite = new TestSuite();
      suite.add(TestBook1.class);
      suite.add(TestBook2.class);
      return suite;
//================ant:===========
<target name="runtests" depends="dist" >
   <java classpath="." classname="junit.textui.TestRunner">
     <arg value="path.to.TestBookSuite"/>
   </java>
</target>Of course filling in classpath information and the like where it's appropriate for your situation.