trivago · bischoffdev · Dec 4, 2023 · Dec 4, 2023 · Dec 4, 2023
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,23 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.
 
 Back to [Readme](README.md).
 
+## [1.11.0] - 2023-12-04
+
+### Added
+
+* New way to only generate features without runners by specifying `<desiredNumberOfRunners>0</desiredNumberOfRunners>`.
+
+### Changed
+
+* Default value of `<desiredNumberOfRunners>` was changed from `0` to `-1`:
+  * `-1` means that the number generated runners should be equal to the number generated scenarios. 
+  * `0` means that no runners should be generated at all.
+* Java 11 requirement
+
+### Changed
+
+* Updated dependencies
+
 ## [1.10.0] - 2023-06-27
 
 ### Added
@@ -330,6 +347,7 @@ Back to [Readme](README.md).
 
 Initial project version on GitHub and Maven Central.
 
+[1.11.0]: https://github.com/trivago/cucable-plugin/compare/1.9.0...1.10.0
 [1.10.0]: https://github.com/trivago/cucable-plugin/compare/1.9.0...1.10.0
 [1.9.0]: https://github.com/trivago/cucable-plugin/compare/1.8.0...1.9.0
 [1.8.0]: https://github.com/trivago/cucable-plugin/compare/1.7.2...1.8.0

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -13,27 +13,28 @@ _Run Cucumber Scenarios in Parallel with Maven_
 - [Cucable Maven Plugin](#cucable-maven-plugin)
   - [Cucumber 4](#cucumber-4)
   - [Cucumber 5 and higher](#cucumber-5-and-higher)
+  - [JUnit 5](#junit-5)
   - [Repository Structure](#repository-structure)
   - [Changelog](#changelog)
   - [Maven dependency](#maven-dependency)
 - [How it works](#how-it-works)
-  - [Template placeholders](#template-placeholders)
+  - [Runner template placeholders](#runner-template-placeholders)
     - [[CUCABLE:RUNNER]](#cucablerunner)
     - [[CUCABLE:FEATURE]](#cucablefeature)
     - [Custom template placeholders - [CUCABLE:CUSTOM:xxx]](#custom-template-placeholders---cucablecustomxxx)
   - [One runner per generated scenario](#one-runner-per-generated-scenario)
   - [One runner per group of generated scenarios](#one-runner-per-group-of-generated-scenarios)
+  - [No runners](#no-runners)
 - [Typical workflow](#typical-workflow)
   - [1. Generation of runners and features](#1-generation-of-runners-and-features)
-    - [Required Parameters](#required-parameters)
+    - [Parameters](#parameters)
       - [sourceRunnerTemplateFile](#sourcerunnertemplatefile)
         - [Using a java file as a runner template](#using-a-java-file-as-a-runner-template)
         - [Using a text file as a runner template](#using-a-text-file-as-a-runner-template)
       - [sourceFeatures](#sourcefeatures)
       - [Combining different feature sources](#combining-different-feature-sources)
       - [generatedFeatureDirectory](#generatedfeaturedirectory)
       - [generatedRunnerDirectory](#generatedrunnerdirectory)
-    - [Optional Parameters](#optional-parameters)
       - [numberOfTestRuns](#numberoftestruns)
       - [includeScenarioTags](#includescenariotags)
       - [parallelizationMode](#parallelizationmode)
@@ -86,6 +87,10 @@ Even though Cucumber 4 supports basic parallel runs, Cucable has more options th
 
 * Cucumber starting with version 5 (using testng or junit 5) can natively run features and scenarios in parallel. Cucable __can__ be used but does not __have__ to be.
 
+## JUnit 5
+
+When using the JUnit 5 platform, Cucable can still help parallelize scenarios more fine-grained and with more options than the standard JUnit and Cucumber properties. 
+
 ## Repository Structure
 
 * [plugin-code](plugin-code) contains the full plugin source code.
@@ -111,9 +116,12 @@ All changes are documented in the [full changelog](CHANGELOG.md).
 * Each generated feature file includes a single scenario
 * After this, the runner classes for those generated features are generated based on a provided template file, either
   * one runner per generated "single scenario" feature file or
-  * one runner per group of "single scenario" feature files
+  * one runner per group of "single scenario" feature files or
+  * no runners at all (not needed if your tests are run as unit tests with JUnit 5 or TestNG)
+
+## Runner template placeholders
 
-## Template placeholders
+__Note:__ If you don't need runner classes to be generated, you can skip this section.
 
 ### [CUCABLE:RUNNER]
 
@@ -177,7 +185,7 @@ public class [CUCABLE:RUNNER] {
 }
 </pre>
 
-**Note:** The custom placeholder names are case sensitive!
+**Note:** The custom placeholder names are case-sensitive!
 
 ## One runner per generated scenario
 
@@ -195,6 +203,12 @@ This means that it will only generate the specified number of runners (or featur
 
 ![Multi feature runner generation](documentation/img/cucable_flow_multi_runner.png)
 
+## No runners
+
+If you set `desiredNumberOfRunners` to `0`, this means that Cucable will not generate runner classes at all. In this case, you do not need to set these properties:
+* `sourceRunnerTemplateFile` (as you do not need a template file)
+* `generatedRunnerDirectory` (as no runners will be generated)
+
 # Typical workflow
 
 1. Generation of runners and features
@@ -237,10 +251,12 @@ The following sections break down the above steps.
 </plugin>
 ```
 
-### Required Parameters
+### Parameters
 
 #### sourceRunnerTemplateFile
 
+__Note:__ This is only needed, when you want to generate runner classes!
+
 The specified file will be used to generate runner classes for the generated feature file that can be run using [Maven Failsafe](http://maven.apache.org/surefire/maven-failsafe-plugin/).
 
 This can be either a text file or a Java class. The difference can be seen below:
@@ -362,15 +378,15 @@ If you want to use a directory inside Maven's target folder, [check this example
 
 #### generatedRunnerDirectory
 
+__Note:__ This is only needed, when you want to generate runner classes!
+
 The path where the __generated__ runner classes should be located (e.g. _src/test/java/parallel/runners_).
 
 **Note:** This directory should be located under a valid source folder to be included as a test source by Maven.
 If you want to use a directory inside Maven's target folder, [check this example](#generating-runners-and-features-inside-target-directory).
 
 **Caution:** This directory will be wiped prior to the runner file generation!
 
-### Optional Parameters
-
 #### numberOfTestRuns
 
 Optional number of test runs. This can be used if specific scenarios should be run multiple times.
@@ -449,7 +465,7 @@ This can be configured by passing the `logLevel` property:
 
 If you set this options, all generated features will be distributed to a fixed set of runner classes. This means that one runner can potentially run multiple features in sequence.
 
-If this option is not set, its default value is `0` which basically means "Generate a dedicated runner for every generated feature".
+If this option is not set, its default value is `-1` which basically means "Generate a dedicated runner for every generated feature".
 
 __Note:__ This cannot be used together with `desiredNumberOfFeaturesPerRunner`!
 

diff --git a/example-project/pom.xml b/example-project/pom.xml
@@ -7,20 +7,21 @@
 
     <groupId>com.trivago.rta</groupId>
     <artifactId>cucable-test-project</artifactId>
-    <version>1.10.0</version>
+    <version>1.11.0</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
-        <maven.failsafe.plugin.version>3.0.0-M3</maven.failsafe.plugin.version>
-        <maven.build.helper.plugin.version>3.0.0</maven.build.helper.plugin.version>
-        <cucumber.version>6.9.0</cucumber.version>
-        <maven.compiler.plugin.version>3.7.0</maven.compiler.plugin.version>
+        <maven.failsafe.plugin.version>3.1.2</maven.failsafe.plugin.version>
+        <maven.build.helper.plugin.version>3.4.0</maven.build.helper.plugin.version>
+        <cucumber.version>7.11.1</cucumber.version>
+        <maven.compiler.plugin.version>3.11.0</maven.compiler.plugin.version>
         <maven.jar.plugin.version>3.1.2</maven.jar.plugin.version>
 
         <generated.runner.directory>${project.build.directory}/parallel/runners</generated.runner.directory>
         <generated.feature.directory>${project.build.directory}/parallel/features</generated.feature.directory>
+        <maven-resources-plugin.version>3.3.1</maven-resources-plugin.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@
                 </executions>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- This can be either a Java class file or a text based template -->
-                    <sourceRunnerTemplateFile>src/test/java/some/template/CucableJavaTemplate.java
+                    <sourceRunnerTemplateFile>src/test/java/some/template/CucableTemplate.java
                     </sourceRunnerTemplateFile>
                     <!--<sourceRunnerTemplateFile>src/test/resources/cucable.template</sourceRunnerTemplateFile>-->
 
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@
                     <!-- <sourceFeatures>@src/test/resources/cucumber-feature-list.txt</sourceFeatures> -->
 
                     <!-- process a folder that hosts text files containing paths to features and line numbers (as it is written by the Cucumber rerun formatter) -->
-<!--                    <sourceFeatures>@src/test/resources</sourceFeatures>-->
+                    <!-- <sourceFeatures>@src/test/resources</sourceFeatures> -->
 
                     <!-- process a specific feature file and specific line numbers in the given directory -->
                     <sourceFeatures>src/test/resources/features/testfeature/MyTest1.feature:8:19</sourceFeatures>
@@ -104,7 +105,7 @@
 
                     <!-- optional: generate a fixed number of runners and distribute all features round-robin.
                      This can only be used if desiredNumberOfFeaturesPerRunner is NOT used! -->
-                    <!--<desiredNumberOfRunners>2</desiredNumberOfRunners>-->
+                    <!-- <desiredNumberOfRunners>0</desiredNumberOfRunners> -->
 
                     <!-- optional: distribute a fixed number features per runner round-robin.
                     This can only be used if desiredNumberOfRunners is NOT used! -->
@@ -154,13 +155,17 @@
                     <testFailureIgnore>true</testFailureIgnore>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${maven-resources-plugin.version}</version>
+            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>${maven.compiler.plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
-                    <source>8</source>
-                    <target>8</target>
+                    <release>11</release>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>

diff --git a/...va/some/template/CucableJavaTemplate.java → ...t/java/some/template/CucableTemplate.java b/...va/some/template/CucableJavaTemplate.java → ...t/java/some/template/CucableTemplate.java
@@ -7,10 +7,9 @@
 @RunWith(Cucumber.class)
 @CucumberOptions(
         glue = "steps",
-        strict = true,
         features = {"target/parallel/features/[CUCABLE:FEATURE].feature"},
         plugin = {"json:target/cucumber-report/[CUCABLE:RUNNER].json"}
 )
-public class CucableJavaTemplate {
+public class CucableTemplate {
     // [CUCABLE:CUSTOM:comment]
 }
diff --git a/example-project/src/test/resources/cucable.template b/example-project/src/test/resources/cucable.template
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
         features = {"target/parallel/features/[CUCABLE:FEATURE].feature"},
         plugin = {"json:target/cucumber-report/[CUCABLE:RUNNER].json"}
 )
-public class CucableJavaTemplate {
+public class CucableTemplate {
     // [CUCABLE:CUSTOM:comment]
 }
diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,12 @@
-build-and-test:
+help: ## Show this help.
+	@grep -hE '^[A-Za-z0-9_ \-]*?:.*##.*$$' $(MAKEFILE_LIST) | sort | awk 'BEGIN {FS = ":.*?## "}; {printf "\033[36m%-30s\033[0m %s\n", $$1, $$2}'
+.PHONY: help
+
+build-and-test: ## Build the plugin and run demo tests
 	mvn clean install
-	mvn verify -f=examples/maven-example
-	open examples/maven-example/target/cluecumber-report/index.html
+	mvn verify -f=examples-project/pom.xml -ntp
+	open example-project/target/cluecumber-report/index.html
+
+show-versions: ## Show most recent dependency versions
+	mvn versions:display-dependency-updates -ntp -f=plugin-code/pom.xml
+.PHONY: show-versions
diff --git a/plugin-code/pom.xml b/plugin-code/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
     <groupId>com.trivago.rta</groupId>
     <artifactId>cucable-plugin</artifactId>
-    <version>1.10.0</version>
+    <version>1.11.0</version>
     <url>https://github.com/trivago/cucable-plugin</url>
 
     <name>Cucable Maven Plugin</name>
@@ -17,14 +17,14 @@
 
     <organization>
         <name>trivago N.V.</name>
-        <url>http://www.trivago.de</url>
+        <url>https://www.trivago.com</url>
     </organization>
 
     <developers>
         <developer>
             <name>Benjamin Bischoff</name>
             <organization>trivago N.V.</organization>
-            <organizationUrl>http://www.trivago.de</organizationUrl>
+            <organizationUrl>https://www.trivago.com</organizationUrl>
             <roles>
                 <role>Test Automation Engineer</role>
                 <role>Knowledge Lead Test Automation</role>
@@ -70,21 +70,20 @@
         <maven.jar.plugin.version>3.3.0</maven.jar.plugin.version>
         <maven.compiler.plugin.version>3.11.0</maven.compiler.plugin.version>
         <maven.plugin.testing.harness.version>3.3.0</maven.plugin.testing.harness.version>
-        <jacoco.maven.plugin>0.8.10</jacoco.maven.plugin>
-        <plexus.component.annotations.version>2.1.0</plexus.component.annotations.version>
-        <maven.plugin.annotations.version>3.6.0</maven.plugin.annotations.version>
+        <jacoco.maven.plugin>0.8.11</jacoco.maven.plugin>
+        <plexus.component.annotations.version>2.1.1</plexus.component.annotations.version>
+        <maven.plugin.annotations.version>3.10.2</maven.plugin.annotations.version>
         <maven.source.plugin.version>3.3.0</maven.source.plugin.version>
-        <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
-        <maven.compiler.release>8</maven.compiler.release>
         <gherkin.version>5.2.0</gherkin.version>
-        <tag.expressions.version>5.0.1</tag.expressions.version>
-        <apache.commons.version>3.12.0</apache.commons.version>
+        <tag.expressions.version>6.0.0</tag.expressions.version>
+        <apache.commons.version>3.14.0</apache.commons.version>
 
-        <mockito.version>3.6.28</mockito.version>
-        <junit5.vintage.version>5.7.0</junit5.vintage.version>
+        <mockito.version>4.11.0</mockito.version>
+        <junit5.vintage.version>5.10.1</junit5.vintage.version>
         <openpojo.version>0.9.1</openpojo.version>
-        <plexus-utils.version>3.5.0</plexus-utils.version>
+        <plexus-utils.version>4.0.0</plexus-utils.version>
+        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.11.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
+        <maven-resources-plugin.version>3.3.1</maven-resources-plugin.version>
     </properties>
 
     <profiles>
@@ -124,13 +123,17 @@
 
     <build>
         <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${maven-resources-plugin.version}</version>
+            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>${maven.compiler.plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
-                    <source>8</source>
-                    <target>8</target>
+                    <release>11</release>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>

diff --git a/plugin-code/src/main/java/com/trivago/CucablePlugin.java b/plugin-code/src/main/java/com/trivago/CucablePlugin.java
@@ -45,13 +45,13 @@
     /**
      * The complete path to the runner template file.
      */
-    @Parameter(property = "parallel.sourceRunnerTemplateFile", required = true)
+    @Parameter(property = "parallel.sourceRunnerTemplateFile", required = false, defaultValue = "")
     private String sourceRunnerTemplateFile;
 
     /**
      * The path where the generated runner classes should be created.
      */
-    @Parameter(property = "parallel.generatedRunnerDirectory", required = true)
+    @Parameter(property = "parallel.generatedRunnerDirectory", required = false, defaultValue = "")
     private String generatedRunnerDirectory;
 
     /**
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
     /**
      * Optional desired number of test runners that each run multiple features in sequence.
      */
-    @Parameter(property = "parallel.desiredNumberOfRunners", defaultValue = "0")
+    @Parameter(property = "parallel.desiredNumberOfRunners", defaultValue = "-1")
     private int desiredNumberOfRunners;
 
     /**

diff --git a/plugin-code/src/main/java/com/trivago/features/FeatureFileConverter.java b/plugin-code/src/main/java/com/trivago/features/FeatureFileConverter.java
@@ -325,8 +325,10 @@ private int generateRunnerClassesWithDesiredNumberOfRunners(final List<String> g
         int targetRunnerNumber = numberOfDesiredRunners;
         List<String> scenarioNames = propertyManager.getScenarioNames();
 
-        if (targetRunnerNumber == 0) {
+        if (targetRunnerNumber == -1) {
             targetRunnerNumber = generatedFeatureNames.size();
+        } else if (targetRunnerNumber == 0) {
+            return 0;
         }
 
         List<List<String>> generatedFeatureNamesPerRunner = new ArrayList<>(targetRunnerNumber);
@@ -367,7 +369,7 @@ private int generateRunnerClassesWithDesiredNumberOfRunners(final List<String> g
 
         int runnerFileCounter = 0;
         for (List<String> generatedFeatureNamesForSingleRunner : generatedFeatureNamesPerRunner) {
-            if (generatedFeatureNamesForSingleRunner.size() > 0) {
+            if (!generatedFeatureNamesForSingleRunner.isEmpty()) {
                 generateRunnerClass(generatedFeatureNamesForSingleRunner);
                 runnerFileCounter++;
             }