How to update existing excel in Java

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In the previous tutorial, I explained about creating a new Excel file and writing data in that new Excel file using Java. In this tutorial, I will explain How to open and update existing Excel files in Java.

I’m using Apache POI to write data to the Excel file. To download and install Apache POI, refer here.

If you are using Maven, then you need to add the below dependency in pom.xml.

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
    <artifactId>poi</artifactId>
    <version>5.0.0</version>
</dependency>
  
<dependency>
    <groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
    <artifactId>poi-ooxml</artifactId>
    <version>5.0.0</version>
</dependency>

To know more about various interfaces and classes for managing Excel, please refer to this tutorial.

In the below example, I have an existing Excel with the name “EmployeeDetails.xlsx”.

This is Excel which I am going to update. I will add 2 rows below the last row in Excel.

Below is a complete example of updating the data in existing Excel. One thing we need to note here is that we can update the Excel file only when we close it first.

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import org.apache.poi.xssf.usermodel.XSSFCell;
import org.apache.poi.xssf.usermodel.XSSFRow;
import org.apache.poi.xssf.usermodel.XSSFSheet;
import org.apache.poi.xssf.usermodel.XSSFWorkbook;

public class ExcelFileUpdateExample {

	public static void main(String[] args) {

		try {

			FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(new File("EmployeeDetails.xlsx"));

			// Create object of XSSFWorkbook class
			XSSFWorkbook workbook = new XSSFWorkbook(fis);

			// Create object of XSSFWorkbook class
			XSSFSheet sheet = workbook.getSheet("Write_TestData");

			Object[][] bookData = { { "SeleniumTest", "0000A", 9999 }, { "JavaTest", "0000B", 9990 }, };

			// Get last row in Sheet
			int rowCount = sheet.getLastRowNum();

			for (Object[] Book : bookData) {

				// Create row for all the new data
				XSSFRow row = sheet.createRow(++rowCount);

				int columnCount = 0;

				// Create new cell for each row
				XSSFCell cell = row.createCell(columnCount);

				for (Object field : Book) {

					cell = row.createCell(columnCount++);
					if (field instanceof String) {
						cell.setCellValue((String) field);
					} else if (field instanceof Integer) {
						cell.setCellValue((Integer) field);
					}
				}

			}

			fis.close();

			// Write the workbook in file system
			FileOutputStream outputStream = new FileOutputStream("EmployeeDetails.xlsx");
			workbook.write(outputStream);
			System.out.println("Excel is updated successfully");

			// Close the workbook
			workbook.close();
			outputStream.close();

		} catch (IOException e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
		}
	}

}

The output of the above program is

Below is the updated Excel.

Update a specific cell in the Excel file

In the below example, I will update the value in a specific cell. As you can see in the above image, I will update, 1004S to “Updated Value”. Below is the code snippet for the same.

XSSFCell cell = sheet.getRow(4).getCell(1);

cell.setCellType(CellType.STRING);
cell.setCellValue("Updated Value");

Below is the complete program.

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.CellType;
import org.apache.poi.xssf.usermodel.XSSFCell;
import org.apache.poi.xssf.usermodel.XSSFSheet;
import org.apache.poi.xssf.usermodel.XSSFWorkbook;

public class UpdateExcelDemo {

	public static void main(String[] args) {

		try {

			// Create an object of FileInputStream class to read excel file
			FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(new File("EmployeeDetails.xlsx"));

			// Create object of XSSFWorkbook class
			XSSFWorkbook workbook = new XSSFWorkbook(fis);

			// Read excel sheet by sheet name
			XSSFSheet sheet = workbook.getSheet("Write_TestData");

			// Print data present at row 0 column 2
			System.out.println(sheet.getRow(4).getCell(1).getStringCellValue());

			// Get the Cell at index 3 from the above row
			XSSFCell cell = sheet.getRow(4).getCell(1);

			cell.setCellType(CellType.STRING);
			cell.setCellValue("Updated Value");

			// Write the output to the file
			FileOutputStream fileOut = new FileOutputStream(new File("EmployeeDetails.xlsx"));
			workbook.write(fileOut);

			System.out.println("Id column in Excel is updated successfully");
			fileOut.close();

			// Closing the workbook
			workbook.close();

		} catch (IOException e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
		}

	}
}

The output of the above program is

Below is the updated Excel.

That’s it! Well done.

Congratulations on making it through this tutorial and hope you found it useful! Happy Learning!! Cheers!!

Parallel Testing in Cucumber with JUnit4

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In this tutorial, I will explain Parallel Testing using Cucumber with JUnit4.

Cucumber-JVM allows parallel execution across multiple threads since version 4.0.0. There are several options to incorporate this built-in feature in a Cucumber project. You can do so by using JUnit, TestNG, or CLI.

Cucumber can be executed in parallel using JUnit and Maven test execution plugins.

In JUnit, the feature files are run in parallel rather than in scenarios, which means all the scenarios in a feature file will be executed by the same thread. You can use either Maven Surefire or Failsafe plugin to execute the runner. In this tutorial, I’m using the Maven Surefire plugin.

Table of Contents

  1. Dependency List
  2. Detailed Step Description
    1. Create a Maven project
    2. Update the Properties section in Maven pom.xml
    3. Add Cucumber and JUnit dependencies to the project
    4. Add Surefire plugin configuration to the build section of the POM
    5. Create a feature folder in src/test/resources
    6. Create the Page Object Model classes of LoginPage and ForgotPasswordPage feature files
    7. Create the Hook Class and Dependency Injection class (TestSetUp) and BaseTest class
    8. Create a Test Runner to run the tests
    9. Cucumber Report Generation
    10. Execute the tests from the command line
    11. Difference between Parallel tests and Non-Parallel Tests

Dependency List:-

  1. Cucumber Java – 7.11.1
  2. Cucumber JUnit – 7.11.1
  3. Java 11
  4. JUnit– 4.13.2
  5. Maven – 3.8.1
  6. Selenium – 34.8.0
  7. Maven Surefire Plugin – 3.0.0-M7
  8. Maven Compiler Plugin – 3.10.1

Detailed Step Description

Step 1 – Create a Maven project

Create a Maven project in your favorite IDE using the cucumber-archetype or by adding Cucumber dependencies to the POM as detailed here and Junit dependencies here. To know more about How to set up a Cucumber Maven project with Eclipse, please refer to this tutorial – Cucumber Tutorial – How to setup Cucumber with Eclipse.

Below is the structure of the project.

Step 2 – Update the Properties section in Maven pom.xml

   <properties>
        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
        <selenium.version>4.8.0</selenium.version>
        <cucumber.version>7.11.1</cucumber.version>
        <junit.version>4.13.2</junit.version>
        <webdrivermanager.version>5.3.2</webdrivermanager.version>
        <extent.version>5.0.9</extent.version>
        <extent.cucumber.adapter.version>1.10.1</extent.cucumber.adapter.version>
        <maven.compiler.plugin.version>3.10.1</maven.compiler.plugin.version>
        <maven.surefire.plugin.version>3.0.0-M7</maven.surefire.plugin.version>
        <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
        <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
    </properties>

Step 3 – Add Cucumber and JUnit dependencies to the project

Add below mentioned Cucumber-Java and Cucumber-JUnit dependencies to the project.

  <dependencies>

        <!--Cucumber Dependencies -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
            <artifactId>cucumber-java</artifactId>
            <version>${cucumber.version}</version>
        </dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
            <artifactId>cucumber-junit</artifactId>
            <version>${cucumber.version}</version>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>

        <!-- Selenium Dependency -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
            <artifactId>selenium-java</artifactId>
            <version>${selenium.version}</version>
        </dependency>

        <!-- JUnit4 Dependency -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>junit</groupId>
            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
            <version>${junit.version}</version>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>


        <!-- Dependency Injection-->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
            <artifactId>cucumber-picocontainer</artifactId>
            <version>${cucumber.version}</version>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>

        <!-- WebDriver Manager Dependency -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>io.github.bonigarcia</groupId>
            <artifactId>webdrivermanager</artifactId>
            <version>${webdrivermanager.version}</version>
        </dependency>

    </dependencies>
  

Step 4 – Add Surefire plugin configuration to the build section of the POM

 <plugin>
    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
    <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
    <version>${maven.surefire.plugin.version}</version>
   <configuration>
        <parallel>methods</parallel>
        <useUnlimitedThreads>true</useUnlimitedThreads>
        <testFailureIgnore>true</testFailureIgnore>
	</configuration>
</plugin> 

To set the thread count to a specific number instead of useUnlimitedThreads use the below setting.

<configuration>
    <parallel>methods</parallel>
    <threadCount>4</threadCount>
</configuration>

The thread count in the above setting is 4 threads per core.

The complete POM.xml is shown below:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>

    <groupId>org.example</groupId>
    <artifactId>ParallelTests_Cucumber_JUnit4_Demo</artifactId>
    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>

    <properties>
        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
        <selenium.version>4.8.0</selenium.version>
        <cucumber.version>7.11.1</cucumber.version>
        <junit.version>4.13.2</junit.version>
        <webdrivermanager.version>5.3.2</webdrivermanager.version>
        <extent.version>5.0.9</extent.version>
        <extent.cucumber.adapter.version>1.10.1</extent.cucumber.adapter.version>
        <maven.compiler.plugin.version>3.10.1</maven.compiler.plugin.version>
        <maven.surefire.plugin.version>3.0.0-M7</maven.surefire.plugin.version>
        <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
        <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
    </properties>

    <dependencies>

        <!--Cucumber Dependencies -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
            <artifactId>cucumber-java</artifactId>
            <version>${cucumber.version}</version>
        </dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
            <artifactId>cucumber-junit</artifactId>
            <version>${cucumber.version}</version>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>

        <!-- Selenium Dependency -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
            <artifactId>selenium-java</artifactId>
            <version>${selenium.version}</version>
        </dependency>

        <!-- JUnit4 Dependency -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>junit</groupId>
            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
            <version>${junit.version}</version>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>


        <!-- Dependency Injection-->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
            <artifactId>cucumber-picocontainer</artifactId>
            <version>${cucumber.version}</version>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>

        <!-- WebDriver Manager Dependency -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>io.github.bonigarcia</groupId>
            <artifactId>webdrivermanager</artifactId>
            <version>${webdrivermanager.version}</version>
        </dependency>

    </dependencies>
    <build>
        <plugins>

            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>${maven.compiler.plugin.version}</version>
                <configuration>
                    <source>${maven.compiler.source}</source>
                    <target>${maven.compiler.target}</target>
                </configuration>
            </plugin>

            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>${maven.surefire.plugin.version}</version>
                <configuration>
                    <parallel>methods</parallel>
                    <useUnlimitedThreads>true</useUnlimitedThreads>
                </configuration>
            </plugin>
        </plugins>
    </build>

</project>

Step 5 – Create a feature folder in src/test/resources

Add 2 feature files – LoginPage.feature and ForgotPasswordPage.feature in the features folder present in src/test/resources.

LoginPage.feature

Feature: Login to HRM Application

  Background:
    Given User is on Home page

  @ValidCredentials
  Scenario: Login with valid credentials - Feature 1, Scenario - 1

    When User enters username as "Admin" and password as "admin123"
    Then User should be able to login successfully

  @InvalidCredentials
  Scenario Outline: Login with invalid credentials - Feature 1, Scenario - 2

    When User enters username as "<username>" and password as "<password>"
    Then User should be able to see error message "<errorMessage>"

    Examples:
      | username    | password   | errorMessage                      |
      | Admin       | admin12$$  | Invalid credentials               |
      | admin$$     | admin123   | Invalid credentials               |
      | abc123      | xyz$$      | Invalid credentials               |
      |             | xyz$$      | Invalid credentials               |

ForgotPasswordPage.feature

Feature: Forgot Password Page

  Background:
    Given User is on Home page

  @BackFunctionality
  Scenario: Validate the cancel functionality - Feature 2, Scenario - 1

    When User clicks on Forgot your password? link
    Then User should be able to navigate to Reset Password page
    And User clicks on Cancel button to go back to Login Page

  @ResetFunctionality
  Scenario: Validate the Reset Password functionality - Feature 2, Scenario - 2

    When User clicks on Forgot your password? link
    Then User should be able to navigate to Reset Password page
    And User clicks on Reset Password button and provide username as "abc1234"
    And Verify the message "Reset Password link sent successfully"

Step 6 – Create the Page Object Model classes of LoginPage and ForgotPasswordPage feature files

Page Object Model class contains all the locators and the actions performed on these locators for the particular class to improve the readability and maintainability of the code.

Below are the Page Object Model classes for these feature files.

LoginPage

import org.openqa.selenium.By;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
 
public class LoginPage {
 
    public WebDriver driver;
     
    By userName = By.name("username");
    By passWord = By.name("password");
    By login = By.xpath("//*[@id='app']/div[1]/div/div[1]/div/div[2]/div[2]/form/div[3]/button");
    By errorMessage = By.xpath("//*[@id='app']/div[1]/div/div[1]/div/div[2]/div[2]/div/div[1]/div[1]/p");
    By forgotPasswordLink = By.xpath("//*[@id='app']/div[1]/div/div[1]/div/div[2]/div[2]/form/div[4]/p");
    By loginPageTitle = By.xpath("//*[@id='app']/div[1]/div/div[1]/div/div[2]/h5");
     
    public LoginPage(WebDriver driver) {
        this.driver = driver;
    }
     
    public String getErrorMessage() {
        return driver.findElement(errorMessage).getText();
    }
 
    public void login(String strUserName, String strPassword) {
 
        // Fill user name
        driver.findElement(userName).sendKeys(strUserName);
 
        // Fill password
        driver.findElement(passWord).sendKeys(strPassword);
 
        // Click Login button
        driver.findElement(login).click();
 
    }
 
    // Click on Forgot Password link
    public void clickOnForgotPasswordLink() {
        driver.findElement(forgotPasswordLink).click();
    }
 
    //Get Login Page Title
    public String getLoginPageTitle() {
        return driver.findElement(loginPageTitle).getText();
    }
}

HomePage

import org.openqa.selenium.By;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
 
public class HomePage {
 
    public WebDriver driver;
 
    public HomePage(WebDriver driver) {
        this.driver = driver;
    }
 
    By homePageUserName = By.xpath("//*[@id='app']/div[1]/div[1]/header/div[1]/div[1]/span/h6");
 
    public String getHomePageText() {
        return driver.findElement(homePageUserName).getText();
    }
}

ForgotPasswordPage

import org.openqa.selenium.By;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
 
public class ForgotPasswordPage {
 
    WebDriver driver;
 
     By forgotPasswordPageTitle = By.xpath("//*[@id='app']/div[1]/div[1]/div/form/h6");
     By cancelBtn = By.xpath("//*[@id='app']/div[1]/div[1]/div/form/div[2]/button[1]");
     By resetPasswordBtn = By.xpath("//*[@id='app']/div[1]/div[1]/div/form/div[2]/button[2]");
     By userName = By.name("username");
     By resetMessage = By.xpath("//*[@id='app']/div[1]/div[1]/div/h6");
 
    public ForgotPasswordPage(WebDriver driver) {
        this.driver = driver;
    }
 
    // Get the Title of ForgotPage
    public String getForgotPageText() {
        return driver.findElement(forgotPasswordPageTitle).getText();
    }
 
    // Click Cancel Button
    public void clickOnCancelBtn() {
         driver.findElement(cancelBtn).click();
    }
 
    // Click ResetPassword Button
    public void clickOnRestPasswordBtn() {
        driver.findElement(resetPasswordBtn).click();
    }
 
    // Type username in TextBox
    public void TypeOnUsernameTextBox(String username) {
        driver.findElement(userName).sendKeys(username);
    }
 
    // Get Message
    public String getRestMessage() {
        return driver.findElement(resetMessage).getText();
    }
}

PageObjectManager – This class creates the object of all the above-mentioned Page Object Model classes. This an optional class. If you want you can create the objects in StepDefinition class also.

public class PageObjectManager {
 
    public LoginPage loginPage;
    public HomePage homePage;
    public ForgotPasswordPage forgotPasswordPage;
    public WebDriver driver;
 
 
    public PageObjectManager(WebDriver driver)
    {
        this.driver = driver;
    }
 
    public LoginPage getLoginPage()
    {
 
        loginPage= new LoginPage(driver);
        return loginPage;
    }
 
    public HomePage getHomePage()
    {
        homePage = new HomePage(driver);
        return homePage;
    }
 
    public ForgotPasswordPage getForgotPasswordPage()
    {
        forgotPasswordPage = new ForgotPasswordPage(driver);
        return forgotPasswordPage;
    }
}

Step 7 – Create the Step Definition classes for both feature files or Glue Code

Below is the Step Definition for LoginPage.feature.

import org.example.pageObjects.HomePage;
import org.example.pageObjects.LoginPage;
import org.example.pageObjects.PageObjectManager;
import org.example.utils.TestSetUp;
import io.cucumber.java.en.Given;
import io.cucumber.java.en.Then;
import io.cucumber.java.en.When;
import org.junit.Assert;

public class LoginPageDefinitions {

    TestSetUp setUp;
    public PageObjectManager pageObjectManager;
    public LoginPage loginPage;
    public HomePage homePage;


    public LoginPageDefinitions(TestSetUp setUp)  {
        this.setUp = setUp;
        this.loginPage = setUp.pageObjectManager.getLoginPage();
        this.homePage= setUp.pageObjectManager.getHomePage();
    }

    @Given("User is on Home page")
    public void loginTest()  {
        setUp.baseTest.WebDriverManager().get("https://opensource-demo.orangehrmlive.com/");

    }

    @When("User enters username as {string} and password as {string}")
    public void goToHomePage(String userName, String passWord) {

        // login to application
        loginPage.login(userName, passWord);

        // go the next page

    }

    @Then("User should be able to login successfully")
    public void verifyLogin() {

        // Verify home page
        Assert.assertTrue(homePage.getHomePageText().contains("Dashboard"));

    }

    @Then("User should be able to see error message {string}")
    public void verifyErrorMessage(String expectedErrorMessage) {

        // Verify home page
        Assert.assertEquals(loginPage.getErrorMessage(),expectedErrorMessage);

    }

}

Below is the Step Definition for ForgotPasswordPage.feature.

import io.cucumber.java.en.Then;
import io.cucumber.java.en.When;
import org.example.pageObjects.ForgotPasswordPage;
import org.example.pageObjects.LoginPage;
import org.example.pageObjects.PageObjectManager;
import org.example.utils.TestSetUp;
import org.junit.Assert;


public class ForgotPasswordPageDefinitions {

    TestSetUp setUp;
    PageObjectManager pageObjectManager;
    public LoginPage loginPage;
    public  ForgotPasswordPage forgotPasswordPage;

    public ForgotPasswordPageDefinitions(TestSetUp setUp) {
        this.setUp = setUp;
        this.loginPage = setUp.pageObjectManager.getLoginPage();
        this.forgotPasswordPage = setUp.pageObjectManager.getForgotPasswordPage();
    }

    @When("User clicks on Forgot your password? link")
    public void forgotPasswordLink() {

        loginPage.clickOnForgotPasswordLink();

    }

    @Then("User should be able to navigate to Reset Password page")
    public void verifyForgotPasswordPage() {

        Assert.assertEquals(forgotPasswordPage.getForgotPageText(),"Reset Password");

    }

    @Then("User clicks on Cancel button to go back to Login Page")
    public void verifyCancelBtn() {

        forgotPasswordPage.clickOnCancelBtn();
        Assert.assertEquals(loginPage.getLoginPageTitle(),"Login");

    }

    @Then("User clicks on Reset Password button and provide username as {string}")
    public void verifyResetPasswordBtn(String username) {

        forgotPasswordPage.TypeOnUsernameTextBox(username);
        forgotPasswordPage.clickOnRestPasswordBtn();

    }

    @Then("Verify the message {string}")
    public void verifyMessage(String message) {

        //  ForgotPasswordPage forgotPasswordPage = setUp.pageObjectManager.getForgotPasswordPage();
        Assert.assertEquals(forgotPasswordPage.getRestMessage(),message);

    }
}

Step 8 – Create the Hook Class and Dependency Injection class (TestSetUp) and BaseTest class

Below is the code for the ApplicationHook Class.

import io.cucumber.java.After;
import io.cucumber.java.AfterStep;
import io.cucumber.java.Scenario;
import org.example.utils.TestSetUp;
import org.openqa.selenium.OutputType;
import org.openqa.selenium.TakesScreenshot;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;

public class ApplicationHooks {

 public TestSetUp setUp;

    public ApplicationHooks(TestSetUp setUp) {
        this.setUp = setUp;
    }

    @After
    public void tearDown( )  {
        setUp.baseTest.WebDriverManager().quit();
    }

    @AfterStep
    public void addScreenshot(Scenario scenario) {

        WebDriver driver =  setUp.baseTest.WebDriverManager();
        if(scenario.isFailed()) {
            final byte[] screenshot = ((TakesScreenshot) driver).getScreenshotAs(OutputType.BYTES);
            scenario.attach(screenshot, "image/png", "image");
        }

    }

}

Below is the code for the Dependency Injection class. In Cucumber, if we want to share the state between multiple-step definition files, we will need to use dependency injection (DI). 

import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
import pageObjects.PageObjectManager;
 
public class TestSetUp {
 
    public WebElement errorMessage;
    public WebElement homePageUserName;
    public PageObjectManager pageObjectManager;
    public BaseTest baseTest;
 
    public TestSetUp()  {
 
        baseTest = new BaseTest();
        pageObjectManager = new PageObjectManager(baseTest.WebDriverManager());
 
    }
}

BaseTest class is used to initialize the WebDriver.

import io.github.bonigarcia.wdm.WebDriverManager;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;
import java.time.Duration;
 
public class BaseTest {
 
    public WebDriver driver;
    public final static int TIMEOUT = 10;
 
    public WebDriver WebDriverManager ()  {
 
    
        if (driver == null) {
         
            WebDriverManager.chromedriver().setup();
            driver = new ChromeDriver();
            driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(Duration.ofSeconds(TIMEOUT));
            driver.manage().window().maximize();
            driver.get(url);
 
        }
        return driver;
    }
}

Step 9 – Create a Test Runner to run the tests

import io.cucumber.junit.Cucumber;
import io.cucumber.junit.CucumberOptions;
import org.junit.runner.RunWith;

@RunWith(Cucumber.class)
@CucumberOptions(tags = "", features = "src/test/resources/features", glue = "org.example.definitions")

public class CucumberRunnerTests  {

}

Step 10 – Cucumber Report Generation

To get Cucumber Test Reports, add cucumber.properties in src/test/resources and add the below instruction in the file.

cucumber.publish.enabled=true

Step 11 – Execute the tests from the command line

mvn clean test

Below is the execution screen. There are two feature files.

When we invoke the test through Maven, the surefire plugin executes the Feature files parallelly. Here, LoginPage has 5 scenarios and ForgotPasswordPage has 2 scenarios. So, initially when the execution will start 1 scenario from both the tests will be executed parallelly and then again one test from each feature will execute. Later, we will be left with 4 scenarios in the LoginPage feature file, so the scenario will run sequentially of the LoginPage feature file.

All the tests of a particular feature file are executed together as feature files are run in parallel, not scenarios.

Step 12 – Difference between Parallel tests and Non-Parallel Tests

Parallel Tests

Below is the Cucumber Report generated for parallel tests.

When the tests are run as JUnit tests from CucumberRunnerTests, then the tests are executed sequentially.

We are done! Congratulations on making it through this tutorial and hope you found it useful! Happy Learning!!

In the next tutorial, I explained Parallel Testing in Cucumber with TestNG.

How to create a Java Maven project using Command Line in IntelliJ

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In the previous tutorial, I have explained How to create Maven Java project in Intellij without Command Line. In this tutorial, I will explain about creation of Java Maven Project using Command Line in IntelliJ.

Step 1 – Open IntelliJ IDEA IDE. Click on Terminal Button as shown in the below image.

Step 2 – Go to the path where you want to create the project. This can be done by typing command

cd path of folder

Step 3 – This tells Maven to generate a Java project from a Maven template.

mvn archetype:generate

Step 4 – We need to mention the number as displayed on your screen in Command Prompt to proceed further. Like here, Choose a number or apply filter has 1771, so I have also mentioned 1771 in command prompt.

Step 5 – We need to provide again input in command prompt. This time program wants to know which version we want to use. I prefer to use the latest version. Here, it is 8, so I have selected version 8.

Step 6 – We need to provide 2 input here

A) Value of groupId – This serves as the group identifier of your Maven project, it should be in a form similar to Java packages, such as com.example
B) Value of artifactId – This serves as the group-local identifier of my Maven project like MavenIntelliJFromCMD
C) Value of Version – The initial version of our project. The default is 1.0-SNAPSHOT
D) Value of package – The name of our root package. The default is groupId we have created earlier.
We will notice the INFO message about the properties.

If the displayed settings are correct, then just enter Y in :: prompt.

Step 7 – Successful Build – Below screenshot shows that the Maven IntelliJ Project built successfully.

Step 8 – Contents of Project Folder – Open folder MavenIntelliJFromCMD to see the contents of the folder. It should have POM file and src.

This project can be imported in IntelliJ and can be used further. To know how to import Java Maven project in Intellij, click here.

That’s it! We have created a Maven Project in IntelliJ using Command Line.

Congratulations on making it through this tutorial and hope you found it useful! Happy Learning!! Cheers!!

How to import Java Maven project in IntelliJ

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In the previous tutorial, I have explained How to create a Maven Project in IntelliJ. In this tutorail, I will explain how we can import a Java Maven project in IntelliJ IDE.

Step 1 – Open IntelliJ IDEA and Welcome Screen appears. Click Open button present on Welcome Screen.

Step 2 – Navigate to your Maven project and select the top-level folder. Select the project you want to Import. As you can see, I have selected – MavenProjectFromCMD option. Select OK button to proceed to next screen.

Step 3 – A screen appears to Open or Import project. It will have all the possible configurations for the project. As this is a Maven project, select Maven project and click OK Button.

Step 4 – A warning message box will appears. Select Trust Project Button and move forward.

Step 5 -This screens shows that the project is imported.

Step 6 – Run the test present in the project. Here, I have run AppTest. Right click on AppTest ->Run ‘AppTest’. Below screen shows that the project is imported successfully.

That’s it! So Simple!!!

Congratulations on making it through this tutorial and hope you found it useful! Happy Learning!!

How to create Maven project in IntelliJ

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In the previous tutorial, I explained how to create a Simple Java project in IntelliJ IDEA IDE. In this tutorial, I will explain about creating a Maven project in IntelliJ IDE.

Step 1 – Open the IntelliJ. It will look as shown below. To create a New Project, click on New Project Icon.

Step 2 – Click on File Option, hover on New Option, and click on Project Option as shown below.

Step 3 – Select New Project as Maven.
Project SDK should be current Java version available.
Select option for Create from archetype. This will enable the options to select archetype.
Select archetype : maven-archetype-quickstart.
Click on the Next Button.

Step 4 – Below screen will appear. Mention the Name, Group Id, Artifact Id, and Version. Click the Finish button

Name : MavenIntelliJDemo
Group Id : com.example
Artifact Id : MavenIntelliJDemo
Version : 1.0-SNAPSHOT

Step 5 – Verify the information in the below screen. Click on Finish Button.

Step 6 – This dialog box will appear on the screen. This provides you the option to open the project in the current window or will open a new window with this project. I’m selecting the option – New Window.

Step 7 – This screen shows the structure of the Maven project as well as the POM.xml file.

Step 8Project Folder Creation – We can see a folder with the name of the project – MavenIntelliJDemo in our Eclipse Workspace.

This is how we can create the Maven project – MavenIntelliJDemo in IntelliJ.

That’s it! Congratulations on making it through this tutorial and hope you found it useful! Happy Learning!!

Page Object Model with Page Factory in Selenium

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What Is Page Object Model (POM)?

Page Object model is an object design pattern in Selenium, where web pages are represented as classes, and the various elements on the page are defined as variables in the class and all possible user interactions can then be implemented as methods in the class.

The benefit is that if there is any change in the UI for the page, the tests themselves don’t need to change, only the code within the page object needs to change. Subsequently all changes to support that new UI are located in one place.

Advantages:

1. Readable There is a clean separation between test code and page specific code such as locators and methods.

2. Maintainability  – In this model, separate classes are created for different pages of a web application like login page, the home page, employee detail page, change password page, etc. So, if there is any change in any element of a website then we only need to make changes in one class, and not in all classes.

3. Reusable If multiple test scripts use the same web elements, then we need not write code to handle the web element in every test script. Placing it in a separate page class makes it reusable by making it accessible by any test script.

4. Easy project Structure – Its project structure is quite easy and understandable.

5. PageFactory – It can use PageFactory in the page object model in order to initialize the web element and store elements in the cache.

In case there are lots of web elements on a page, then the object repository class for a page can be separated from the class that includes methods for the corresponding page.

Example: If the New Customer page has many input fields. In that case, there can be 2 different classes. One class called NewCustomerObjects.java that forms the object repository for the UI elements on the register accounts page.

A separate class file NewCustomerMethods.java extending or inheriting NewCustomerObjects that includes all the methods performing different actions on the page could be created.

Consider the below script to login to an application and navigate to home page.

This is a small script. Therefore, script maintenance and readability looks very easy.

Imagine there are 50 different tests present in this script. In that case, the readability of the script decreases as well as maintenance become very difficult.

Scenario

  1. Launch the Firefox browser.
  2. The demo website opens in the browser.
  3. Verify the Login Page
  4. Enter username and Password and login to the demo site.
  5. Verify the home page.
  6. Close the browser.
package PageObjectModel;

import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
import org.openqa.selenium.By;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver;
import org.testng.Assert;
import org.testng.annotations.AfterTest;
import org.testng.annotations.BeforeTest;
import org.testng.annotations.Test;

public class NonPOMExample {

     WebDriver driver;

     @BeforeTest
     public void setup() {

           ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
           driver = new ChromeDriver(options);
           driver.manage().window().maximize();
           driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
           driver.get("https://opensource-demo.orangehrmlive.com/");
     }

     @Test(priority = 0)
     public void Login() {
           String pageTitle = driver.findElement(By.id("logInPanelHeading")).getText();
           Assert.assertTrue(pageTitle.contains("LOGIN Panel"));
     }

     @Test(priority = 1)
     public void HomePage() {

           driver.findElement(By.name("txtUsername")).sendKeys("Admin");
           driver.findElement(By.name("txtPassword")).sendKeys("admin123");
           driver.findElement(By.id("btnLogin")).submit();
           String homePageText = driver.findElement(By.id("welcome")).getText();
           Assert.assertTrue(homePageText.contains("Welcome"));
     }

     @AfterTest
     public void close() {
           driver.close();
     } 
}

What Is Pagefactory?

PageFactory is a way of implementing the “Page Object Model”. Here, we follow the principle of separation of Page Object Repository and Test Methods. It is an inbuilt concept of Page Object Model which is very optimized.

1. The annotation @FindBy is used in Pagefactory to identify an element while POM without Pagefactory uses the driver.findElement() method to locate an element.

2. The second statement for Pagefactory after @FindBy is assigning an <element name> of type WebElement class that works exactly similar to the assignment of an element name of type WebElement class as a return type of the method driver.findElement() that is used in usual POM (userName in this example).

Non POM

driver.findElement(By.name("txtUsername"));

POM

@FindBy(name = "txtUsername")
WebElement userName;

3. Below is a code snippet of non PageFactory Mode to set Firefox driver path. A WebDriver instance is created with the name driver and the FirefoxDriver is assigned to the ‘driver’.  The same driver object is then used to launch the demo website, locate the webelements and to perform various operations

Basically, here the driver instance is created initially and every web element is freshly initialized each time when there is a call to that web element using driver.findElement() or driver.findElements().

ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
driver = new ChromeDriver(options);
driver.manage().window().maximize();
driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
driver.get("https://opensource-demo.orangehrmlive.com/");

But with POM with PageFactory approach, all the elements are initialized with initElements() without explicitly initializing each web element.

The initElements is a static method of PageFactory class which is used to initialize all the web elements located by @FindBy annotation. Thus, instantiating the Page classes easily. It is used to initialize the WebElements declared, using driver instance from the main class. In other words, WebElements are created using the driver instance. Only after the WebElements are initialized, they can be used in the methods to perform actions.

public Login(WebDriver driver) {
           this.driver = driver;
           // This initElements method will create all WebElements
           PageFactory.initElements(driver, this);
     }

Implementation Steps

Step 1 – Create a Maven Project

Click here to know How to create a Maven project.

Step 2 – Add dependencies to the pom.xml

<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>

  <groupId>com.example</groupId>
  <artifactId>PageObjectModel</artifactId>
  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
  <packaging>jar</packaging>

  <name>PageObjectModel</name>
  <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>

  <properties>
    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
    <selenium.version>4.21.0</selenium.version>
    <testng.version>7.10.2</testng.version>
    <maven.surefire.plugin.version>3.2.5</maven.surefire.plugin.version>
    <maven.compiler.plugin.version>3.13.0</maven.compiler.plugin.version>
    <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
    <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
  </properties>

  <dependencies>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
      <artifactId>selenium-java</artifactId>
      <version>${selenium.version}</version>
    </dependency>

    <dependency>
      <groupId>org.testng</groupId>
      <artifactId>testng</artifactId>
      <version>${testng.version}</version>
    </dependency>
  </dependencies>

  <build>
    <plugins>
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>${maven.compiler.plugin.version}</version>
        <configuration>
          <source>${maven.compiler.source}</source>
          <target>${maven.compiler.target}</target>
        </configuration>
      </plugin>
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>${maven.surefire.plugin.version}</version>
        <configuration>
          <suiteXmlFiles>
            <suiteXmlFile>testng.xml</suiteXmlFile>
          </suiteXmlFiles>
        </configuration>
      </plugin>
    </plugins>
  </build>
</project>

Step 3 – Create a Java Class for each page

In this example, we will access 2 web pages, “Login” and “Home” pages.

Hence, we will create 2 Java classes in Page Layer  –  Login.java and HomePage.java

3.1. Define WebElements as variables using Annotation @FindBy:

We would be interacting with:

  • Message on Login Page, Username, Password, Login button field on the Login Page.
  • Successful message on the Home Page

For Example: If we are going to identify the Username using attribute name, then its variable declaration is

 @FindBy(name = "txtUsername")
 WebElement userName;

3.2 Create methods for actions performed on WebElements.

Below actions are performed on WebElements in Login Page:

  • Get Text on Login Page
  • Type action on the Username field.
  • Type action in the Password field.
  • Click action on the Login Button

Note: A constructor has to be created in each of the class in the Page Layer, in order to get the driver instance from the Main class in Test Layer and also to initialize WebElements(Page Objects) declared in the page class using PageFactory.InitElement().

package com.example.pages;

import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.support.PageFactory;

public class BasePage {
    public WebDriver driver;

    public BasePage(WebDriver driver) {
        this.driver = driver;
        PageFactory.initElements(driver,this);
    }

}

Login Page

package com.example.pages;

import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
import org.openqa.selenium.support.FindBy;

public class LoginPage extends BasePage{

    public LoginPage(WebDriver driver) {
        super(driver);

    }

    @FindBy(name = "username")
    public WebElement userName;

    @FindBy(name = "password")
    public WebElement password;

    @FindBy(xpath = "//*[@class='oxd-form']/div[3]/button")
    public WebElement login;

    @FindBy(xpath = "//*[@id='app']/div[1]/div/div[1]/div/div[2]/div[2]/div/div[1]/div[1]/p")
    public  WebElement errorMessage;


    public void login(String strUserName, String strPassword) {

        userName.sendKeys(strUserName);
        password.sendKeys(strPassword);
        login.click();

    }

    public String getErrorMessage() {
        return errorMessage.getText();
    }


}

HomePage. java

package com.example.pages;

import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
import org.openqa.selenium.support.FindBy;

public class HomePage extends BasePage {

    public HomePage(WebDriver driver) {
        super(driver);

    }

    @FindBy(xpath = "//*[@id='app']/div[1]/div[1]/header/div[1]/div[1]/span/h6")
    public  WebElement homePageUserName;

    public String getHomePageText() {
        return homePageUserName.getText();
    }

}

Step 4 –  Create test class for the tests of these pages

package com.example.tests;

import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeOptions;
import org.testng.annotations.AfterMethod;
import org.testng.annotations.BeforeMethod;

import java.time.Duration;

public class BaseTests {

    public static WebDriver driver;
    public final static int TIMEOUT = 10;

    @BeforeMethod
    public void setup() {

        ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
        options.addArguments("--remote-allow-origins=*");
        options.addArguments("--no-sandbox");
        options.addArguments("--disable-dev-shm-usage");
        options.addArguments("--headless");
        driver = new ChromeDriver(options);
        driver.manage().window().maximize();
        driver.get("https://opensource-demo.orangehrmlive.com/");
        driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(Duration.ofSeconds(TIMEOUT));

    }

    @AfterMethod
    public void tearDown() {
        driver.quit();
    }

}

LoginPageTests.java

package com.example.tests;

import com.example.pages.HomePage;
import com.example.pages.LoginPage;
import org.testng.Assert;
import org.testng.annotations.Test;

public class LoginPageTests extends BaseTests{

    String actualResponse;

    @Test
    public void invalidCredentials()  {

        LoginPage objLoginPage = new LoginPage(driver);
        objLoginPage.login("admin", "admin");
        actualResponse = objLoginPage.getErrorMessage();
        Assert.assertEquals(actualResponse,"Invalid credentials");
    }

    @Test
    public void validCredentials() {

        LoginPage objLoginPage = new LoginPage(driver);
        objLoginPage.login("Admin", "admin123");
        HomePage objHomePage = new HomePage(driver);
        actualResponse = objHomePage.getHomePageText();
        Assert.assertEquals(actualResponse,"Dashboard");

    }

}

Step 5 – Execute the tests

To run the test, right click and select as Run As and then select TestNG Test (Eclipse).

Step 6 – Create TestNG.xml

You can add TestNG.xml and run the tests from there also.

<?xml version = "1.0"encoding = "UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE suite SYSTEM "http://testng.org/testng-1.0.dtd">
<suite name = "PageObjectModel">
    <test name = "PageObjectModel Tests">
        <classes>
            <class name ="com.example.tests.LoginPageTests"/>
        </classes>
    </test>
</suite>

Step 7 – Run the tests from TestNG.xml

Right click on TestNG.xml and select Run As TestNG Suite.

The execution status looks like as shown below.

Step 8 -TestNG Report Generation

Once the execution is finished, refresh the project. It will create a test-output folder containing various reports generated by TestNG. Below is the screenshot of the report folder.

Index.html

emailable-report.html

mvn clean test

Maven – How to add M2_REPO classpath variable to Eclipse

New version of Eclipse like Photon or Eclipse IDE 2019-06 has M2_REPO classpath variable after integrating maven plugins (m2eclipse) with Eclipse IDE, M2_REPO classpath variable gets added –> pointing to default locations (for example c:\Users\\.m2\repository) and this variable is non-modifiable. However, if we are using older version of Eclipse, then we need to add M2_REPO manually to Eclipse.

Steps to add M2_REPO

  1. Open Eclipse IDE, select Window ->Preferences ->Java ->Classpath Variables

2. Click on New Button. Add below mentioned information:-

Name – M2_REPO

Path – Path where M2 file places in your system

Eg – C:\Users\SingVi04\.m2\repository

Note:- I have already added M2_REPO, so we can see an error message – Variable name already exists.

3. Verify that M2_REPO add – You can check new Classpath variable M2_REPO is added under BuildPath ->Classpath Variables

Maven – How to import Maven Project into Eclipse

 
 

In the previous tutorial, we have seen how we can create a Java project from Command Line. In this tutorial, will see how we can import this project in Eclipse.

  1. We need to make sure if Eclipse Maven Integration(m2e) is present . Latest Eclipse IDE has bundled the m2e plugin.

2. If you are using older version of Eclipse. Then below are the steps to follow

2.1 Open Eclipse IDE and select Help ->Install New Software

2.2 Click on Add button to add a new Repository

2.3 Fill the below mentioned information in the dialog box:-

Name – M2Eclipse

Location – http://download.eclipse.org/technology/m2e/releases

2.4. After the Pending finish, select all the Plugins and press Next.

2.5. Accept the terms of the license agreement and click Finish

2.6. At the end of the installation, you will be ask to restart your Eclipse. Click Yes to perform the restart.

2.7 To check if the installation is successful, go to Help ->About Eclipse

3. In Eclipse IDE, select File ->Import ->Maven ->Existing Maven Project. 

4. The m2e plugin will analyze the pom.xml and will configure the project and generate the Eclipse files automatically.

5. Below is the code of App.java. Run this code

package com.Selenium;
 
/**
 * Hello world!
 *
 */
public class App 
{
    public static void main( String[] args )
    {
        System.out.println( "Hello World!" );
    }
}

6. Below is the code of AppTest.java. Run this code

package com.Selenium;
 
import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
import org.junit.Test;
 
/**
 * Unit test for simple App.
 */
public class AppTest 
{
    /**
     * Rigorous Test 🙂
     */
    @Test
    public void shouldAnswerWithTrue()
    {
        assertTrue( true );
    }
}

Note:- Apache Maven Eclipse Plugins like eclipse:eclipse, eclipse:clean, etc are retired. To know more about it, please refer the link

7. Structure of POM.xml

<?xml version="1.0"encoding="UTF-8"?>
 
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
  <groupId>com.Selenium</groupId>
  <artifactId>MavenProjectFromCMD</artifactId>
  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
  <name>MavenProjectFromCMD</name>
  <!-- FIXME change it to the project's website -->
  <url>http://www.example.com</url>
 
  <properties>
    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
    <maven.compiler.source>1.7</maven.compiler.source>
    <maven.compiler.target>1.7</maven.compiler.target>
  </properties>
 
  <dependencies>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>junit</groupId>
      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
      <version>4.11</version>
      <scope>test</scope>
    </dependency>
  </dependencies>
 
  <build>
    <pluginManagement><!-- lock down plugins versions to avoid using Mavendefaults (may be moved to parent pom) -->
      <plugins>
        <!-- clean lifecycle, see https://maven.apache.org/ref/current/maven-core/lifecycles.html#clean_Lifecycle -->
        <plugin>
          <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
          <version>3.1.0</version>
        </plugin>

        <!-- default lifecycle, jar packaging: see https://maven.apache.org/ref/current/maven-core/default-bindings.html#Plugin_bindings_for_jar_packaging -->
        <plugin>
          <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
          <version>3.0.2</version>
        </plugin>

        <plugin>
          <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
          <version>3.8.0</version>
        </plugin>

        <plugin>
          <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
          <version>2.22.1</version>
        </plugin>

        <plugin>
          <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
          <version>3.0.2</version>
        </plugin>

        <plugin>
          <artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
          <version>2.5.2</version>
        </plugin>

        <plugin>
          <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
          <version>2.8.2</version>
        </plugin>

        <!-- site lifecycle, see https://maven.apache.org/ref/current/maven-core/lifecycles.html#site_Lifecycle -->
        <plugin>
          <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
          <version>3.7.1</version>
        </plugin>

        <plugin>
          <artifactId>maven-project-info-reports-plugin</artifactId>
          <version>3.0.0</version>
        </plugin>
      </plugins>
    </pluginManagement>
  </build>
</project>

Maven – How to create a Java project using Command Line

 
 

     In the previous tutorial, we have discussed about How to install Maven on Windows. In this tutorial, we will see how to use Maven to manage a Java project – Create and update the dependencies.

   1) Change current folder to the folder where we want to create the Java project 

   In my case I have my Eclipse Workspace mentioned at the below mentioned path 

    cd C:\Users\vibha\eclipse-workspace\Selenium

  2) Create a Project from Maven Template

This tells Maven to generate a Java project from a Maven template.

mvn archetype:generate

3) We need to mention the number as displayed on your screen in Command Prompt to proceed further. Like here, Choose a folder or apply has 1394, so I have also mentioned 1394 in command prompt.

4) We need to provide again  input in command prompt. This time program wants to know which version we want to use. I prefer to use the latest version. Here, it is 8, so I have selected version 8.

5) We need to provide 2 input here

A) Value of groupId – This serves as the group identifier of your Maven project, it should be in a form similar to Java packages, such as com.Selenium
B) Value of artifactId – This serves as the group-local identifier of my Maven project like MavenProjectFromCMD
C) Value of Version – The initial version of our project. The default is 1.0-SNAPSHOT
D) Value of package – The name of our root package. The default is groupId we have created earlier.
We will notice the INFO message about the properties. If the displayed settings are correct, then just enter Y in :: prompt.

Successful Build – Below screenshot shows that the Maven Project built successfully.

  6) Project Folder Creation – We can see a folder with the name of project – MavenProjectFromCMD in our Eclipse Workspace. In my case, it is                     

    C:\Users\vibha\eclipse-workspace\Selenium\MavenProjectFromCMD

7) Contents of Project Folder – Open folder MavenProjectFromCMD to see the contents of the folder. It should have POM file and src

How to install Maven on Windows

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Step 2 – Unzip the downloaded folder and then it will have below-mentioned files. We do not need to install anything, just unzip the folder.

Step 3 – We need to configure MAVEN_HOME environment variable. Type – “View Adva” in the search option, and we will see the option – View Advanced system setting.

Step 4 – In the System Properties dialog, select the Advanced tab and click on the Environment Variables button.

Step 5 – In the “Environment variables” dialog, under Users variables, Click on the New button and add a MAVEN_HOME variable.

Step 6 – A dialog box will appear, mentioning Variable Name – MAVEN_HOME and Variable value – mention the path where the Apache folder is placed.

Step 7 – Add %MAVEN_HOME%\bin (full path till bin where Maven is placed on your machine) to Path present under System variables. Click the New Button present in System Variable and add MAVEN_HOME\bin.

Step 8 – Once the Path is updated with %MAVEN_HOME%\bin. This is what it will look like.

Step 9 – We have to make sure that JDK is installed and the JAVA_HOME environment variable is configured. If the JAVA_HOME variable is not configured, then add JAVA_HOME just like MAVEN_HOME in User Variable within Environment Variables.

How to verify if Maven is installed properly on your machine

Open the command prompt and type mvn -version, then the screen should look something like as shown below screen

This confirms that Maven is installed successfully and configured on your machine.