Specify a Test Suite for Your Project

Problem

You need to create a suite of tests that you can run using Pants' test goal.

Solution

For Scala or Java, create a junit_tests target definition that defines your suite; for Python, create a python_tests definition. For both target types, you need to specify:

• A name for the Pants target
• A list of sources specifying which files contain the tests themselves
• A list of dependencies (which in many cases will include only the library being tested but could include others)
• A list of resources (optional). More info can be found in Create a Resource Bundle

Below is an example junit_tests definition followed by a python_tests definition:

junit_tests(
  name='tests',
  sources=['test_*.scala'],
  dependencies=[
    'src/scala/com/myorg/myproject/example:lib',
  ],
)

python_tests(
  name='tests',
  sources=['test_*.py'],
  dependencies=[
    'src/python/myproject/example:lib',
  ],
)

Now you can run the test using the Pants test goal like this:

$ ./pants test src/python/myproject/example:tests