I finally figured it out for anyone else who happens to run into this problem, this is how I got the jar file to be created and run successfully...
I had to change my pom.xml file to the following:
<groupId>TestAutomation</groupId>
<artifactId>TestAutomation</artifactId>
<packaging>jar</packaging>
<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<archive>
<manifest>
<addClasspath>true</addClasspath>
<mainClass>com.test.automation.Executable</mainClass>
</manifest>
</archive>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
<artifactId>selenium-java</artifactId>
<version>2.40.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<version>4.11</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.testng</groupId>
<artifactId>testng</artifactId>
<version>6.1.1</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
Then, I had to adjust my main method to not use any TestNG-related calls. For example, I could not use something like this for my main method:
TestListenerAdapter tla = new TestListenerAdapter();
TestNG testng = new TestNG();
testng.setTestClasses(new Class[] {WordProfFonts2Set0.class});
testng.addListener(tla);
testng.run();
Finally, here are the steps to get the appropriate jar file created:
- Select File > Project Structure... from the top menu
- Select "Artifact" on the left menu and click the '+'
- Select Jar > From modules with dependencies...
- Select your main class using the browse button
- Click the radio button next to, "extract to the target jar" and click "OK"
- Click the '+' then select "Module Test Output"
- In the Available Elements pane to the right, expand the project name and select all the Maven files, then move them to the jar directory being created in the left pane
- Click "OK"
- Select Build > Build Artifacts... from the top menu
- Hover over the jar created and click "Build" under Actions
Notes:
Be sure to add the IE or Chrome driver to your projects resources folder, and call it via the code folder, rather than the computer's hard drive. For example, do this:
File file = new File("src\test\resources\binaries\IEDriverServer.exe");
Not this:
File file = new File
("C:\\Users\\<Username>\\<Proj Name>\\src\\test\\java\\src\\
test\\resources\\binaries\\IEDriverServer.exe");
Then create the same directory with the driver in it in the same folder your jar is saved to on your computer:
src
TestAutomation.jar
2 . Be sure, if using IE, that Protected Mode is set for either all zones or none of them (in IE, go to Internet Options... > Security (tab) > Enable Protected Mode check box)