Can I run a single unit test from the command line for a Grails project?

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Possibilities of things that might be wrong with your setup:

  • Your command order is incorrect. What works for me is:

    grails test-app -unit Foo (where my test class is FooTests.groovy)

  • You aren’t explicitly importing grails.test.GrailsUnitTestCase.

    I had some problems with it recognizing my tests when I didn’t import this. When I was extending GroovyTestCase, things seemed to work normally.

Working Example

Here’s a sample set of tests that work for me. Perhaps you can spot some differences between them and your tests?

Note: These are all run with the testing plugin installed

test/unit/FooTests.groovy

import grails.test.GrailsUnitTestCase
class FooTest extends GrailsUnitTestCase {
    void testFoo() {
        assert true
    }

    void testBar() {
        assert true
    }
}

test/unit/BarTests.groovy

import grails.test.GrailsUnitTestCase
class BarTest extends GrailsUnitTestCase {
    void testFoo() {
        assert true
    }

    void testBar() {
        assert true
    }
}

test/unit/my/pkg/BazTests.groovy

package my.pkg

import grails.test.GrailsUnitTestCase

class BazTest extends GrailsUnitTestCase {
    void testFoo() {
        assert true
    }

    void testBar() {
        assert true
    }
}

command: all unit tests

$ grails test-app -unit
...

Starting unit test phase ...

-------------------------------------------------------
Running 6 unit tests...
Running test my.pkg.BazTest...PASSED
Running test FooTest...PASSED
Running test BarTest...PASSED
Tests Completed in 847ms ...
-------------------------------------------------------
Tests passed: 6
Tests failed: 0
-------------------------------------------------------

...
Tests PASSED - view reports in target/test-reports

command: Foo unit tests

$ grails test-app -unit Foo
...

Starting unit test phase ...

-------------------------------------------------------
Running 1 unit test...
Running test FooTest...PASSED
Tests Completed in 815ms ...
-------------------------------------------------------
Tests passed: 2
Tests failed: 0
-------------------------------------------------------

...
Tests PASSED - view reports in target/test-reports

command: my.pkg.Baz unit tests

$ grails test-app -unit my.pkg.Baz
...

Starting unit test phase ...

-------------------------------------------------------
Running 2 unit tests...
Running test my.pkg.BazTest...PASSED
Tests Completed in 842ms ...
-------------------------------------------------------
Tests passed: 2
Tests failed: 0
-------------------------------------------------------

...
Tests PASSED - view reports in target/test-reports

I tried these in Grails 1.2.3 and Grails 1.3.4, both behaved the same.

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