org.spockframework.runtime.InvalidSpecException

[St Clair Clarke]

Hello,
I am just investigating how Spock works. I am using Eclipse 4.2 M6 and
Groovy 1.8.x. I downloaded the spock-0.6-eclipse-1.8-core.jar file,
created wrap it to get an Eclipse plugin bundle jar an subsequently
place this jar on in my eclipse dropins directory.

My JDK is 1.7

My spock code resolves alright.

However, when I attempt to run it as a JUnit test I receive the
following stack trace:


org.spockframework.runtime.InvalidSpecException: Specification
'snippets.testing.test.spock.DataDriven' was not compiled
properly (Spock AST transform was not run); try to do a clean build
at org.spockframework.runtime.SpecUtil.checkIsSpec(SpecUtil.java:53)
at
org.spockframework.runtime.SpecInfoBuilder.buildSpec(SpecInfoBuilder.java:
75)
at
org.spockframework.runtime.SpecInfoBuilder.doBuild(SpecInfoBuilder.java:
56)
at
org.spockframework.runtime.SpecInfoBuilder.build(SpecInfoBuilder.java:
42)
at org.spockframework.runtime.Sputnik.getSpec(Sputnik.java:78)
at
org.spockframework.runtime.Sputnik.runExtensionsIfNecessary(Sputnik.java:
86)
at org.spockframework.runtime.Sputnik.getDescription(Sputnik.java:55)
at org.junit.runner.Runner.testCount(Runner.java:38)
at
org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit4.runner.JUnit4TestClassReference.countTestCases(JUnit4TestClassReference.java:
30)
at
org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.countTests(RemoteTestRunner.java:
487)
at
org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.runTests(RemoteTestRunner.java:
455)
at
org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.runTests(RemoteTestRunner.java:
683)
at
org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.run(RemoteTestRunner.java:
390)
at
org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.main(RemoteTestRunner.java:
197)

Questions:
1. What am I missing?
2. Why can't there be an Eclipse bundle jar that we download, simply
drop it in our eclipse dropins directory and be ready to go.
3. Is there any plans for an Eclipse update site soon?
4. Is Spock compatible with TestNg?

The semantics of Spock are impressive, but if I cannot get it to run -
well, I can't go any further.

Thanks

[Peter Niederwieser]

Spock is just a library that you place on your project's class path, not an Eclipse plugin. Due to its compatibility with JUnit, Spock tests can be run just like JUnit tests. Compatibility with TestNG isn't planned (and would benefit anyone). See http://code.google.com/p/spock/wiki/GettingStarted for how to get started with Spock and Eclipse. Regarding Eclipse 4.2, you'll have to check if the Groovy Eclipse plugin already supports that. Eclipse 3.7 is a safer bet.

Cheers,
Peter

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[Howard Lewis Ship]

I'm struggling with getting Spock to work as JUnit tests inside a
TestNG suite. I can't justify the effort to move 1300+ existing
TestNG tests to Spock, alas.

I'm getting an error ... I'll recreate my change and post the details shortly.

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