Pass parameter variables from bean.xml to TestNG as a list

[Pavao Lukušić]

I am fairly new in writing TestNG test cases and was wondering if there is a possibility to pass "object like" parameters in bean file to the test part?

For example: In bean file I have :

 ```

<parameter name="movieType1" value="Horror" /> 

<parameter name="numberOfMovies" value="150" /> 

<parameter name="totalEarnings" value="365789764" />

 <parameter name="movieType2" value="Action" /> 

<parameter name="numberOfMovies2" value="365555" />

 <parameter name="totalEarnings2" value="879784545642132" /> 

 more movie types, etc

 ```

Is there a way to create ban file in which I can pass variables as some kind of list of some class, like :

```

<movies>

           <movieType1>

                      <name value=horror> 

                      <numberOfMovies value=150> 

                       <total earnings value=365789764> 

            </movieType1> 

             <movieType2> 

                      <name value=aciton> 

                      <numberOfMovies value=365555> 

                      <total earnings value=879784545642132>

              </movieType2> 

 </movies> 

```

I know I can get each parameters in code like this :

```

@BeforeSuite @Parameters({ "movieType1", "numberOfMovies" , "totalEarnings", etc..}) private void beforeSuite(String movieType1, String numberOfMovies, String totalEarnings)

```

But what if I would like to enter 100 of movie types? I would need to write all variables (movieType1 ... MovieType100) inside of @Parameters tag ?

Is there a smarter way to pass those elements? (I really need to pass it from bean.xml file)

Any help would be really appreciated.

[⇜Krishnan Mahadevan⇝]

Are these parameters intended to be used by test methods or configurations ?

If they are test methods, then you can very well leverage a data provider ("@DataProvider") and have it feed off of the bean.xml file and work with it.

If they are configuration methods, then I am not sure if you have a lot of options.

Thanks & Regards
Krishnan Mahadevan

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