Specs2 unable to find my tests using sbt - scala

Question

I have build a simple project for Spec2 testing using simple sbt.
package main.specs
import org.specs2._
class QuickStartSpec extends Specification {
def is = s2"""
This is my first specification
it is working $ok
really working! $ok
"""
}
And here is my build.sbt file:
name := "QuickStartSpec"
version := "1.0"
scalaVersion := "2.10.1"
libraryDependencies ++= Seq("org.specs2" %% "specs2-core" % "3.6.5" % "test")
scalacOptions in Test ++= Seq("-Yrangepos")
But when I run this command in sbt
testOnly main.specs.QuickStartSpec
I am getting this:
[info] Updating {file:/Users/nabajeet/workspace/SpecsTest/}specstest...
[info] Resolving org.fusesource.jansi#jansi;1.4 ...
[info] Done updating.
[info] Passed: Total 0, Failed 0, Errors 0, Passed 0
[info] No tests to run for test:testOnly
I am following this page to create the example:
https://etorreborre.github.io/specs2/website/SPECS2-3.6.5/quickstart.html
I am unable to figure out the reason why my tests are not detected.
My sbt version in 0.13.8

Answer 1

By declaring
libraryDependencies ++= Seq("org.specs2" %% "specs2-core" % "3.6.5" % "test")
You restrict the scope of specs2 to only classes in the test source directories. You won't be able to reference specs2 classes in the production code (all the code under src/main/)
In your comment you indicate that you placed your spec in /Users/nabajeet/workspace/SpecsTest/src/main/specs/quickStartSpec.scala
Try moving your file to /Users/nabajeet/workspace/SpecsTest/src/test/scala/specs/quickStartSpec.scala
The incorrect location is why it you spec not picked up by SBT (and I feel confident to say that it doesn't compile either).
By default, SBT applies maven's standard directory layout adding src/main/scala/ and src/test/scala/ for scala code. This is documented in the SBT tutorial
I just created a project with the following layout
.
./built.sbt
./src
./src/test
./src/test/scala
./src/test/scala/QuickStartSpec.scala
build.sbt contains
name := "QuickStartSpec"
version := "1.0"
scalaVersion := "2.11.4"
libraryDependencies ++= Seq("org.specs2" %% "specs2-core" % "3.6.5" % "test")
scalacOptions in Test ++= Seq("-Yrangepos")
and QuickStartSpec.scala contains
package main.specs
import org.specs2._
class QuickStartSpec extends Specification {
def is = s2"""
This is my first specification
it is working $ok
really working! $ok
"""
}
here is the sbt output I get
sbt
[info] Set current project to QuickStartSpec (in build file:/tmp/stack/)
> test:compile
[info] Updating {file:/tmp/stack/}stack...
[info] Resolving jline#jline;2.12 ...
[info] Done updating.
[info] Compiling 1 Scala source to /tmp/stack/target/scala-2.11/test-classes...
[info] 'compiler-interface' not yet compiled for Scala 2.11.4. Compiling...
[info] Compilation completed in 6.372 s
[success] Total time: 9 s, completed 27 nov. 2015 06:38:26
> test
[info] QuickStartSpec
[info] + This is my first specification
[info] it is working
[info] + really working!
[info]
[info] Total for specification QuickStartSpec
[info] Finished in 17 ms
[info] 2 examples, 0 failure, 0 error
[info]
[info] Passed: Total 2, Failed 0, Errors 0, Passed 2
[success] Total time: 1 s, completed 27 nov. 2015 06:38:31
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