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Testng Skill

lambdatest/testng-skill

> Generates TestNG tests in Java with groups, data providers, parallel execution, XML suite configuration, and listeners. Use when user mentions "TestNG", "testng.xml", "TestNG suite", "parallel tests Java".

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Install

one command, takes just this skill from the repository
npx skills add https://github.com/LambdaTest/agent-skills --skill testng-skill

The instruction itself

12 sections, as written by the author

TestNG Testing Skill

Core Patterns

Basic Test with Groups

import org.testng.annotations.*;
import org.testng.Assert;

public class LoginTest {
    @BeforeMethod
    public void setUp() { /* setup */ }

    @Test(groups = "smoke")
    public void testLoginSuccess() {
        Assert.assertTrue(loginService.login("[email protected]", "password123"));
    }

    @Test(groups = "regression", dependsOnMethods = "testLoginSuccess")
    public void testAccessDashboard() {
        Assert.assertNotNull(dashboard.getContent());
    }

    @Test(expectedExceptions = AuthenticationException.class)
    public void testLoginInvalidPassword() {
        loginService.login("[email protected]", "wrong");
    }

    @AfterMethod
    public void tearDown() { /* cleanup */ }
}

Data Providers

@DataProvider(name = "loginData")
public Object[][] loginData() {
    return new Object[][] {
        {"[email protected]", "admin123", true},
        {"[email protected]", "password", true},
        {"[email protected]", "wrong", false},
    };
}

@Test(dataProvider = "loginData")
public void testLogin(String email, String password, boolean expected) {
    Assert.assertEquals(loginService.login(email, password), expected);
}

TestNG XML Suite

<!DOCTYPE suite SYSTEM "https://testng.org/testng-1.0.dtd">
<suite name="Regression" parallel="tests" thread-count="5">
  <test name="Smoke">
    <groups><run><include name="smoke"/></run></groups>
    <classes><class name="tests.LoginTest"/></classes>
  </test>
  <test name="Full">
    <groups><run><include name="regression"/><exclude name="flaky"/></run></groups>
    <packages><package name="tests.*"/></packages>
  </test>
</suite>

Parallel Execution

<suite parallel="methods" thread-count="5">   <!-- Method level -->
<suite parallel="classes" thread-count="5">    <!-- Class level -->
<suite parallel="tests" thread-count="5">      <!-- Test level -->

Soft Assertions

SoftAssert soft = new SoftAssert();
soft.assertEquals(user.getName(), "Alice");
soft.assertEquals(user.getAge(), 25);
soft.assertTrue(user.isActive());
soft.assertAll();  // Reports all failures at once

Listeners

public class TestListener implements ITestListener {
    @Override public void onTestFailure(ITestResult result) {
        System.out.println("Failed: " + result.getName());
        // Take screenshot, log, etc.
    }
}

@Listeners(TestListener.class)
public class LoginTest { /* ... */ }

Lifecycle Annotations

@BeforeSuite → @BeforeTest → @BeforeClass → @BeforeMethod → @Test → @AfterMethod → @AfterClass → @AfterTest → @AfterSuite

Anti-Patterns

| Bad | Good | Why |

|-----|------|-----|

| dependsOnMethods everywhere | Independent tests | Cascading failures |

| No groups | @Test(groups = "smoke") | Can't run subsets |

| Hard-coded test data | @DataProvider | Reusable |

| Priority ordering | Independent tests | Fragile |

Quick Reference

| Task | Command |

|------|---------|

| Run suite | mvn test -DsuiteXmlFile=testng.xml |

| Run group | mvn test -Dgroups=smoke |

| Run class | mvn test -Dtest=LoginTest |

| Reports | test-output/index.html |

Deep Patterns → reference/playbook.md

| § | Section | Lines |

|---|---------|-------|

| 1 | Project Setup & Configuration | Maven + Surefire config |

| 2 | Suite XML Configuration | Multi-env, parallel, groups |

| 3 | BaseTest & Thread-Safe Driver | ThreadLocal, ConfigReader |

| 4 | Data Providers (Advanced) | Excel, JSON, CSV, parallel, cross-class |

| 5 | Factory Pattern | Cross-browser matrix |

| 6 | Listeners (Production Suite) | Retry, screenshot, timing |

| 7 | Soft Assertions & Dependencies | Groups, method deps |

| 8 | Page Object Integration | PageFactory, fluent POs |

| 9 | Parallel Execution Strategies | Method/class/test/mixed |

| 10 | Reporting Integration | Allure, ExtentReports |

| 11 | CI/CD Integration | GitHub Actions, Jenkins |

| 12 | Debugging Quick-Reference | 12 common problems |

| 13 | Best Practices Checklist | 14 items |

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