Migrate LaunchSuite and SuiteGenerator classes from "org.testng.xml" in testng codebase to here

[krmahadevan]

The below two classes reside in TestNG but it is being ONLY used by the eclipse plugin. So it would make sense that we move these classes from the TestNG codebase to the testng eclipse plugin codebase.

Classes in question:

• LaunchSuite.java
• SuiteGenerator

The above classes are being referred to in

• org.testng.eclipse.launch.TestNGLaunchConfigurationDelegate
• org.testng.eclipse.ui.util.ConfigurationHelper
• org.testng.eclipse.util.CustomSuite
• org.testng.eclipse.util.SuiteGenerator

Please confirm once the migration is complete and I will go ahead and remove off the above two classes from the testng codebase.

ping @missedone

[missedone]

sure, i will raise the PR after the 7.9.0 release

[krmahadevan]

@missedone - Here's the PR that I have raised for TestNG testng-team/testng#3031

[lahodaj]

I would like to ask how it was determined these classes are not used anywhere outside of the Eclipse plugin. Because the LaunchSuite and SuiteGenerator are used inside NetBeans:
https://github.com/apache/netbeans/blob/0090cf959e52e236fbba307f4b75e3cd4e91d0be/java/testng/src/org/netbeans/modules/testng/spi/XMLSuiteSupport.java#L52

[juherr]

@lahodaj Thanks for the alert.
We are not able to know all usages of the api.
About netbeans, we tried to contact them years ago when we released testng-remote.
Are you part of the netbeans team?

[lahodaj]

@juherr

NetBeans is an Apache project now, and I am member of its PMC. Best way to contact the project is to write to dev@netbeans.apache.org.

Regarding testng-remote - I don't think I am an expert on test framework support in NetBeans. I peeked at the repository, but I am not completely clear on what this is doing. Are there some examples? Thanks!

[missedone]

@lahodaj regards to this particular case, you don't have to learn about testng-remote, instead, you can refer to the PR #564 how the testng-eclipse incorporates with the breaking change in testng itself, that said, simply copy the relate source code to NetBeans (both are apache license)