Maven dependency for junit - junit version 4.12-beta-1 is released. Learn to use junit version 4.12-beta-1 in Maven based Java projects

Maven dependency for  junit  - Version 4.12-beta-1 of junit released

The developers of   junit - junit project have released the latest version of this library on 28 Jul 2014, the released version of  junit - junit library is 4.12-beta-1. Developer can use this version ( junit - junit version 4.12-beta-1 ) in their Java project if it is based on Maven and Gradle.

How to use  junit - junit version 4.12-beta-1 in project?

Steps to use  junit - junit version 4.12-beta-1 in Java projects. Follow the step by step tutorial for using the latest version of junit - junit in your Maven/Gradle project.

Step 1: Create or use a Maven project

First of all you have to create a new Java project based on maven project management tool if you don't have any previous project. You can download the simple project from Sample Maven project. You can import the sample project in Eclipse IDE or you can open your project in Eclipse or in any other IDE of your choice.

Step 2: Include the maven dependency of   junit - junit version 4.12-beta-1

Now the next step is to use the latest dependency for maven of the  junit - braid library library in the pom.xml fie of your project. You have to copy the code given below:

<dependency>
	<groupId>junit</groupId>
	<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
	<version>4.12-beta-1</version>
</dependency>

Above code is the maven dependency code that downloads and includes  junit - junit version 4.12-beta-1 java library in your project.

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Now you can save the file in Eclipse and then Eclipse will call maven tool for downloading the jar files. Once the jar files are downloaded it will be included in the project and  you will be able to use  junit - junit version 4.12-beta-1 library in your project.

Step 3: Now you are ready to use the  junit - junit version 4.12-beta-1 in your project

Now you will be able to import the library in your project and use it.

Step 4: Finding the maven dependency tree

Sometimes it is required to check the dependency tree of the maven project to find out the jar conflicts, then you can use the  Maven dependency plugin. The Maven dependency plugin is used to list down the the dependency in the project. The dependency:tree option of the mvn command line tool can be used to see the dependency tree of the given project. After adding the Maven dependency of junit - junit version 4.12-beta-1 in your pom.xml file you can run following command on the terminal:

mvn dependency:tree

Above command will list down the dependency of your project. This way you will be able to find out any jar conflict issue of the project.

Gradle Dependency

If you project is based on Gradle then you can use following dependency code:

implementation group: 'junit', name: 'junit', version: '4.12-beta-1'

Above code will enable the Gradle to down junit - junit dependency jar and include in the project.

You can read more at:

• Maven Tutorials
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• How to create Maven Web Application in Eclipse?
• Maven 3 Tutorial
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