Running JUnit test cases from cmd prompt

For Running Junit 4.x test cases from command prompt you should use below command

java -cp C:\lib\junit.jar org.junit.runner.JUnitCore [test class name]

For running Junit 3.x test cases from command prompt you need use below command

java -cp /usr/java/lib/junit.jar junit.textui.TestRunner [test class name]

Example Program

TestCaseA.java

package test;

import org.junit.Test;
import org.junit.After;
import org.junit.Before;


public class TestCaseA
{
   @Before
   public void beforeMethod()
   {
       System.out.println("Before method..");
   }
 
   @Test
   public void JUnit4Test()
   {
      System.out.println("In test method");
   }
 
   @After
   public void afterMethod()
   {
      System.out.println("after method");
   }
}

Execution from command prompt

java -cp junit-4.10.jar;test\TestCaseA.class; org.junit.runner.JUnitCore test.TestCaseA

Regards,
SantoshSarma J V