Is it possible to extend the test libraries from o...

# multiplatform

[jeggy]

Is it possible to extend the test libraries from one project into another project's test libraries?
I'm creating a multiproject multiplatform project and I'm using a line like this: implementation(project(":kgraphql")) within jvmMain, but it's not possible to get the jvmTest from that project to it's side project. Are there any solutions for this except just copy and paste it?

[Marc Knaup]

This is tricky because of cyclic dependencies. I haven’t found a good way yet.

Maybe add a regular non-test module and depend on it in all tests? But that would still be cyclic if it depends on your actual “base module”.

I think you can also depend on specific source sets from other projects but I forgot how that works.

[russhwolf]

I've worked around this by pulling the tests into the main source of a third module, and depending on it from the other two modules test sources.

[jeggy]

Thanks for sharing your experience with this. I think I will just copy and paste it instead of creating a fake module to solve it.

[Marc Knaup]

Well it’s not a fake module but a real module. Nothing bad about that and much better than copying.
It’s only problematic if that test module has to depend on a module that in turn needs the test module for testing 😄

[spand]

Not sure it works for multiplatform but I think

apply plugin: 'java-test-fixtures'

is what you want

[russhwolf]

You can do something like this without running into circular dependency issues