How to use a test class from a jar in TestNG

Question

I have a JAR(xyz.jar) with test class test.sample.ClassX . I am trying to use this class in testng.xml shown below,

<!DOCTYPE suite SYSTEM "http://testng.org/testng-1.0.dtd" >

<suite name="SuiteX" verbose="1" >
  <test name="TestX"   >
     <classes>
        <class name="test.sample.ClassX" />
    </classes>
 </test>
</suite>

My pom.xml has dependency(xyz.jar) added. I can execute this suite from eclipse but fails when i try to execute from command-line(mac) with below error,

error: package test.sample does not exist

Any idea what the issue might be ?

Answer 1

My first guess is that you might not have a class defined like:

package test.sample;

public class TestX
{
...