Cannot pass tag expression to maven-surefire-plugin

Summary

The new multi-token expression syntax makes it impossible to declare multi token tag expression in the --tags flag inside the -Dcucumber.options flag in maven-surefire-plugin configuration.

Expected Behavior

It should be possible possible to pass multi token tag expression in the -Dcucumber.options flag.

Current Behavior

maven-surefire-plugin crashes throwing either VM crash, IllegalArgumentException or doesn’t run any tests depending on the input.

Possible Solution

Make it possible to make single token tag expression without any whitespace characters.

Steps to Reproduce (for bugs)

1. Create a basic cucumber project using maven with maven-surefire-plugin
2. In the pom.xml define argLine tag inside maven-surefire-plugin configuration
3. Inside argLine tag add -Dcucumber.options=" --tags ‘not @ignored’" or -Dcucumber.options=’ --tags “not @ignored”’
4. run mvn test

Context & Motivation

My use case is injecting tag expression from parent pom.

Your Environment

• Version used: 3.0.2
• Operating System and version: Linux Mint 19

[mpkorstanje]

Looks like this fixed properly in maven-shared-utils/33659 but hasn’t made it into the latest Surefire yet. It will be a matter of patience.

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