When using the test cases build for TestNG within JBoss Seam you do not need to run an Application Server explicitly. The Testing Framework delivered with Seam uses an JBoss Embedded (http://www.jboss.org/community/wiki/EmbeddedJBoss) to execute the tests.

If you have created a Seam project by …

If you get the above Exception while using testng to test your JBOSS Seam application within the Eclipse IDE, try to remove the line //<!DOCTYPE suite SYSTEM “http://beust.com/testng/testng-1.0.dtd”>// from your XML test configuration file, eg. your XML file looks like

<!DOCTYPE suite SYSTEM "http …

You may come across the a bunch of exceptions complaining about a FAILED CONFIGURATION (see below), try to move the bootstrap folder to a path containing no whitespaces. See this entry on bug list.

[testng] FAILED CONFIGURATION: @BeforeSuite startSeam
[testng] org.jboss.deployers.client.spi.IncompleteDeploymentException: Summary of incomplete deployments …