Maven Practical Tips 03. How to ignore test cases when Maven compiles packaging

Skip the test phase:

MVN package-dskiptests

Temporarily skip the compilation of the test code:

MVN package-dmaven.test.skip=true

Maven.test.skip also controls the behavior of the Maven-compiler-plugin and maven-surefire-plugin two plug-ins, skipping compilation and skipping tests.

Specifying Test classes

MVN test-dtest=randomgeneratortest

The test class that starts with random and ends with test

MVN test-dtest=random*test

Specify multiple test cases separated by commas

MVN test-dtest=atest,btest

Specifies that even without any test cases, do not error

The test parameter must match at least one Test class, or it will error and cause the build to fail. You can use the following configuration to specify that you do not make any error even if you do not have any test cases.

MVN test-dtest-dfailifnotests = False

Pom file configuration contains and excludes test cases

Use * */* Test.java to match all Java classes ending with tests. Two asterisk * * to match any path, an asterisk * is used to get 0 or more characters except the path style character. You can also use excludes to exclude some test classes.

<plugin>
    <groupId>org.apahce.maven.plugins<groupId>
    <artifactId> maven-surefire-plugin</artifactid>
    <version>2.5</version>
    <configuration>
        <includes>
            <include>**/*Tests.java</include>
        </includes>
    </ Configuration>        
</plugin>