Surefire Plugin

Use -DskipTests to skip tests instead of -Dmaven.test.skip or -Dmaven.test.skip.exec.

maven.test.skip: skip compile of test code and execution
maven.test.skip.exec: compile and skip execution

The Surefire Plugin is used during the test phase of the build lifecucle to execute the unit tests of an application. It generates reports in 2 different file formats:

• Plain text files (*.txt)
• XML files (*.xml)

By default, these files are generated at ${basedir}/target/surefire-reports.

For an HTML format of the report, please see the Maven Surefire Report Plugin.

Goals Overview

The Surefire Plugin has only 1 goal:

• surefire:test runs the unit tests of an application.

Usage

Instructions on how to use the Surefire Plugin can be found on the usage page.

Examples

The following examples show how to use the Surefire Plugin in more advanced use-cases:

• Using TestNG
• Skipping Tests
• Inclusions and Exclusions of Tests
• Running a Single Test
• Class Loading Issues
• Debugging Tests
• Using System Properties
• Additional Classpath Elements