How to run JUnit tests by category in Maven?

Question

Using JUnit 4.8 and the new @Category annotations, is there a way to choose a subset of categories to run with Maven\'s Surefire plugin?

For example I h

Answer 1

Maven has since been updated and can use categories.

An example from the Surefire documentation:

      maven-surefire-plugin
      2.11
      
        com.mycompany.SlowTests
      

This will run any class with the annotation @Category(com.mycompany.SlowTests.class)