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

I had a similar case where I want to run all test EXCEPT a given category (for instance, because I have hundreds of legacy uncategorized tests, and I can't / don't want to modify each of them)

The maven surefire plugin allows to exclude categories, for instance:

    
        NonSlowTests
        
            
                
                    org.apache.maven.plugins
                    maven-surefire-plugin
                    
                        my.category.SlowTest