How to run UnitTests in maven which is in src/test-integration/java folder

Question

When we say mvn test, usual way is that maven will look for the tests present in src/test/java folder. But I have my tests in some different folder, namely src/integration-t

Answer 1

First you shouldn't run those integration test via the test life cycle, cause pre-integration-test, integration-test and post-integration-test life cycle phase exist. Apart from that for integration tests the maven-failsafe-plugin is responsible.

There are several options to handle your situations. First you should follow the naming conventions for integration tests

 **/IT*.java
 **/*IT.java
 **/*ITCase.java

which means to put the integration tests into the default folder src/test/java. If you have a multi-module build it would be the best having a separate module which contains the integration-tests only or you can go the path you decided to use a separate folder (which is not the best):

First you need to add the folder using the buildhelper-maven-plugin to get those integration tests being compiled like this:

  
    org.codehaus.mojo
    build-helper-maven-plugin
    1.9.1
    
      
        add-test-source
        process-resources
        
          add-test-source
        
        
          
            src/integration-test/java
          
        
      
    
  

and you have to configuration the maven-failsafe-plugin like this:

  [...]
  
    
      
        org.apache.maven.plugins
        maven-failsafe-plugin
        2.14.1
        
          
            
              integration-test
              verify
            
          
        
      
    
  
  [...]

After you have configured you can run your integration tests via:

mvn verify