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

@khmarbaise is right with his recommendation (so +1 for that) but I want to answer your question without speculating about the reasons why the test source are located somewhere else.

If your tests are located in another directory than the standard src/test/java directory, the most simple solution is to change the default value of the testSourceDirectory configuration parameter which is defined in the Super POM.

e.g. for src/foobar/java use

  src/foobar/java

then you can simply run mvn test to execute the tests.

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More complex solution...

If you do not want to change the pom.xml configuration you can specifiy the testSourceDirectory parameter on the command line like this:

mvn -DtestSourceDirectory=src/foobar/java clean test

But be sure that your sources are compiled. Otherwise they will not be found and executed. In the above example the test sources are not placed at a location that gets compiled by default, so we nevertheless have to change the pom and add the directory to the list of test sources by using the buildhelper plugin:

    org.codehaus.mojo
    build-helper-maven-plugin
    1.8
    
        
            add-test-source
            generate-sources
            
                add-test-source
            
            
                
                    src/foobar/java
                
            
        
    

If you do not want to change the configuration of the default value in the pom and not want to pass the new directory at the commandline you have to configure the path in the maven-buildhelper-plugin and the maven-surefire-plugin in your pom.xml like this:

    
        
            org.codehaus.mojo
            build-helper-maven-plugin
            1.8
            
                
                    add-test-source
                    generate-sources
                    
                        add-test-source
                    
                    
                        
                            src/foobar/java
                        
                    
                
            
        
        
            org.apache.maven.plugins
            maven-surefire-plugin
            2.14.1
            
                src/foobar/java
            
        
    

Now again the simple usage of mvn test will execute the test at the not standard location.