Maven: How to handle generated sources for test(only)?

Question

Usually generated sources should be created in the target dir. But how do I handle classes that are only used for test? I dont want that these classes get packaged in my jar

Answer 1

Use maven build helper plugin's add-test-source goal to add your generated test source files to the build -> http://mojo.codehaus.org/build-helper-maven-plugin/add-test-source-mojo.html

It ensures that the directories added by this goal will be picked up automatically by the compiler plugin during test-compile phase of the build.

EDIT

Here is the example of how to generate code for testign with cxf-codegen-plugin

  
    ...
    
      org.apache.cxf
      cxf-codegen-plugin
      ${cxf.version}
      
        
          generate-test-sources
          generate-test-sources
          
            ${project.build.directory}/generated/cxf
            
              
                ${basedir}/src/main/wsdl/myService.wsdl
              
            
          
          
            wsdl2java
          
        
      
    
    
      org.codehaus.mojo
      build-helper-maven-plugin
      ${build-helper-maven-plugin.version}
      
        
          add-test-sources
          generate-test-sources
          
            add-test-source
          
          
            
              ${project.build.directory}/generated/cxf
            
          
        
      
    
    ...