How to run all tests in a particular package with Maven?

Question

I can find in the Maven docs where it shows how to run:

1. A single test
2. All tests in a single test class
3. All tests in classes matching a particular

Answer 1

AFAIK there are no command line parameter for surefire:test to run tests in a specific package.

I use a configuration variable to achieve the same effect. A fragment of my pom.xml:

    
        
            org.apache.maven.plugins
            maven-surefire-plugin
            2.7.2
            
                
                    **/${testGroup}/*Test.java
                
            
        
    

Now if I want to run tests in a package named "com.example", I use the following command:

mvn test -DtestGroup=com/example