Running JUnit tests with Maven under Eclipse

Question

I just installed the plugin m2e for the first time on Eclipse.

I wrote a simple JUnit (version 4) test. I can run it from Eclipse, but not from the pom.xml (alt-clic

Answer 1

Add this to your pom.xml

<project>
  [...]
  <build>
    <pluginManagement>
      <plugins>
        <plugin>
          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
          <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
          <version>2.18.1</version>
        </plugin>
      </plugins>
    </pluginManagement>
  </build>
  [...]
</project>

run maven with clean test

Answer 2

you can run Junit 4 with Maven. You just need the Junit 4 dependency in your pom. You also need the surefire plugin to execute the tests.

See: http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-surefire-plugin/

Hint: By default surefire looks for files with *Test.java naming to find tests.