In this short Maven tutorial, you will learn how to build or run a Maven project and skip Unit tests.
Sometimes, when working on a project we need to build it and even run it even though our Unit test is failing. When there is a flailing Unit test, then the Maven package and install commands will also fail. This is because both of these commands execute Unit tests.
To skip Unit tests when building a Maven project use one of the following ways.
Skip Unit Test With -Dmaven.test.skip=true
One of the ways to skip Unit tests when building a Maven project is to use -Dmaven.test.skip=true. For example, to package a maven project without running Unit tests you will issue the following command:
mvn package -Dmaven.test.skip=true
or if you use Maven Install, then:
mvn install -Dmaven.test.skip=true
Alternatively, to using -Dmaven.test.skip=true in a terminal window when running a specific Maven command, you can disable Unit tests for all Maven commands. To disable Unit tests using POM.XML add maven.test.skip to properties XML element.
<properties>
<maven.test.skip>true</maven.test.skip>
</properties> If You Use maven-surefire-plugin
If you use maven-surefire-plugin then when running the Maven command in the terminal window you can skip Unit tests the following way:
mvn package -DskipTests
or if you use Maven install then,
mvn install -DskipTests
Alternatively, to using -DskipTests in a terminal window when running a command you can configure to skip Unit tests in POM.xml file this way:
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.0.0-M3</version>
<configuration>
<skipTests>true</skipTests>
</configuration>
</plugin> I hope this tutorial was helpful to you.
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