为什么需要定义maven-surefire-plugin才能运行测试

Question

If I call mvn install for example, the test phase being located before in the hierarchy should be executed. However it seems not to be the case.

I actually need to specify it manually: mvn test install in order for my tests to be executed.

OR

Respecifying the surefire plugin in the pom.xml:

<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.4.2</version>
</plugin>

The test phase is supposed to call the maven-surefire-plugin which is a core plugin. This behavior doesn't seem consistent to me. Am I missing something ?

EDIT: I am using Maven 3.2.1

Answer 1

The Maven version I am using (3.2.1) embeds the version 2.12.4 of the maven-surefire-plugin. My project was a study case and had no test classes in it.

The 2.4.2 version of maven-surefire-plugin must fetch by default the Test reports even if no test class is encountered. The 2.12.4 seems not to behave this way.

When I was specifying the maven-surefire-plugin, I was overriding the plugin definition to the version to 2.4.2.

My apologies for having taken your attention for such an edge case and also with a lack of details.