Maven：从命令行添加测试目录

Question

Is there a way to include a test folder for Maven to compile from the command line?

I have a set of tests that are in a folder that are not part of the standard set of unit and integration tests. These tests are still useful to run individually until the needed integration tests are built. In Eclipse, I can run these tests individually by right clicking on them and running them as a JUnit test. I am finding that I often want to run more than one test, so I am trying to run them from Maven on the command line. In Maven I can do something like this:

mvn -Dtest=OldTest,OlderTest test

The problem I think I have is that the folder that these tests sit in is not listed as part of the set of test files that need to compile in the POM. I would like to temporarily add the folder, run the tests, and remove the folder without modifying the POM.

Answer 1

I use the Build Helper plugin to add in integration test sources when a certain profile has been activated, for example:

<plugin>
  <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
  <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
  <version>1.4</version>
  <executions>
    <execution>
        <id>add-test-source</id>
        <phase>generate-test-sources</phase>
        <goals>
            <goal>add-test-source</goal>
        </goals>
        <configuration>
            <sources>
                <source>src/it/java</source>
            </sources>
        </configuration>
    </execution>
  </executions>
</plugin>

Perhaps you can do something similar?