maven failsafe plugin

Mar 24, 2010

http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-failsafe-plugin/

 

 

From the site:

"The Failsafe Plugin is designed to run integration tests while the Surefire Plugins is designed to run unit. The name (failsafe) was chosen both because it is a synonym of surefire and because it implies that when it fails, it does so in a safe way."

 

 

Integration tests are different than unit tests in:

• They execute after the package phase
• They consider setting up and tearing down of thirdparty services (e.g., database)