Apache Maven 3 Cookbook

Chapter 4
Generating unit test reports
The Maven Surefire plugin is executed in the "test" phase of the build lifecycle to run the unit
tests, generate plain text, and XML reports of the tests.
The Surefire plugin comes with one goal: surefire:test.
By default, Surefire reports can be found in {basedir}/target/surefire-reports.
Getting ready
To get started, you need to include the dependency of the Maven Surefile plugin in your
project POM.xml file.
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org.apache.maven.plugins
maven-surefire-plugin
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org.apache.maven.plugins
maven-surefire-plugin
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You may also need to change the default configuration to suit your preferences. Configuration
elements can also be included as depicted:
org.apache.maven.plugins
maven-surefire-plugin
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