Unit tests getting executed during integration test phase even after excluding them

Question

I have a a unit test (ProductDaoTest.java) and an integration test (ProductDaoIT.java) in my maven application.

I would like to execute only the integration test during the mvn verify command call but the unit test also gets executed even after excluding it using the <exclude> tag in the maven-failsafe-plugin configuration.

How can I fix this problem?

<plugin>
        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>2.19.1</version>
        <configuration>
            <excludes>
                <exclude>**/*Test.java</exclude>
            </excludes>
        </configuration>
        <executions>
            <execution>
                <goals>
                    <goal>integration-test</goal>
                    <goal>verify</goal>
                </goals>
            </execution>
        </executions>
    </plugin>

Updated POM (with solution):

 <!-- For skipping unit tests execution during execution of IT's -->
    <profiles>
        <profile>
            <id>integration-test</id>
            <build>
                <plugins>
                    <plugin>
                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
                        <version>2.19.1</version>
                        <!-- Skips UTs -->
                        <configuration>
                            <skipTests>true</skipTests>
                        </configuration>
                    </plugin>
                    <!-- Binding the verify goal with IT -->
                    <plugin>
                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                        <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
                        <version>2.19.1</version>
                        <executions>
                            <execution>
                                <goals>
                                    <goal>integration-test</goal>
                                    <goal>verify</goal>
                                </goals>
                            </execution>
                        </executions>
                    </plugin>
                    <plugin>
                        <groupId>org.apache.tomcat.maven</groupId>
                        <artifactId>tomcat7-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                        <version>2.2</version>
                        <configuration>
                            <port>5000</port>
                            <path>${project.artifactId}</path>
                        </configuration>
                        <executions>
                            <execution>
                                <id>start-tomcat</id>
                                <phase>pre-integration-test</phase>
                                <goals>
                                    <goal>run</goal>
                                </goals>
                                <configuration>
                                    <fork>true</fork>
                                </configuration>
                            </execution>
                            <execution>
                                <id>stop-tomcat</id>
                                <phase>post-integration-test</phase>
                                <goals>
                                    <goal>shutdown</goal>
                                </goals>
                            </execution>
                        </executions>
                    </plugin>    
                </plugins>
            </build>
        </profile>
    </profiles>

mvn clean install - Runs only unit tests by default

mvn clean install -Pintegration-test - Runs only integration tests by default

Answer 1

In Maven, test step is before verify step in the lifecycle.
So it you don't skip this step, it is bound to execute.

If you want to skip test , either use -Dmaven.test.skip=tr‌​ue as khmarbaise suggested, either create a dedicated Maven profile for IT where you will ignore unit-tests in this way :

      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
        <configuration>
          <skipTests>true</skipTests>
        </configuration>
      </plugin>

Generally, you create a Maven profile for integration tests, so if it is the case, gathering all the configuration in a place is better that scattering it.