Junit test cases are not running when i do mvn clean install

Question

I have written a spring boot application. I have written Junit test cases as well for that. When i run mvn clean install command, test cases are not running as part of that mvn build. But when i just right click and run as Junit test case all my test cases execute. I believe there is some configuration error. Am using spring-boot, maven as build and Eclipse ide.

My test class name is TestService.java and it is in src/test folder

public class TestService {

    JsonUtil jsonUtil;
    String jsonString;
    @Before
    public void setData() {
        jsonString = "{\"id\":\"one\"}";
        jsonUtil = new JsonUtil(new ObjectMapper());
    }

    @Test
    public void testGetStringAsJson() {

        JsonNode node = jsonUtil.getStringAsJson(jsonString);
        Assert.assertEquals("one", node.get("id").textValue());
    }

}

Below is my pom.xml

<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
  <groupId>com.xyz</groupId>
  <artifactId>xyz</artifactId>
  <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
  <name>xyz</name>


    <parent>
        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
        <version>1.5.4.RELEASE</version>
        <relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
    </parent>

    <properties>
        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
        <java.version>1.8</java.version>
        <!-- dependency versions -->
        <com.google.guava.guava.version>22.0</com.google.guava.guava.version>
        <io.springfox.springfox-swagger2>2.7.0</io.springfox.springfox-swagger2>
        <io.springfox.springfox-swagger-ui>2.7.0</io.springfox.springfox-swagger-ui>
    </properties>

    <dependencies>
        <!-- For default Spring Boot utilities -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
        </dependency>

        <!-- For testing possibility -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>

        <!-- For all mvc and web functions -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-hateoas</artifactId>
        </dependency>

        <!-- Spring security related dependencies 

        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.security.oauth</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-security-oauth2</artifactId>
        </dependency>-->

        <!-- Default persistence functions -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</artifactId>
        </dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
            <artifactId>hibernate-java8</artifactId>
            <version>5.0.5.Final</version>
        </dependency>

        <!-- In-Memory DB -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
            <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
            <scope>runtime</scope>
        </dependency>

        <!-- Java Utilities from google -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
            <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
            <version>${com.google.guava.guava.version}</version>
        </dependency>

        <!-- Include swagger for API description -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>io.springfox</groupId>
            <artifactId>springfox-swagger2</artifactId>
            <version>${io.springfox.springfox-swagger2}</version>
        </dependency>

        <!-- Include swagger for API description UI -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>io.springfox</groupId>
            <artifactId>springfox-swagger-ui</artifactId>
            <version>${io.springfox.springfox-swagger-ui}</version>
        </dependency>

        <!-- Common libraries  -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
            <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>commons-collections</groupId>
            <artifactId>commons-collections</artifactId>
            <version>3.2.2</version>
        </dependency>
        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/commons-lang/commons-lang -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
            <artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
            <version>2.6</version>
        </dependency>



    </dependencies>

    <build>
        <plugins>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
                <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
            </plugin>
        </plugins>
    </build>

</project>

Maven output

[INFO] Scanning for projects...
[INFO]                                                                         
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Building xyz 0.0.1-SNAPSHOT
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] 
[INFO] --- maven-clean-plugin:2.6.1:clean (default-clean) @ xyz ---
[INFO] Deleting C:\Users\rk\Documents\WS\xyz\target
[INFO] 
[INFO] --- maven-resources-plugin:2.6:resources (default-resources) @ xyz ---
[INFO] Using 'UTF-8' encoding to copy filtered resources.
[INFO] Copying 1 resource
[INFO] Copying 1 resource
[INFO] 
[INFO] --- maven-compiler-plugin:3.1:compile (default-compile) @ xyz ---
[INFO] Changes detected - recompiling the module!
[INFO] Compiling 17 source files to C:\Users\rk\Documents\WS\xyz\target\classes
[WARNING] /C:/Users/rk/Documents/WS/xyz/src/main/java/com/weather/xyzTestApplication.java: C:\Users\rk\Documents\WS\xyz\src\main\java\com\weather\xyzTestApplication.java uses or overrides a deprecated API.
[WARNING] /C:/Users/rk/Documents/WS/xyz/src/main/java/com/weather/xyzTestApplication.java: Recompile with -Xlint:deprecation for details.
[INFO] 
[INFO] --- maven-resources-plugin:2.6:testResources (default-testResources) @ xyz ---
[INFO] Using 'UTF-8' encoding to copy filtered resources.
[INFO] Copying 0 resource
[INFO] 
[INFO] --- maven-compiler-plugin:3.1:testCompile (default-testCompile) @ xyz ---
[INFO] Changes detected - recompiling the module!
[INFO] Compiling 4 source files to C:\Users\rk\Documents\WS\xyz\target\test-classes
[WARNING] /C:/Users/rk/Documents/WS/xyz/src/test/java/com/weather/controller/TestxyzController.java: C:\Users\rk\Documents\WS\xyz\src\test\java\com\weather\controller\TestxyzController.java uses unchecked or unsafe operations.
[WARNING] /C:/Users/rk/Documents/WS/xyz/src/test/java/com/weather/controller/TestxyzController.java: Recompile with -Xlint:unchecked for details.
[INFO] 
[INFO] --- maven-surefire-plugin:2.18.1:test (default-test) @ xyz ---
[INFO] 
[INFO] --- maven-jar-plugin:2.6:jar (default-jar) @ xyz ---
[INFO] Building jar: C:\Users\rk\Documents\WS\xyz\target\xyz-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar
[INFO] 
[INFO] --- spring-boot-maven-plugin:1.5.4.RELEASE:repackage (default) @ xyz ---
[INFO] 
[INFO] --- maven-install-plugin:2.5.2:install (default-install) @ xyz ---
[INFO] Installing C:\Users\rk\Documents\WS\xyz\target\xyz-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar to C:\Users\rk\.m2\repository\com\weather\xyz\0.0.1-SNAPSHOT\xyz-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar
[INFO] Installing C:\Users\rk\Documents\WS\xyz\pom.xml to C:\Users\rk\.m2\repository\com\weather\xyz\0.0.1-SNAPSHOT\xyz-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.pom
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD SUCCESS
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 16.643 s
[INFO] Finished at: 2018-09-24T22:44:24+05:30
[INFO] Final Memory: 34M/248M
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Answer 1

Change the configuration to Junit, may be it will catch only the tests with testNG

Answer 2

How would you have created the pom through spring initializer or manually? Most likely build path issue causing plugin not to execute. Can you check which version is being used once run through eclipse later verify through mvn dependency: tree just to know the same version is also available from cmd.

Answer 3

Check pom.xml go to 'Effective POM' view. Check the value for tag under . It seems like it is not pointing to the proper location. You may override the property in pom.xml if it is pointing to a different location.