How do I run Maven integration tests in alphabetical order? - maven

Question

I'm using Maven 3.3.3 with Java 1.8. How do I get my integration tests to run in alphabetaical order, by class name (or file, whatever's easier)? I thought "runOrder" might help me so I created this plugin configuration ...
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.19.1</version>
<configuration>
<reuseForks>true</reuseForks>
<argLine>-Xmx4096m -XX:MaxPermSize=512M -noverify -XX:-UseSplitVerifier ${itCoverageAgent}</argLine>
<runOrder>alphabetical</runOrder>
<skipTests>${skipAllTests}</skipTests>
</configuration>
<executions>
<execution>
<goals>
<goal>integration-test</goal>
<goal>verify</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
but as the integration tests are run, they are still not being run in order. Notice a file beginning with "V" precedess one beginnign with "G" ...
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T E S T S
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Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM warning: ignoring option MaxPermSize=512M; support was removed in 8.0
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM warning: ignoring option UseSplitVerifier; support was removed in 8.0
Running org.mainco.subco.antivirus.queue.repo.VirusScanQueueDaoIT
Tests run: 6, Failures: 0, Errors: 0, Skipped: 0, Time elapsed: 5.196 sec - in org.mainco.subco.antivirus.queue.repo.VirusScanQueueDaoIT
Running org.mainco.subco.antivirus.queue.service.VirusScanQueueServiceIT
Tests run: 7, Failures: 0, Errors: 0, Skipped: 0, Time elapsed: 0.055 sec - in org.mainco.subco.antivirus.queue.service.VirusScanQueueServiceIT
Running org.mainco.subco.classroom.repo.GroupDaoIT
Tests run: 6, Failures: 0, Errors: 0, Skipped: 0, Time elapsed: 0.181 sec - in org.mainco.subco.classroom.repo.GroupDaoIT
Running org.mainco.subco.classroom.service.GroupServiceIT
Tests run: 21, Failures: 0, Errors: 0, Skipped: 0, Time elapsed: 4.114 sec - in org.mainco.subco.classroom.service.GroupServiceIT
Running org.mainco.subco.core.repo.CategoryDaoIT

Answer 1

The ITs are run with respect to the alphabetical order... of the fully qualified name of the class. The following list
org.mainco.subco.antivirus.queue.repo.VirusScanQueueDaoIT
org.mainco.subco.antivirus.queue.service.VirusScanQueueServiceIT
org.mainco.subco.classroom.repo.GroupDaoIT
org.mainco.subco.classroom.service.GroupServiceIT
org.mainco.subco.core.repo.CategoryDaoIT
follows this ordering. There are currently no run orders working with just the class name.