Maven reports it ran the test suite but did not run any of my JUnit tests - maven

Question

I am trying to test a java app from Maven using JUnit.
I have the following POM (relevant section only).
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.surefire</groupId>
<artifactId>surefire-junit4</artifactId>
<version>2.7.2</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<configuration>
<includes>
<include>**/*Test.java</include>
</includes>
</configuration>
</plugin>
It seems "something" is being run. Here is the output from "mvn -X test":
Running TestSuite
Tests run: 0, Failures: 0, Errors: 0, Skipped: 0, Time elapsed: 0.769 sec
Results :
Tests run: 0, Failures: 0, Errors: 0, Skipped: 0
Notice the "Running TestSuite". However it still fails to find my test methods. I suspect it might have to do with this:
[DEBUG] Adding to surefire test classpath: /home/julien/.m2/repository/org/apache/maven/surefire/surefire-testng/2.4.3/surefire-testng-2.4.3.jar
[DEBUG] Adding to surefire test classpath: /home/julien/.m2/repository/org/apache/maven/maven-artifact/2.0/maven-artifact-2.0.jar
[DEBUG] Adding to surefire test classpath: /home/julien/.m2/repository/org/codehaus/plexus/plexus-utils/1.0.4/plexus-utils-1.0.4.jar
[DEBUG] Adding to surefire test classpath: /home/julien/.m2/repository/junit/junit/3.8.1/junit-3.8.1.jar
[DEBUG] Adding to surefire test classpath: /home/julien/.m2/repository/org/apache/maven/surefire/surefire-api/2.4.3/surefire-api-2.4.3.jar
It says it is using version 3.8.1 of Junit...
However it goes on to say:
Test Classpath :
[DEBUG] /home/julien/.m2/repository/junit/junit/4.8.2/junit-4.8.2.jar
I wonder what is the difference between the "surefire test classpath" and the "Test classpath"?
Here is how my test method is named and annotated:
#Test
public void test() {
...
It is located here:
src/test/java/com/cheetah/web/pages
Any idea what I am getting wrong?
Here is the effective POM:
<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>
<parent>
<artifactId>cheetah</artifactId>
<groupId>com.cheetah</groupId>
<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
</parent>
<groupId>com.cheetah</groupId>
<artifactId>cheetah-web</artifactId>
<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<packaging>war</packaging>
<name>cheetah-web</name>
<build>
<sourceDirectory>/home/julien/Documents/donnees/projets/site-emploi-finance/java/cheetah/web/src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
<scriptSourceDirectory>src/main/scripts</scriptSourceDirectory>
<testSourceDirectory>/home/julien/Documents/donnees/projets/site-emploi-finance/java/cheetah/web/src/test/java</testSourceDirectory>
<outputDirectory>/home/julien/Documents/donnees/projets/site-emploi-finance/java/cheetah/web/target/classes</outputDirectory>
<testOutputDirectory>/home/julien/Documents/donnees/projets/site-emploi-finance/java/cheetah/web/target/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
<resources>
<resource>
<mergeId>resource-2</mergeId>
<directory>/home/julien/Documents/donnees/projets/site-emploi-finance/java/cheetah/web/src/main/java</directory>
<includes>
<include>**/*.tml</include>
<include>**/*.properties</include>
</includes>
</resource>
<resource>
<mergeId>resource-3</mergeId>
<directory>/home/julien/Documents/donnees/projets/site-emploi-finance/java/cheetah/web/src/main/resources</directory>
<includes>
<include>**/*.xml</include>
<include>**/*.properties</include>
</includes>
</resource>
</resources>
<testResources>
<testResource>
<mergeId>resource-1</mergeId>
<directory>/home/julien/Documents/donnees/projets/site-emploi-finance/java/cheetah/web/src/test/resources</directory>
</testResource>
</testResources>
<directory>/home/julien/Documents/donnees/projets/site-emploi-finance/java/cheetah/web/target</directory>
<finalName>cheetah-web-1.0-SNAPSHOT</finalName>
<pluginManagement>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.3</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.2-beta-4</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.3</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.0.2</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.1</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.4</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-ear-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.3.2</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-ejb-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.2</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.3</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.2</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.5</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-plugin-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.5</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-rar-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.2</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.0-beta-8</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.3</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.0</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.0.4</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.4.3</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.1-beta-1</version>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</pluginManagement>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.0.2</version>
<configuration>
<source>1.6</source>
<target>1.6</target>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.1-beta-1</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-help-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.1.1</version>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
<repositories>
<repository>
<id>java.net</id>
<url>http://download.java.net/maven/1</url>
<layout>legacy</layout>
</repository>
<repository>
<id>maven2-repository.dev.java.net</id>
<name>Java.net Repository for Maven</name>
<url>http://download.java.net/maven/2</url>
</repository>
<repository>
<id>jboss</id>
<name>jboss</name>
<url>http://repository.jboss.org/maven2/</url>
</repository>
<repository>
<releases>
<updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
</releases>
<snapshots>
<updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
</snapshots>
<id>jboss-public-repository-group</id>
<name>JBoss Public Maven Repository Group</name>
<url>https://repository.jboss.org/nexus/content/groups/public-jboss/</url>
</repository>
<repository>
<snapshots>
<enabled>false</enabled>
</snapshots>
<id>central</id>
<name>Maven Repository Switchboard</name>
<url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
</repository>
</repositories>
<pluginRepositories>
<pluginRepository>
<releases>
<updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
</releases>
<snapshots>
<updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
</snapshots>
<id>jboss-public-repository-group</id>
<name>JBoss Public Maven Repository Group</name>
<url>https://repository.jboss.org/nexus/content/groups/public-jboss/</url>
</pluginRepository>
<pluginRepository>
<releases>
<updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
</releases>
<snapshots>
<enabled>false</enabled>
</snapshots>
<id>central</id>
<name>Maven Plugin Repository</name>
<url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
</pluginRepository>
</pluginRepositories>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.cheetah</groupId>
<artifactId>cheetah-domain</artifactId>
<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.cheetah</groupId>
<artifactId>cheetah-service</artifactId>
<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.tapestry</groupId>
<artifactId>tapestry-core</artifactId>
<version>5.2.6</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.tapestry</groupId>
<artifactId>tapestry-beanvalidator</artifactId>
<version>5.2.6</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.tapestry</groupId>
<artifactId>tapestry-spring</artifactId>
<version>5.2.6</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.tapestry</groupId>
<artifactId>tapestry-test</artifactId>
<version>5.2.6</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
<version>3.0.5.RELEASE</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.easymock</groupId>
<artifactId>easymock</artifactId>
<version>2.5.2</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax</groupId>
<artifactId>javaee-web-api</artifactId>
<version>6.0</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<version>4.8.2</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<reporting>
<outputDirectory>/home/julien/Documents/donnees/projets/site-emploi-finance/java/cheetah/web/target/site</outputDirectory>
</reporting>
</project>

Answer 1

Running junit tests in maven requires minimal setup. Add junit to your dependencies:
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<version>4.7</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
Create a class in src/test/java/com/cheetah/web/pages:
public class FooTest {
#Test
public void writingToStdOut_succeeds() throws Exception {
System.out.println("I work!");
}
}
Run mvn test. That's all. There's no need to configure anything in the surefire plugin. It's no different for a war project vs. a jar project. If you do these two things and it doesn't work, then something is misconfigured somewhere else, and we'll probably need to see the whole pom or, better yet, the effective pom to tell what's going on.
Note that Surefire will only run either testng tests or junit tests but not both in the same build.

Answer 2

Just to mention what everyone already knows, but what still catches me out every now and again. Remember that there is a naming convention to what tests will be "seen" and if you don't name the test class correctly, it is ignored.
running
mvn -X test
shows us (trimmed down):
[DEBUG] Configuring mojo 'org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-surefire-plugin:2.19.1:test' with basic configurator -->
[DEBUG] (s) additionalClasspathElements = []
...
[DEBUG] (s) excludes = [**/Abstract*.java]
[DEBUG] (s) includes = [**/*Tests.java, **/*Test.java]
So, by default, only classes ending "Test.java" or "Tests.java" will be picked up.

Answer 3

In my case problem was with maven version dependecy. I added it manually and I made a mistake.
Advise:
You should always add dependencies by "Insert Dependency" menu. It can be displayed by using shortcut "crtl"+"space" when your cursor is between <dependency> and </dependency> in your xml file. When you in "Select Dependency" menu enter "junit" in "Enter..." textbox and choose your version of junit. After clicking "ok" your dependency will be automatically added. This helps avoid problem with incorrect version typed manually.