maven skip tests with compilation errors

Question

Are there an option to skip tests with compilation errors? Just ignore them or treat them as failed?

Answer 1

The maven-compiler-plugin is responsible for compiling your tests during the test-compile phase. This plugin is configured to fail the build if any test classes fail to compile. You could experiment with the failOnError configuration. But I doubt you'll get the results you expect. The compilation process stops immediately when it encounters a compilation error. So potentially issue free classes may not have been re-compiled. Therefore there will be no guarantee the .class files you execute during the test phase will be 'up to date' with the corresponding .java source files.

  <plugin>
    <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
    <executions>
      <execution>
        <id>default-testCompile</id>
        <phase>test-compile</phase>
        <goals>
          <goal>testCompile</goal>
        </goals>
        <configuration>
          <failOnError>false</failOnError>
        </configuration>
      </execution>
    </executions>
  </plugin>