Tests failing in Maven install from command line but passing from Eclipse UI
I am using Maven in my Java project and the IDE is Eclipse. I have few test cases in my project, and when I am doing a Maven Install from eclipse then my test cases are passing, but when I am doing the Maven install from the command line, then all my test cases are failing. I have the following directory structure for my project: src/ main/ java/ resources/ test/ java/ resources/
Also, for my test cases, I have to use few configs from main/resources. I suspect that while running test cases from the command line (mvn clean install), it is not looking for the resources in main/resources and so is the error.
Can anyone please tell that how can I ask maven to look for the configs in main/resources also for my test cases? Also, if you suspect that the error is something else then please comment.
Thanks.
Answer
If your tests are failing using maven command line then rest asure there is a problem with your test. You can't rely on eclipse, or rather m2Eclipse, for this because m2eclipse is not able to provide you with a correct classpath.
For instance, in eclipse you can refer from a class in src\main\java to a class in src\test\java, you won't get any compilation error. Of course, in maven (or an IDE with a decent maven integration like intelliJ) compilation will fail, as it should. Running tests in eclipse is fine (quicker/easier than maven command line) but the actual test you must perform (before committing to svn for instance) is to do a clean install with maven command line.
UPDATE
To address your question: src/main/resources is in the classpath when maven (surfire) runs the tests