Run JUnit Test suite from command line

Question

How do I run a Junit 4.8.1 Test suite from command line ? Also I want to use the categories introduces with JUnit 4.8 , is there a way where I can specify from command line

Answer 1

In 4.10, we do this:

mvn verify -p(your profiles) -Dit.test=(SuiteClass)

where SuiteClass is an empty class (no methods or fields) that is annotated with @RunWith(Categories.class) and @Suite.SuiteClasses({FooIT.class, BarIT.class, ...}). FooIT and BarIT are the integration tests.