Maven: How to handle generated sources for test(only)?

Question

Usually generated sources should be created in the target dir. But how do I handle classes that are only used for test? I dont want that these classes get packaged in my jar

Answer 1

Use maven build helper plugin's add-test-source goal to add your generated test source files to the build -> http://mojo.codehaus.org/build-helper-maven-plugin/add-test-source-mojo.html

It ensures that the directories added by this goal will be picked up automatically by the compiler plugin during test-compile phase of the build.

EDIT

Here is the example of how to generate code for testign with cxf-codegen-plugin

<build>
  <plugins>
    ...
    <plugin>
      <groupId>org.apache.cxf</groupId>
      <artifactId>cxf-codegen-plugin</artifactId>
      <version>${cxf.version}</version>
      <executions>
        <execution>
          <id>generate-test-sources</id>
          <phase>generate-test-sources</phase>
          <configuration>
            <sourceRoot>${project.build.directory}/generated/cxf</sourceRoot>
            <wsdlOptions>
              <wsdlOption>
                <wsdl>${basedir}/src/main/wsdl/myService.wsdl</wsdl>
              </wsdlOption>
            </wsdlOptions>
          </configuration>
          <goals>
            <goal>wsdl2java</goal>
          </goals>
        </execution>
      </executions>
    </plugin>
    <plugin>
      <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
      <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
      <version>${build-helper-maven-plugin.version}</version>
      <executions>
        <execution>
          <id>add-test-sources</id>
          <phase>generate-test-sources</phase>
          <goals>
            <goal>add-test-source</goal>
          </goals>
          <configuration>
            <sources>
              <source>${project.build.directory}/generated/cxf</source>
            </sources>
          </configuration>
        </execution>
      </executions>
    </plugin>
    ...
  </plugins>
</build>