In reviewJNR-002-L05

Plugins and the build lifecycle revisited

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configure the common plugins.

Lifecycle phases: validate, compile, test, package, verify, install, deploy.
Plugins do the work in each phase.
Compiler plugin: sets the Java release, for example <release>.
Surefire runs unit tests (*Test) in the test phase.
Failsafe runs integration tests (*IT) in integration-test and checks them in verify.

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xml

<plugin>
  <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
  <configuration><release>${java.version}</release></configuration>
</plugin>

Which plugin runs integration tests?

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Failsafe.

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