Maven run unit tests without integration tests, and integration tests without unit tests

I have structure:

 - test
   - java
       - com
          - A
             - service
                 - serviceB
                    - DefaultServiceBTest.java
                    - integration
                          - DefaultServiceBIntegrationTest.java

I want to run separately unit and integration tests. I am using maven surefire and failsafe plugins:

<plugin>
    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
    <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
    <version>${maven.surefire.plugin.version}</version>
    <configuration>
        <trimStackTrace>false</trimStackTrace>
        <printSummary>true</printSummary>
        <excludes>
            <exclude>integration/*.java</exclude>
        </excludes>
    </configuration>
</plugin>

Since mvn test defaultly runs surefire:test having this configuration for maven-surefire works, and using mvn test only runs unit tests - in my case all tests that are not in integration folder.

However for failsafe i have this configuration:

<plugin>
    <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
    <version>${maven.failsafe.plugin.version}</version>
    <configuration>
        <includes>
            <include>**/integration/*.java</include>
        </includes>
    </configuration>
    <executions>
        <execution>
            <goals>
                <goal>integration-test</goal>
                <goal>verify</goal>
            </goals>
        </execution>
    </executions>
</plugin>

Having this configuration for maven-failsafe and running mvn verify -Pfailsafe results in first running unit tests, and then integration tests. However i dont want the unit tests to be executed with this. What is wrong with the configuration?

Thanks for help!

First you should not separate your unit tests from integration tests by using different directories. Use the existing naming conventions. Unit Test *Test.java and integration tests *IT.java...

Use the following configuration in your POM File:

<!-- language:language-xml -->

<project
xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>com.soebes.youtube.maven.episodes</groupId>
<artifactId>example-episode-2</artifactId>
<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<name>Episode 2: Unit- and/or Integration Testing</name>
<properties>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
<maven.compiler.release>17</maven.compiler.release>
</properties>
<dependencyManagement>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit-bom</artifactId>
<version>5.9.1</version>
<scope>import</scope>
<type>pom</type>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
<artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
<version>3.23.1</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</dependencyManagement>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
<artifactId>junit-jupiter-api</artifactId>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
<artifactId>junit-jupiter-params</artifactId>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
<artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<pluginManagement>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.2.0</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.3.0</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.3.0</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.10.1</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.0.0-M8</version>
<configuration>
<skipTests>${skipUTs}</skipTests>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.0.0-M8</version>
<configuration>
<skipTests>${skipITs}</skipTests>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.1.0</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.0.0</version>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</pluginManagement>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
<executions>
<execution>
<goals>
<goal>integration-test</goal>
<goal>verify</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>

By using that you can run your unit tests via:

mvn test

You can run your unit- and your integration tests via:

mvn verify

If you like to run your integration tests only:

mvn verify -DskipUTs

For detail explanations you could check the following YT video.