Java: Using Maven from the console for running classes, unit tests, checking dependencies

In this short article, I’ll provide some Maven commands that I’ve found helpful.

Run single class from src/main/java

mvn exec:java -Dexec.mainClass=this.is.MyClass -Dexec.args="myarg1 'my second arg' myarg3"

Run unit test from src/test/java, all methods decorated with @Test

mvn test -Dtest=this.is.MyTestClass

Run unit test from src/test/java, only methods decorated with @Test and that start with ‘testDatabase’

mvn test -Dtest=this.is.MyTestClass#testDatabase*

List all jar dependencies of project

mvn dependency:build-classpath

List all dependencies of project with custom path prefixed

mvn dependency:build-classpath -Dmdep.prefix=mydir

List all dependencies as tree

mvn dependency:tree

Package without running tests

mvn package -Dmaven.test.skip=true

Just compile, but not package

mvn test-compile

Force update of releases/snapshots from remote repo

mvn update -U

Produce artifact with verbose debug enabled

mvn package -X

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