Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-surefire-plugin:2.12:test (default-test) on project.

If you see below error add below plugin to the POM.

Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-surefire-plugin:2.12:test (default-test) on project.


<plugins>
        <plugin>
          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
          <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
          <version>2.19.1</version>
        </plugin>
  </plugins>

This error may occur when you try to keep the Java version rather taking Eclipse default JDK.

 <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
         <version>3.2</version>
         <configuration>
             <source>1.7</source>
             <target>1.7</target>
         </configuration>
 </plugin>

More info:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/36427868/failed-to-execute-goal-org-apache-maven-pluginsmaven-surefire-plugin2-12test/36429564

Sonar Qube plugin

Sonar cube plugin is support to Eclipse IDE. It shows code quality errors on the go.

Plugin name : SonarLint

More Details:
http://www.sonarlint.org/eclipse/

Sonar Qube Issue Report generate

Sonar qube issue report can be generate using below command. You must start sonar qube server and the sonar runner from the source code path.

sonar-runner -Dsonar.analysis.mode=preview -Dsonar.issuesReport.html.enable=true

More info:
http://docs.sonarqube.org/display/SONARQUBE53/SonarLint+for+Command+Line

Sonar Qube 404 error

If the Sonar runner throw localhost/9000 unreachable with 404 code, try to upgrade the Sonar DB. (Need to up and running Sonar Qube server)

Below is the upgrade url.

http://127.0.0.1:9000/setup

More info:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/32097414/error-sonar-server-http-localhost9000-can-not-be-reached

Eclipse JDK version change

If we want to keep the JAVA_HOME environment variable to a different JDK version than Eclipse, we can change the JDK version of the Eclipse.

Add below entry to the beginning line of eclipse.ini file .

-vm
 C:/Program Files/Java/jdk1.7.0_79/bin/javaw.exe