Learning Continuous Integration with Jenkins - Second Edition

Pipeline code to perform the build and unit test

The example project that we are using in the current chapter is a Maven project. Therefore, the pipeline code for the build is a simple shell script that runs the mvn clean command:

sh 'mvn clean verify -DskipITs=true';junit '**/target/surefire-reports/TEST-*.xml'archive 'target/*.jar'

Where -DskipITs=true is the option to skip the integration test and perform only the build and unit test.

The junit '**/target/surefire-reports/TEST-*.xml' command enables Jenkins to publish JUnit unit test reports on the Jenkins pipeline page.  **/target/surefire-reports/TEST-*.xml is the directory location where the unit test reports are generated.

Your Maven .pom file should have maven-surefire-plugin and  ...