Maven-surefire-plugin ignores the order of plugins in pom.xml

try this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<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/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">

    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
    <groupId>ch.stefanheimberg.stackoverflow</groupId>
    <artifactId>stackoverflow-31225404</artifactId>
    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
    <packaging>jar</packaging>

    <build>
        <plugins>
            <plugin>
                <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
                <executions>
                    <execution>
                        <id>run-before-surfire</id>
                        <phase>test</phase>
                        <goals>
                            <goal>run</goal>
                        </goals>
                        <configuration>
                            <tasks>
                                <echo message=" !!!! THIS SHOULD RUN BEFORE SUREFIRE !!!! " />
                            </tasks>
                        </configuration>
                    </execution>
                </executions>
            </plugin>
            <plugin>
                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
                <executions>
                    <execution>
                        <id>default-test</id>
                        <phase>none</phase>
                    </execution>

                    <execution>
                        <id>run-after-antrun</id>
                        <phase>test</phase>
                        <goals>
                            <goal>test</goal>
                        </goals>
                    </execution>
                </executions>
            </plugin>
        </plugins>
    </build>

</project>

      

        
        
        
      

    

and the console output:

cd /Users/stefanheimberg/git/stackoverflow-31225404; JAVA_HOME=/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_40.jdk/Contents/Home "/Applications/NetBeans/NetBeans 8.0.2.app/Contents/Resources/NetBeans/java/maven/bin/mvn" clean install
Scanning for projects...

Some problems were encountered while building the effective model for ch.stefanheimberg.stackoverflow:stackoverflow-31225404:jar:1.0-SNAPSHOT
'build.plugins.plugin.version' for org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-surefire-plugin is missing. @ line 31, column 21

It is highly recommended to fix these problems because they threaten the stability of your build.

For this reason, future Maven versions might no longer support building such malformed projects.


------------------------------------------------------------------------
Building stackoverflow-31225404 1.0-SNAPSHOT
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--- maven-clean-plugin:2.4.1:clean (default-clean) @ stackoverflow-31225404 ---
Deleting /Users/stefanheimberg/git/stackoverflow-31225404/target

--- maven-resources-plugin:2.5:resources (default-resources) @ stackoverflow-31225404 ---
[debug] execute contextualize
Using platform encoding (UTF-8 actually) to copy filtered resources, i.e. build is platform dependent!
skip non existing resourceDirectory /Users/stefanheimberg/git/stackoverflow-31225404/src/main/resources

--- maven-compiler-plugin:2.3.2:compile (default-compile) @ stackoverflow-31225404 ---
No sources to compile

--- maven-resources-plugin:2.5:testResources (default-testResources) @ stackoverflow-31225404 ---
[debug] execute contextualize
Using platform encoding (UTF-8 actually) to copy filtered resources, i.e. build is platform dependent!
skip non existing resourceDirectory /Users/stefanheimberg/git/stackoverflow-31225404/src/test/resources

--- maven-compiler-plugin:2.3.2:testCompile (default-testCompile) @ stackoverflow-31225404 ---
No sources to compile

--- maven-antrun-plugin:1.3:run (run-before-surfire) @ stackoverflow-31225404 ---
Executing tasks
     [echo]  !!!! THIS SHOULD RUN BEFORE SUREFIRE !!!! 
Executed tasks

--- maven-surefire-plugin:2.10:test (run-after-antrun) @ stackoverflow-31225404 ---
No tests to run.
Surefire report directory: /Users/stefanheimberg/git/stackoverflow-31225404/target/surefire-reports

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 T E S T S
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Results :

Tests run: 0, Failures: 0, Errors: 0, Skipped: 0


--- maven-jar-plugin:2.3.2:jar (default-jar) @ stackoverflow-31225404 ---
JAR will be empty - no content was marked for inclusion!
Building jar: /Users/stefanheimberg/git/stackoverflow-31225404/target/stackoverflow-31225404-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar

--- maven-install-plugin:2.3.1:install (default-install) @ stackoverflow-31225404 ---
Installing /Users/stefanheimberg/git/stackoverflow-31225404/target/stackoverflow-31225404-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar to /Users/stefanheimberg/.m2/repository/ch/stefanheimberg/stackoverflow/stackoverflow-31225404/1.0-SNAPSHOT/stackoverflow-31225404-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar
Installing /Users/stefanheimberg/git/stackoverflow-31225404/pom.xml to /Users/stefanheimberg/.m2/repository/ch/stefanheimberg/stackoverflow/stackoverflow-31225404/1.0-SNAPSHOT/stackoverflow-31225404-1.0-SNAPSHOT.pom
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BUILD SUCCESS
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Total time: 1.888s
Finished at: Tue Jul 07 00:41:57 CEST 2015
Final Memory: 8M/155M
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the trick here is to bind your plugin (in my antrun) to the test phase first, and then unbind the "default" phase. after that you can bind maven-surfire back to testing phase.