SpringBoot repackaging and maven.failsafe.plugin

There is an interesting issue with the interaction between springboot and the maven failsafe plugin.  Normally both of these plugins have no problems but often in springboot we want to repackage into an executable springboot jar.  The normal way to do this is,

        <plugin>

            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>

            <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>

            <version>${spring.boot.version}</version>

            <executions>

                <execution>

                    <goals>

                       <goal>repackage</goal>

                    </goals>

                </execution>

            </executions>

        </plugin>

However, this causes problems with the failsafe plugin not finding some of the classes it needs for testing.  There are two possible solutions to this issue, either is fine.

Change the spring repackage to include a classifier

      <plugin>

        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>

        <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>

        <configuration>

          <classifier>exec</classifier>

        </configuration>

        <executions>

          <execution>

            <goals>

              <goal>repackage</goal>

            </goals>

          </execution>

        </executions>

      </plugin>

Manually include the classes in the failsafe plugin

      <plugin>

          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>

          <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>

          <version>2.22.2</version>

          <configuration>

              <additionalClasspathElements>

                  <additionalClasspathElement>${basedir}/target/classes</additionalClasspathElement>

              </additionalClasspathElements>

          </configuration>

          <executions>

              <execution>

                  <id>integration</id>

                  <phase>integration-test</phase>

                  <goals>

                      <goal>integration-test</goal>

                  </goals>

              </execution>

          </executions>

      </plugin>