[ACCUMULO-1142] Clean up maven test output

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.5.0
• Component/s: test
• Assignee: Josh Elser
• Reporter: Josh Elser
• Created: 04/Mar/13 02:41
• Updated: 29/Mar/13 22:32
• Resolved: 04/Mar/13 02:47

Description

Test output is often very chatty, especially in the error-throwing and mapreduce test cases. This output tends to detract from the actual usefulness that the surefire plugin already produces. We have some easy alternatives get around this.

1. a log4j configuration file specifically for tests that puts
   these in a file, rather than STDOUT/STDERR.
2. For tests which Exceptions are expected, ensure that loggers aren't going to accidentally log it and reset the Log level when the test is done.
3. Enable redirectTestOutputToFile in the maven surefire plugin so that STDOUT is redirected to a file inside of the build temp dir (target).