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Add one additional File as Project Artifact

Im trying to make a maven project which has only one xml file as artifact.
Currently i zip the file with this Configuration:
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>create-distribution</id>
<phase>package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>single</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<descriptors>
<descriptor>assembly/master.xml</descriptor>
</descriptors>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
But i would like to have the file itself be the artifact.
Is it possible to tell the assemply plugin to just use a file as artifact?

You can use the deploy:deploy-file goal instead. It allows you to upload arbitrary files.

You can use the build-helper-maven-plugin and the goal attach-artifact which looks like this.
<project>
...
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<!-- add configuration for antrun or another plugin here -->
</plugin>
...
<plugin>
<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
<artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.0.0</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>attach-artifacts</id>
<phase>package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>attach-artifact</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<artifacts>
<artifact>
<file>some file</file>
<type>extension of your file </type>
<classifier>optional</classifier>
</artifact>
...
</artifacts>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>
But usually I can't recommend that.

Specify the order in which Maven plugins' executions run

I'm using the copy-rename-maven-plugin during the package phase to first copy the jar that I just generated to another directory, then using launch4j-maven-plugin I'm generating exes that wrap the jar and then I need to rename one of the exes (to scr), so, I'm using copy-rename-maven-plugin again.
The problem is that all copy-rename-maven-plugin executions are run together, before launch4j-maven-plugin, so, the second execution fails.
How do define the order of executions? I'm happy creating more phases if that's what's necessary, but creating a Maven plugin seemed a bit of an overkill.
A simplified example of what's going with my pom.xml would look like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd"
xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>tech.projecx</groupId>
<artifactId>projecx</artifactId>
<version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.7.0</version>
<configuration>
<source>1.8</source>
<target>1.8</target>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>com.coderplus.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>copy-rename-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.0.1</version>
<executions>
<execution> <!-- Copy the just-built projecx jar to targte/win32/jars -->
<id>copy-jar-for-exe</id>
<phase>package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>copy</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<sourceFile>${project.build.directory}/${project.build.finalName}.jar</sourceFile>
<destinationFile>${project.build.directory}/win32/jars/${project.build.finalName}.jar
</destinationFile>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin> <!-- Make the exes -->
<groupId>com.akathist.maven.plugins.launch4j</groupId>
<artifactId>launch4j-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.7.21</version>
<executions>
<execution> <!-- Make the screensaver exe -->
<id>wrap-screensaver-as-exe</id>
<phase>package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>launch4j</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<headerType>gui</headerType>
<outfile>${project.build.directory}\win32\${screensaverExe}.exe</outfile>
<jar>jars\${project.build.finalName}.jar</jar>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>com.coderplus.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>copy-rename-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.0.1</version>
<executions>
<execution> <!-- Copy the screensaver from the exe to the proper scr -->
<id>rename-screensaver-to-scr</id>
<phase>package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>rename</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<sourceFile>${project.build.directory}/win32/${screensaverExe}.exe</sourceFile>
<destinationFile>${project.build.directory}/win32/${screensaverExe}.scr</destinationFile>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>
The order in which executions need to run is this:
copy-jar-for-exe
wrap-screensaver-as-exe
rename-screensaver-to-scr
Any other order doesn't work, but because, I think, copy-jar-for-exe and renamer-screensaver-to-scr are executions from the same plugin, Maven runs it like this:
copy-jar-for-exe
rename-screensaver-to-scr
wrap-screensaver-as-exe
so, it fails.

You could run the copy-jar-for-exe in the prepare-package phase. I beleive you could define both executions in the same plugin configuration but declare the plugin after the launch4j plugin.
Basic idea is, the plugins with executions in the same phase are executed in the order of appearance in the pom. If you bind a single execution to another (earlier) phase, it should be executed before.
I haven't tested this, but I think it should work
<plugin>
<groupId>com.akathist.maven.plugins.launch4j</groupId>
<artifactId>launch4j-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.7.21</version>
<executions>
<execution> <!-- Make the screensaver exe -->
<id>wrap-screensaver-as-exe</id>
<phase>package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>launch4j</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<headerType>gui</headerType>
<outfile>${project.build.directory}\win32\${screensaverExe}.exe</outfile>
<jar>jars\${project.build.finalName}.jar</jar>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>com.coderplus.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>copy-rename-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.0.1</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>copy-jar-for-exe</id>
<phase>prepare-package</phase> <!-- run this execution before package phase -->
<goals>
<goal>copy</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<sourceFile>${project.build.directory}/${project.build.finalName}.jar</sourceFile>
<destinationFile>${project.build.directory}/win32/jars/${project.build.finalName}.jar
</destinationFile>
</configuration>
</execution>
<execution>
<id>rename-screensaver-to-scr</id>
<phase>package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>rename</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<sourceFile>${project.build.directory}/win32/${screensaverExe}.exe</sourceFile>
<destinationFile>${project.build.directory}/win32/${screensaverExe}.scr</destinationFile>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>

Is it possible to pass optional parameter testIncludes or testExcludes to maven compile plugin through the command line?

Is it possible to pass optional parameter testIncludes or testExcludes to maven compile plugin through the command line?
I need to pass some .java as optional parameters.
Something like
mvn clean verify test-compile -DtestIncludes=**/course/MyTest.java,**/course/CompileMeWithMyTest.java,etc
On the page http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-compiler-plugin/testCompile-mojo.html testIncludes and testExcludes don't have mentioned User Property
testIncludes:
A list of inclusion filters for the compiler.
Type: java.util.Set
Since: 2.0
Required: No
testExcludes:
A list of exlusion filters for the compiler.
Type: java.util.Set
Since: 2.0
Required: No
If there is no any possible variants for the question 1.
Is it possible somehow to set include/exclude java classes/folders in the next profile using command line.
<profile>
<id>only-necessary-classes</id>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.3</version>
<configuration>
<source>${java-version}</source>
<target>${java-version}</target>
</configuration>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>default-testCompile</id>
<phase>test-compile</phase>
<configuration>
<testIncludes>
<include>**/tests/projectname/course/CheckQuizWithNewAccount.java</include>
<include>**/tests/projectname/course/V8GenericTests.java</include>
</testIncludes>
</configuration>
<goals>
<goal>testCompile</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</profile>

Create you own property and use it in testIncludes\testExcludes blocks.
mvn clean verify -Dinclude=**/course/MyTest.java
<properties>
<include>some test</include>
</properties>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.3</version>
<configuration>
<source>${java-version}</source>
<target>${java-version}</target>
</configuration>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>default-testCompile</id>
<phase>test-compile</phase>
<configuration>
<testIncludes>
<include>${include}</include>
</testIncludes>
</configuration>
<goals>
<goal>testCompile</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>

My mixed Scala/Java Maven project doesn't compile

I have a mixed Scala/Java project that doesn't compile well.
The problem arises when Java code is trying to call Scala code in the same package.
Of course, I have the standard layout:
src/main/java
src/main/scala
src/test/java
src/test/scala
I've looked at other similar Stackoverflow questions but this question is a little outdated. This other question doesn't help either.
I have also followed the scala-maven-plugin documentation page.
<build>
<pluginManagement>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>net.alchim31.maven</groupId>
<artifactId>scala-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.1.6</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.0.2</version>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</pluginManagement>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>net.alchim31.maven</groupId>
<artifactId>scala-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>scala-compile-first</id>
<phase>process-resources</phase>
<goals>
<goal>add-source</goal>
<goal>compile</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
<execution>
<id>scala-test-compile</id>
<phase>process-test-resources</phase>
<goals>
<goal>testCompile</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<executions>
<execution>
<phase>compile</phase>
<goals>
<goal>compile</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
I have tried unsuccessfully to follow this blog post.
IDEA project with Scala plugin imported from the pom.xml can compile and run my project successfully.
What is the right way of doing it?
Does the Java code gets compiled twice? First by the Scala plugin and the by the Java plugin?.

Here is a working example of pom.xml :
<?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>stackoverflow</groupId>
<artifactId>q24448582</artifactId>
<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<properties>
<scala.version>2.10.3</scala.version>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.scala-lang</groupId>
<artifactId>scala-library</artifactId>
<version>${scala.version}</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.scala-tools</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-scala-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.15.2</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>compile</id>
<goals>
<goal>compile</goal>
</goals>
<phase>compile</phase>
</execution>
<execution>
<id>test-compile</id>
<goals>
<goal>testCompile</goal>
</goals>
<phase>test-compile</phase>
</execution>
<execution>
<phase>process-resources</phase>
<goals>
<goal>compile</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>

Problem 1
At first I thought the problem was due to using a modern version of the maven-compiler-plugin. I was using version 3.0 instead of 2.0.2.
The solution has been:
- Remove the maven-compiler-plugin
- Add this setting: incremental
Finally my pom.xml is this:
<plugin>
<groupId>net.alchim31.maven</groupId>
<artifactId>scala-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.1.6</version>
<configuration>
<recompileMode>incremental</recompileMode>
<args>
<arg>-deprecation</arg>
<arg>-explaintypes</arg>
<arg>-target:jvm-1.7</arg>
</args>
</configuration>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>scala-compile-first</id>
<phase>process-resources</phase>
<goals>
<goal>add-source</goal>
<goal>compile</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
<execution>
<id>scala-test-compile</id>
<phase>process-test-resources</phase>
<goals>
<goal>add-source</goal>
<goal>testCompile</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
Problem 2
Another problem I was experiencing is this:
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.json4s</groupId>
<artifactId>json4s-native_${scala.version}</artifactId>
<version>3.2.9</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.scala-lang</groupId>
<artifactId>scala-library</artifactId>
<version>${scala.version}.4</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<properties>
<scala.version>2.10</scala.version>
</properties>
This make this solved problem arise:
https://issues.scala-lang.org/browse/SI-5733
Probably it was using an old version of the Scala compiler.
The solution has been to rename scala.version to scala.major, as this property has a special meaning.

In order to get the scala-maven-plugin to respect Java 1.8, but still allow mixed compilation of java and scala, we use this:
...
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.5</version>
<configuration>
<source>1.8</source>
<target>1.8</target>
</configuration>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>default-compile</id>
<phase>none</phase>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>net.alchim31.maven</groupId>
<artifactId>scala-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.2.2</version>
<configuration>
<recompileMode>incremental</recompileMode>
</configuration>
<executions>
<execution>
<goals>
<goal>compile</goal>
<goal>testCompile</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
...

I add blow code at pom.xml file <build> block and working good!
<build>
<finalName>${project.artifactId}</finalName>
<plugins>
<!-- SCALA AND JAVA MIX COMPILATION -->
<plugin>
<groupId>net.alchim31.maven</groupId>
<artifactId>scala-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>scala-compile</id>
<goals>
<goal>compile</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
<execution>
<id>scala-test-compile</id>
<goals>
<goal>testCompile</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.4.2</version>
<configuration>
<artifactSet>
<includes>
<include>*:*</include>
</includes>
</artifactSet>
<filters>
<filter>
<artifact>*:*</artifact>
<excludes>
<exclude>META-INF/*.SF</exclude>
<exclude>META-INF/*.DSA</exclude>
<exclude>META-INF/*.RSA</exclude>
</excludes>
</filter>
</filters>
</configuration>
<executions>
<execution>
<phase>package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>shade</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<finalName>${project.artifactId}-shaded-${project.version}</finalName>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
<pluginManagement>
...
</pluginManagement>
<resources>
...
</resources>
</build>

Tomcat7 Maven Plugin and JaCoCo

Is there any way to get code coverage using JaCoCo with the tomcat7-maven-plugin embedded instance?
The jacoco-maven-plugin is configured in my WAR's POM to instrument my unit tests, but I'm not sure how to attach the jacoco agent to the embedded Tomcat instance to instrument my integration tests that run against Tomcat. Given that the Tomcat instance is embedded, I'm not sure if this approach is possible. Is there any other way to accomplish this? I can probably switch from using the Tomcat Maven Plugin to using Cargo to get coverage, but I'd prefer to stick with the Tomcat plugin if possible.
Here are a few relevant snippets from my POM:
<plugin>
<groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
<artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>0.6.2.201302030002</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<goals>
<goal>prepare-agent</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.14</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>integration-tests</id>
<goals>
<goal>integration-test</goal>
<goal>verify</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.tomcat.maven</groupId>
<artifactId>tomcat7-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.1</version>
<configuration>
<systemProperties>
<!-- as expected, this system property doesn't work since Tomcat is embedded, but this is the type of config I'm looking for -->
<JAVA_OPTS>-javaagent:${project.build.directory}/${jacoco.jar}=destfile=${project.build.directory}/jacoco.exec,append=true</JAVA_OPTS>
</systemProperties>
</configuration>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>tomcat-startup</id>
<goals>
<goal>run-war-only</goal>
</goals>
<phase>pre-integration-test</phase>
<configuration>
<fork>true</fork>
</configuration>
</execution>
<execution>
<id>tomcat-shutdown</id>
<goals>
<goal>shutdown</goal>
</goals>
<phase>post-integration-test</phase>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
Versions: Maven 3.0.4, Tomcat Maven Plugin 2.1, Jacoco 0.6.2.201302030002, Java 7

I know its been awhile since the question was posted but I don't feel the answer really addressed the root of the problem. Code coverage may work with failsafe or surefire if you are running tests within those plugins. However, if you just want to monitor tomcat with jacoco to get a coverage report current information doesn't provide that. I found that the tomcat7-maven-plugin doesn't allow you to inject the -javaagent for jacoco by simply providing JAVA_OPTS. Switching to cargo I was able to do that like so.
<plugin>
<groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
<artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>0.7.2.201409121644</version>
<configuration>
<destFile>${sonar.jacoco.reportPath}</destFile>
<dataFile>${sonar.jacoco.reportPath}</dataFile>
<outputDirectory>${project.reporting.outputDirectory}/jacoco-it</outputDirectory>
<classDumpDir>${project.reporting.outputDirectory}/jacoco-it/classes</classDumpDir>
<skip>${skipITs}</skip>
</configuration>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>jacoco-agent</id>
<phase>pre-integration-test</phase>
<goals>
<goal>prepare-agent</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<destFile>${sonar.jacoco.reportPath}</destFile>
<propertyName>jacoco.agent.itArgLine</propertyName>
</configuration>
</execution>
<execution>
<id>jacoco-report</id>
<phase>post-integration-test</phase>
<goals>
<goal>dump</goal>
<goal>report</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.codehaus.cargo</groupId>
<artifactId>cargo-maven2-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.4.11</version>
<configuration>
<skip>${skipITs}</skip>
<container>
<containerId>tomcat7x</containerId>
<zipUrlInstaller>
<url>http://archive.apache.org/dist/tomcat/tomcat-7/v7.0.16/bin/apache-tomcat-7.0.16.zip
</url>
<downloadDir>${project.build.directory}/downloads</downloadDir>
<extractDir>${project.build.directory}/extracts</extractDir>
</zipUrlInstaller>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>ojdbc</groupId>
<artifactId>ojdbc6</artifactId>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</container>
<configuration>
<home>${project.build.directory}/catalina-base</home>
<properties>
<cargo.jvmargs>${jacoco.agent.itArgLine},output=tcpserver,port=6300 -Drunmode=TEST</cargo.jvmargs>
<cargo.servlet.port>9090</cargo.servlet.port>
</properties>
<configfiles>
<configfile>
<file>${basedir}/src/test/conf/context.xml</file>
<todir>conf/Catalina/localhost/</todir>
<tofile>context.xml.default</tofile>
</configfile>
</configfiles>
</configuration>
</configuration>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>start-tomcat</id>
<phase>pre-integration-test</phase>
<goals>
<goal>start</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
<execution>
<id>stop-tomcat</id>
<phase>post-integration-test</phase>
<goals>
<goal>stop</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
the important parts are:
<plugin><groupId>org.jacoco</groupId> ...<propertyName>jacoco.agent.itArgLine</propertyName>
<cargo.jvmargs>${jacoco.agent.itArgLine},output=tcpserver,port=6300 </cargo.jvmargs>
When report target is run on the jacoco plugin it will create a directory in ${projectbase}/target/site/jacoco-it/index.html with your coverage report. I use this with the soapui-maven-plugin but it could be used with selenium-maven-plugin also.

You don't need pass JAVA_OPTS to tomcat embedded if you use maven-failsafe-plugin (or maven-surefire-plugin) to run yours integration test. It is because tomcat embedded run in the same process of maven-failsafe-plugin.
So when jacoco-maven-plugin execute prepare-agent it sets argLine that maven-failsafe-plugin uses too.
I created a project to test this, below part of pom:
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
<artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>0.6.2.201302030002</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<goals>
<goal>prepare-agent</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<includes>
<include>my.project.package.only.*</include>
</includes>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.tomcat.maven</groupId>
<artifactId>tomcat7-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.1</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>tomcat-startup</id>
<goals>
<goal>run-war-only</goal>
</goals>
<phase>pre-integration-test</phase>
<configuration>
<fork>true</fork>
</configuration>
</execution>
<execution>
<id>tomcat-shutdown</id>
<goals>
<goal>shutdown</goal>
</goals>
<phase>post-integration-test</phase>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>integration-tests</id>
<phase>integration-test</phase>
<goals>
<goal>integration-test</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
<artifactId>selenium-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.3</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>start</id>
<phase>pre-integration-test</phase>
<goals>
<goal>start-server</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<background>true</background>
<logOutput>true</logOutput>
<multiWindow>true</multiWindow>
</configuration>
</execution>
<execution>
<id>stop</id>
<phase>post-integration-test</phase>
<goals>
<goal>stop-server</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>

you can try to take a look at a workaround at this post: http://dougonjava.blogspot.co.il/2013/07/integration-testing-using-maven-tomcat.html

I resolved problems when setting up JaCoCo agent with embedded Tomcat by instrumenting classes offline and then just placing JaCoCo agent on Tomcat classpath (plugin dependency) and adding file jacoco-agent.properties.
I put the working configuration on my blog:
http://burkond.blogspot.de/2014/05/selenium-in-sonar-code-coverage-metrics.html

I had the exact same problem and the only solution I found was to set the MAVEN_OPTS previously to the Maven build (for example on the command line or in the configuration of a Jenkins job):
export MAVEN_OPTS=-javaagent:~/.m2/repository/org/jacoco/org.jacoco.agent/0.7.4.201502262128/org.jacoco.agent-0.7.4.201502262128-runtime.jar=destfile=./target/jacoco.exec,append=true
This will attach the jacoco agent to the embedded tomcat instance, which will report back the coverage results into the given destfile.
First, it is important that the path to the jacoco runtime JAR is correct. You can manually download and refer to it or use another Maven command to download it into your local .m2 repository:
mvn org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-dependency-plugin:2.8:get -Dartifact=org.jacoco:org.jacoco.agent:0.7.4.201502262128:jar:runtime
Second, make sure that the path to the jacoco.exec file is correct. In my case, I already have an existing jacoco.exec file in the target folder, which contains unit test results. The append=true makes sure that unit and integration tests are combined.

I managed to do it and it involves some tinkering with finicky stuff:
server/container needs to be on a separate jvm that can receive arguments (jacoco-agent). Cargo using embedded containers did not seem to work and was a pain to debug...
jvm with jacoco-it needs to stop before the jacoco analysis (duh!) but registering container-stop and jacoco-report on post-integration-test does not guarantee this... (the tcpdump, etc option in a previous answer had this problem)
defining random ports for the server/container makes this easy to integrate with continuous integration
phantomjs is an extra ;)
jacoco should be used as prepare-agent-integration and report-integration for integration-test (does not really make a difference)
Should be run as 'mvn clean verify'
Pom:
<plugin>
<groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
<artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>0.7.4.201502262128</version>
<executions>
<!-- unit test coverage -->
<execution>
<id>jacoco-pre-unit-test</id>
<goals>
<goal>prepare-agent</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<destFile>${project.build.directory}/coverage-reports/jacoco-ut.exec</destFile>
<propertyName>jacoco.ut.argLine</propertyName>
</configuration>
</execution>
<execution>
<id>jacoco-post-unit-test</id>
<phase>test</phase>
<goals>
<goal>report</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<dataFile>${project.build.directory}/coverage-reports/jacoco-ut.exec</dataFile>
<outputDirectory>${project.reporting.outputDirectory}/jacoco-ut</outputDirectory>
</configuration>
</execution>
<!-- integration test coverage -->
<execution>
<id>jacoco-pre-integration-test</id>
<phase>pre-integration-test</phase>
<goals>
<goal>prepare-agent-integration</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<destFile>${project.build.directory}/coverage-reports/jacoco-it.exec</destFile>
<propertyName>jacoco.it.argLine</propertyName>
</configuration>
</execution>
<execution>
<id>jacoco-post-integration-test</id>
<phase>post-integration-test</phase>
<goals>
<goal>report-integration</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<dataFile>${project.build.directory}/coverage-reports/jacoco-it.exec</dataFile>
<outputDirectory>${project.reporting.outputDirectory}/jacoco-it</outputDirectory>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
<artifactId>sonar-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.6</version>
</plugin>
<!-- Installs PhantomJS so it doesn't have to be pre-installed -->
<plugin>
<groupId>com.github.klieber</groupId>
<artifactId>phantomjs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>0.4</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<!-- should be post-integration-test ? -->
<phase>test</phase>
<goals>
<goal>install</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
<configuration>
<version>1.9.7</version>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<!-- Get two free ports for our test server to use -->
<plugin>
<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
<artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.6</version>
<configuration>
<portNames>
<portName>jetty.port</portName>
<portName>jetty.port.stop</portName>
</portNames>
</configuration>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>reserve-port</id>
<phase>test</phase>
<goals>
<goal>reserve-network-port</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<!-- Run tests (UT) -->
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.18.1</version>
<configuration>
<argLine>${jacoco.ut.argLine}</argLine>
<skipTests>${skip.unit.tests}</skipTests>
<testFailureIgnore>true</testFailureIgnore>
<excludes>
<!-- no UT execution, to test only IT
<exclude>**/<remove this>*Test.java</exclude> -->
</excludes>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<!-- Use failsafe to run our integration tests -->
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.17</version>
<configuration>
<systemPropertyVariables>
<!-- pass these values to the test classes -->
<phantomjs.binary>${phantomjs.binary}</phantomjs.binary>
<jetty.port>${jetty.port}</jetty.port>
</systemPropertyVariables>
</configuration>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>integration-test</id>
<goals>
<goal>integration-test</goal>
<goal>verify</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.codehaus.cargo</groupId>
<artifactId>cargo-maven2-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.4.16</version>
<configuration>
<skip>${skipITs}</skip>
<container>
<containerId>tomcat8x</containerId>
<zipUrlInstaller>
<!-- did not work with 'https'. Certificate problem? -->
<url>http://archive.apache.org/dist/tomcat/tomcat-8/v8.0.26/bin/apache-tomcat-8.0.26.zip</url>
<downloadDir>${project.build.directory}/downloads</downloadDir>
<extractDir>${project.build.directory}/extracts</extractDir>
</zipUrlInstaller>
</container>
<configuration>
<home>${project.build.directory}/catalina-base</home>
<properties>
<cargo.jvmargs>${jacoco.it.argLine}</cargo.jvmargs>
<cargo.servlet.port>${jetty.port}</cargo.servlet.port>
<!-- <cargo.logging>high</cargo.logging> -->
</properties>
</configuration>
</configuration>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>cargo-start-tomcat</id>
<phase>pre-integration-test</phase>
<goals>
<goal>start</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
<execution>
<id>cargo-stop-tomcat</id>
<phase>integration-test</phase>
<goals>
<goal>stop</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>