<properties>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
<jre.level>1.7</jre.level>
<jdk.level>1.7</jdk.level>
<suiteXmlFile>TestNG.xml</suiteXmlFile>
</properties>
<build>
<!-- Source directory configuration -->
<plugins>
<!-- Compiler plugin configures the java version to be usedfor compiling
the code -->
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.3.2</version>
<configuration>
<source>${jdk.level}</source>
<target>${jdk.level}</target>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<!-- Following plugin executes the testng tests ;
This plug-in is used during the test phase of software build lifecycle to execute tests -->
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.19.1</version>
<configuration>
<!-- Suite testng xml file to consider for test execution -->
<suiteXmlFiles>
<suiteXmlFile>${suiteXmlFile}</suiteXmlFile>
</suiteXmlFiles>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>