exclude Test.java class from maven build war -

i've tried exclude .java file of src/test/java being packaged in maven build. pom.xml is:

plugins>             <plugin>                 <groupid>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupid>                 <artifactid>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactid>                 <inherited>true</inherited>                 <configuration>                     <source>1.6</source>                     <target>1.6</target> </configuration> <executions>    <execution>     <id>default-testcompile</id>         <phase>test-compile</phase>             <configuration>                    < test excludes >                 <exclude>**/test1.java</exclude>                     <exclude>**/test2.java</exclude>                     <exclude>**/test3.java</exclude>                     <exclude>**/test4.java</exclude>                                 <exclude>**/test5.java</exclude>                   </testexcludes>             </configuration>                  <goals>               <goal>testcompile</goal>             </goals>         </execution>                       </executions> enter code here 

but when i'm trying run test classes excluded build, giving classnotfoundexception.

kindly, guide me..

i have added below plugins skipping test cases:

<plugin>   <groupid>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupid>     <artifactid>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactid>       <version>2.12.2</version>       <configuration>         <skiptests>true</skiptests>       </configuration> </plugin>