Arquillian embedded tomcat7 unfortunately includes the whole classpath

Question

For my arquillian tests I created a WebArchive using ShrinkWrap which only includes classes which are necessary for the integrationtest.

I use embedded-tomcat7 as container adapter and start the test via maven. Unfortunately the classpath contains all classes of my project (because maven sets it so).

Can I configure (arquillian.xml) to use an other classloader or so?

I tried to exclude some dependencies from the classpath in maven failsafe-plugin. <classpathDependencyExcludes> <classpathDependencyExclude>XXX:XXX</classpathDependencyExclude> </classpathDependencyExcludes> The problem is, that this has no effect. I CAN set the classpath in the surefire-plugin but this unfortunately also sets the classpath for component tests. :( — Ginkgochris

Ginkgochris Ginkgochris · Accepted Answer · 2014-12-10T15:32:29

Results after some days of search:

Don't use an embedded container if you really want to control your classpath.

Arquillian embedded tomcat7 unfortunately includes the whole classpath

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