sooo '98

from maven-surefire-plugin:

By default, the surefire plugin will automatically include all test classes with the following wildcard patterns:

• "**/Test*.java" - includes all of its subdirectory and all java filenames that start with "Test".
• "**/*Test.java" - includes all of its subdirectory and all java filenames that end with "Test".
• "**/*TestCase.java" - includes all of its subdirectory and all java filenames that end with "TestCase".

If the test classes does not go with the naming convention, then configure surefire plugin and specify the tests you want to include.

ahh, those romantic days.
Apparently annotations and specifications are too 'exotic'.