title: Launch MongoDB with Maven
body: <p>I am using the MongoDB Java driver to perform some persistence in my application. The build for my application is managed via Maven and I'm looking for the best way to integrate a series of MongoDB-related unit tests into my Maven build process. I cannot assume that the user building the application has installed the MongoDB dameon as a service and therefore need to launch the daemon prior to the execution of the related unit tests.</p>
  
  <p>My first thought was to store the binaries in the resources folder of the test directory (e.g., src/test/resources) and launch the daemon using Runtime.exec(). Is there an approach that's cleaner? I feel like Runtime.exec() is a quick and dirty way to get something working but not the most ideal...I need this to work on both linux and windows.</p>