title: How to specify the specific packages for the 'jacoco-check'?
body: <p>My project is built using Maven. I use the 'Jacoco' plugin to perform quality checks. </p>
  
  <p>For a project I would like to check the test coverage on line basis. I would like to check the line coverage only for only 3 packages. How can I specify this check? </p>
  
  <p>I tried 'including' a number of packages, but that does not work. 
  I also tried to include the root package level and exclude a number of other packages. Also not working. </p>
  
  <p>How can I have the package A, B and C checked? See my example below: </p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;plugin&gt;
      &lt;groupId&gt;org.jacoco&lt;/groupId&gt;
      &lt;artifactId&gt;jacoco-maven-plugin&lt;/artifactId&gt;
      &lt;version&gt;0.7.9&lt;/version&gt;
      &lt;executions&gt;
        ...
        &lt;execution&gt;
          &lt;id&gt;jacoco-check&lt;/id&gt;
          &lt;goals&gt;
            &lt;goal&gt;check&lt;/goal&gt;
          &lt;/goals&gt;
          &lt;configuration&gt;
            &lt;rules&gt;
              &lt;rule&gt;
                &lt;element&gt;PACKAGE&lt;/element&gt;
                &lt;includes&gt;
                  &lt;include&gt;nl.abc.xyz.package-a.**&lt;/include&gt;
                  &lt;include&gt;nl.abc.xyz.package-b.**&lt;/include&gt;
                  &lt;include&gt;nl.abc.xyz.package-c.**&lt;/include&gt;
                &lt;/includes&gt;
                ... 
                &lt;limits&gt;
                  &lt;limit&gt;
                    &lt;counter&gt;LINE&lt;/counter&gt;
                    &lt;value&gt;COVEREDRATIO&lt;/value&gt;
                    &lt;minimum&gt;0.30&lt;/minimum&gt;
                  &lt;/limit&gt;
                &lt;/limits&gt;
              &lt;/rule&gt;
            &lt;/rules&gt;
          &lt;/configuration&gt;
        &lt;/execution&gt;
      &lt;/executions&gt;
    &lt;/plugin&gt;
  </code></pre>