So this project has the standard JSP, XML, etc. structure

• using the Spring Context to...

  • Test the auto wiring of beans (EJB)

  • Test the setting of active profiles

  • Spring Test Configuration

  • JUnit 4 and JUnit 5

  • Spring MVC Test

    • Spring MVC Test is used for testing interactions with Spring MVC Controllers

    • Provides Servlet API Mock objects to mock the web environment

      • MockHttpServletRequest

      • MockHttpServletResponse

    • DispatcherServlet - requests are routed through Spring MVC's DispatcherServlet

    • Spring MVC Test Configuration Modes

      • Standalone Setup

        • Very light weight - ideal for unit tests
        • Tests one controller at a time
        • Allows for testing of controller requests and responses

      • WebAppContextSetup

        • Loads larger context of Spring Configuration
        • Tests many controllers - per configuration
        • Allows for testing of application config

    • Spring MVC Test uses a "fluent" API via several static imports

      • MockMvcRequestBuilders.* - Builds request

      • MockMvcResultMatchers.* - Create assertions against response

      • MockMvcBuilders.* - Configure and build an instance of MockMvc

    • Spring MVC Test does not use a running Servlet container

    • No network request is made (ie to port 80 or 8080)

    • HTML is not generated, thus templates are not executed (JSP, Thymeleaf, etc.)

    • You can test the view (template) requested, or redirected to

      • but cannot test expected HTML to be rendered as a result

    • Spring does support testing with a running container when needed

All source code examples in the repository are for my Online Course - Testing Spring Beginner to Guru

This source code repository contains JUnit 5 and Spring Framework Testing examples.

The main source code is a copy of the Spring Framework Pet Clinic project. This is a reference project using a traditional 3-layer architecture without Spring Boot.

• Should use Java 11 or higher. Previous versions of Java are un-tested.
• Use Maven 3.6.0 or higher

After cloning this repo, from the project root run:

./mvnw jetty:run-war

For questions and help:

• Please post in course
• Or post in the Slack Community exclusive to the course.

GitHub Issues will not be addressed.