Spring Boot Testing Concepts

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External

Internal

Overview

Dependencies

Use:

dependencies {
    testImplementation('org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test')
}

This started dependency pulls everything that is needed to write JUnit tests.

Annotations

Required:

  • @SpringBootTest - this is required, otherwise beans won't get injected in our tests.
  • @MockBean - automatically injects Mockito mocks.

Optional:

Spring Boot Mockito Support

Spring Boot Mockito Support

The Default Generated XyzApplicationTests

Spring Initializr creates a

@SpringBootTest
class XyzApplicationTests {
  @Test
  void contextLoads() {
  }
}

How does this work? How is this useful? Does it use name conventions?

SpringBoot Test Example

@SpringBootTest
public class MyTests {

    @Autowired
    private SomeComponent someComponentWeWantToTest;

    // ...

}

For an example of how to use Mockito mocks, see:

Spring Boot Mockito Support

Testing Logging Configuration

By default, test logging is executed by Logback.