Gradle-built Generic Java Application Test Logging

Internal

• Testing with Gradle Java Plugin
• Gradle-built Spring Framework Application Test Logging

Overview

When building with Gradle a generic Java application, stdout and stderr of the tests being executed will be shown at the console if the following are configured:

• Set testLogging.showStandardStreams of the Java plugin Test task, as shown here: Show stdout and stderr of the Test JVM on the Console.
• Make sure that a slf4j binding is in the test classpath. Spring uses Logback by default, so the following will work: Place Logback Binding on test classpath.
• Place a logback.xml configuration in src/test/resources. At the time of the writing, I was not able to figure out why logging configuration from src/test/resources/application.yml did not work.