Problem when testing my login controller using Spring security

[laredotornado]

Hi,

I'm using Spring 3.1.0.RELEASE with spring security 3.1. I'm trying to test my login controller but running into some problems. Does anyone know what request URI I should be using? My JUnit class is

@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
@ContextConfiguration({ "file:src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/dispatcher-servlet.xml",
						"file:src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/spring-security.xml"})
public class LoginControllerTest {

	private MockHttpServletRequest request;
	private MockHttpServletResponse response;
	...

    @Autowired
    private RequestMappingHandlerAdapter handlerAdapter;

    @Autowired
    private RequestMappingHandlerMapping handlerMapping;
    
	@Before
	public void setUp() { 
		...
		request = new MockHttpServletRequest();
		response = new MockHttpServletResponse();
	}	// setUp
	
	@Test
	public void loginSuccessfully() throws Exception { 
		request.setRequestURI("j_spring_security_check");
		request.setMethod("POST");
		request.setParameter("username", user.getUsername());
		request.setParameter("password", user.getPassword());
		
		final Object handler = handlerMapping.getHandler(request).getHandler();
        final ModelAndView mav = handlerAdapter.handle(request, response, handler);

		assertViewName(mav, "welcome");
	}	// loginSuccessfully

The clause, "handlerMapping.getHandler(request)" is returning null, causing my test to crash. In the past, I have noticed this is because the request URI isn't correct. Here is my spring-security.xml file ...

<beans:beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/security"
	xmlns:beans="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans" 
	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
	http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.0.xsd
	http://www.springframework.org/schema/security
	http://www.springframework.org/schema/security/spring-security-3.1.xsd">
 
 	<http pattern="/user/**" security="none"/>
	<http auto-config="true">
		<intercept-url pattern="/welcome*" access="ROLE_USER" />
		<form-login login-page="/login" default-target-url="/welcome"
			authentication-failure-url="/loginfailed" />
		<logout logout-success-url="/logout" />
	</http>
 
	<authentication-manager>
		<authentication-provider user-service-ref="customUserDetailsService">
			<password-encoder ref="encoder" />
		</authentication-provider>
 	</authentication-manager>
 	
</beans:beans>

Everything works fine when I run my application in the container, so I know its something specific about my setup. Thanks for any insights, - Dave

[Marten Deinum]

That has nothing to do with your URL mapping. Spring Security uses filters not controllers you are similating a request inside the dispatcher servlet...

[laredotornado]

Ok, so what URL should I use or how can I figure it out? Thanks, - Dave

[Marten Deinum]

As I already stated it has NOTHING to do with your URL... You cannot test your login this way, you will need to start a server (embedded Jetty or Tomcat for instance) and fire a request.