[JUNIT] ContextLoader

[denebj]

Hello guys !!

I have a slight issue, easy to fix I am sure but I do not see it

I am using JUNIT to test some classes :

@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
@ContextConfiguration(locations = { "classpath:/applicationContext.xml", "classpath:/BapplicationContext.xml", "classpath:/applicationBusinessContext.xml" })
@TransactionConfiguration(transactionManager = "hibernateTransactionManager",defaultRollback = true)
@Transactional(propagation = Propagation.NOT_SUPPORTED)
public class ABServicesTest extends
				AbstractTransactionalJUnit4SpringContextTests {

	@Autowired
	private ABServices	ABServices;

	@Test
	public void test123() {
            testFake();
	}

In testFake() I have a calling like that :

public final class StaticUtils {
	
private  static final IAService  A_SERVICE  =  (IAService)ContextLoader.getCurrentWebApplicationContext().getBean("iAService");

But when it tries to retreive the bean , I have ContextLoader.getCurrentWebApplicationContext() = null.

I need to inject the ContextLoader from the test context or instantiate a new ContextLoader ?

What do I have to do to initialize ContextLoader.getCurrentWebApplicationContext() ?


It seems trivial but I do not see it


Thanks

[Marten Deinum]

You could use some reflection tricks to add the context to the map however that probably would still fail as you aren't loading a WebApplicationContext but an ApplicationContext (WebApplicationContext == AplicationContext but ApplicationContext != WebApplicationContext).

I also wouldn't use that utility class to obtain references and if you really must I would make the utility class BeanFactoryAware(or ApplicationContextAware) and add it to the context to get access the the ApplicationContext. And it works regardless of the environment.

[denebj]

You could use some reflection tricks to add the context to the map however that probably would still fail as you aren't loading a WebApplicationContext but an ApplicationContext (WebApplicationContext == AplicationContext but ApplicationContext != WebApplicationContext).

I also wouldn't use that utility class to obtain references and if you really must I would make the utility class BeanFactoryAware(or ApplicationContextAware) and add it to the context to get access the the ApplicationContext. And it works regardless of the environment.

Thank you for the guidance

I ended up creating a bean extending ApplicationContextAware, and then initialized the new bean in the applicationContext.xml.
Then just calling the static method, and voila