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[axxa]

Hi!
To test some of my units a user have to be logged in to the system (a web app) since these classes need some information retrieved by ((SecurityContext) SecurityContextHolder.getContext()).getAuthenticat ion().getPrincipal()

How do I write a test case (extending AbstractTransactionalSpringContextTests) that log in a user?

thanks
-Martin Börlin

[descat]

I set self the authentication in the SecurityContextHolder : SecurityContextHolder.getContext().setAuthenticati on(((AuthenticationManager) context.getBean("authenticationManager")).authenti cate(new UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken("test", "test")));

[axxa]

Thanks for the reply!
...I found out how to do by my self. Very similar to your solution though.

cheers
-Martin

class MyTestClass extends AbstractDependencyInjectionSpringContextTests {
AuthenticationProvider authenticationProvider;

[setUp and test methods]

private void createSecureContext(final String username, final String password) {
Authentication auth = authenticationProvider.authenticate(new UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken(username, password));
SecurityContextHolder.getContext().setAuthenticati on(auth);
}

//Set by the Spring framework automagically when running the test
//if you got a bean called 'authenticationProvider' in you bean definition file
public void setAuthenticationProvider(AuthenticationProvider authenticationProvider) {
this.authenticationProvider = authenticationProvider;
}
}