JUnit Tests - Inconsistent

[Agent96]

Hi - I'm not sure if this is the correct forum.

I'm sure this has a very simple answer, just can't find it!

I have JUnit tests which work when run independently but fail when run as a batch, is there a setting or class I need to extend to make sure all my spring beans are in their 'base state' before the test is run?

Thanks

[toverlier]

Do you extend TestCase directly, or do you extend one of the Spring test classes?

If you extend for instance AbstractDependencyInjectionSpringContextTests, you can override the onTearDown() method and use setDirty(true). However, this will make your tests considerably slower.

[Agent96]

Hi toverlier - thanks for the quick reply - I've tried what you suggested but it doesn't seem to work. No idea why. I changed the extension from TestCase to AbstractDependencyInjectionSpringContextTests and did :

@Override
protected void onTearDown() throws Exception {
    super.onTearDown();
    setDirty(true);
}

The test still fails when running all the test in the same class and passes when run individually.

[toverlier]

Well, it doesn't do you any good just to change from TestCase to AbstractDependencyInjectionSpringContextTests. You have to let spring-test handle the context for you. I suggest you check out the documentation at http://static.springframework.org/sp...e/testing.html

[Agent96]

Thanks toverlier, very useful link, everything is working as expected.

Code now reads :

@ContextConfiguration(locations={"/mySpringBeans.xml"})
public class MyTest extends  AbstractJUnit38SpringContextTests {
    
   @DirtiesContext
    public void testA{ ...  }
}

[ryanyang]

spring unit test can not insert data to database