Spring MVC Junit Test ApplicationContext Config

Question

I think I should be using the same application context config files with Junit test! is that correct?

The issue that I have, I can run my spring mvc app without an issue, and I am trying to add a new junit test to test one of the controller and I can't even run the test. obviously the application context files are not the issue, as the app is running perfectly fine. So the question is how can I run a junit test using the existing application context config files? any link or example would be appreciated.

Currently my application context files are located in /src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/*-appContext.xml

In my web.xml

<context-param>
    <param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
    <param-value>
        /WEB-INF/*-appContext.xml
    </param-value>
</context-param>

I have no problem to run the app but I can't run the test.

java.lang.IllegalStateException: Failed to load ApplicationContext
    at org.springframework.test.context.CacheAwareContextLoaderDelegate.loadContext(CacheAwareContextLoaderDelegate.java:99)
    at org.springframework.test.context.TestContext.getApplicationContext(TestContext.java:122)
    at org.springframework.test.context.web.ServletTestExecutionListener.setUpRequestContextIfNecessary(ServletTestExecutionListener.java:105)

In the testing class;

@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
@WebAppConfiguration
@ContextConfiguration("file:src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/mvc-appContext.xml")
public class AppTests {
    private MockMvc mockMvc;

also I have tried using "*"

file:src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/*-appContext.xml

and tried using multiple files

@ContextConfiguration(locations = {
        "file:src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/mvc-appContext.xml",
        "file:src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/mongo-appContext.xml"})

and tried using single xml to import others

<import resource="file:src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/mvc-appContext.xml"/>
<import resource="file:src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/mongo-appContext.xml"/>

but none of them work for junit testing! so where should I put the config files?

It doesn't seem to initialize other beans!

     java.lang.IllegalStateException: Failed to load ApplicationContext
    at org.springframework.test.context.CacheAwareContextLoaderDelegate.loadContext(CacheAwareContextLoaderDelegate.java:99)
    at org.springframework.test.context.TestContext.getApplicationContext(TestContext.java:122)
    at org.springframework.test.context.web.ServletTestExecutionListener.setUpRequestContextIfNecessary(ServletTestExecutionListener.java:105)
    at org.springframework.test.context.web.ServletTestExecutionListener.prepareTestInstance(ServletTestExecutionListener.java:74)
    at org.springframework.test.context.TestContextManager.prepareTestInstance(TestContextManager.java:312)
    at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.createTest(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.java:211)
    at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner$1.runReflectiveCall(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.java:288)
    at org.junit.internal.runners.model.ReflectiveCallable.run(ReflectiveCallable.java:12)
    at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.methodBlock(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.java:284)
    at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.runChild(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.java:231)
    at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.runChild(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.java:88)
    at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$3.run(ParentRunner.java:238)
    at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$1.schedule(ParentRunner.java:63)
    at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.runChildren(ParentRunner.java:236)
    at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.access$000(ParentRunner.java:53)
    at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$2.evaluate(ParentRunner.java:229)
    at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.statements.RunBeforeTestClassCallbacks.evaluate(RunBeforeTestClassCallbacks.java:61)
    at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.statements.RunAfterTestClassCallbacks.evaluate(RunAfterTestClassCallbacks.java:71)
    at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.run(ParentRunner.java:309)
    at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.run(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.java:174)
    at org.junit.runner.JUnitCore.run(JUnitCore.java:160)
    at com.intellij.rt.execution.junit.JUnitStarter.main(JUnitStarter.java:63)
Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'verificationTokenService': Injection of autowired dependencies failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Could not autowire field: private com.pcd.core.repository.UserRepository com.pcd.core.service.VerificationTokenService.userRep; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.NoSuchBeanDefinitionException: No qualifying bean of type [com.pcd.core.repository.UserRepository] found for dependency: expected at least 1 bean which qualifies as autowire candidate for this dependency. Dependency annotations: {@org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired(required=true)}
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.postProcessPropertyValues(AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:288)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.populateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1116)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:519)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:458)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:295)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:223)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:292)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:194)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.preInstantiateSingletons(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:628)
    at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.finishBeanFactoryInitialization(AbstractApplicationContext.java:932)
    at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:479)
    at org.springframework.test.context.web.AbstractGenericWebContextLoader.loadContext(AbstractGenericWebContextLoader.java:128)
    at org.springframework.test.context.web.AbstractGenericWebContextLoader.loadContext(AbstractGenericWebContextLoader.java:60)
    at org.springframework.test.context.support.AbstractDelegatingSmartContextLoader.delegateLoading(AbstractDelegatingSmartContextLoader.java:100)
    at org.springframework.test.context.support.AbstractDelegatingSmartContextLoader.loadContext(AbstractDelegatingSmartContextLoader.java:248)
    at org.springframework.test.context.CacheAwareContextLoaderDelegate.loadContextInternal(CacheAwareContextLoaderDelegate.java:64)
    at org.springframework.test.context.CacheAwareContextLoaderDelegate.loadContext(CacheAwareContextLoaderDelegate.java:91)
    ... 23 more
Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Could not autowire field: private com.pcd.core.repository.UserRepository com.pcd.core.service.VerificationTokenService.userRep; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.NoSuchBeanDefinitionException: No qualifying bean of type [com.pcd.core.repository.UserRepository] found for dependency: expected at least 1 bean which qualifies as autowire candidate for this dependency. Dependency annotations: {@org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired(required=true)}
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor$AutowiredFieldElement.inject(AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:514)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.InjectionMetadata.inject(InjectionMetadata.java:87)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.postProcessPropertyValues(AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:285)
    ... 39 more
Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.NoSuchBeanDefinitionException: No qualifying bean of type [com.pcd.core.repository.UserRepository] found for dependency: expected at least 1 bean which qualifies as autowire candidate for this dependency. Dependency annotations: {@org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired(required=true)}
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.raiseNoSuchBeanDefinitionException(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:988)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.doResolveDependency(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:858)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.resolveDependency(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:770)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor$AutowiredFieldElement.inject(AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:486)
    ... 41 more

You have to show us the exact beans that are not loading (post full stack trace) and where they are defined in the contexts you are trying to load. Your configuration seems correct to me. — Sotirios Delimanolis
– Sotirios Delimanolis, Commented Jan 29, 2014 at 3:08
Now we know that a UserRepository bean cannot be found. Let's see where it is defined. — Sotirios Delimanolis
– Sotirios Delimanolis, Commented Jan 29, 2014 at 16:56
I use this " <mongo:repositories base-package="com.pcd.core.repository"/>" in one of my *-appContext.xml config file. — Jaxox
– Jaxox, Commented Jan 29, 2014 at 16:59

lorinpa · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-28 19:54:37Z

1

Here is how I configured my tests:

@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
@WebAppConfiguration
@ContextHierarchy({
    @ContextConfiguration(classes = MyAppConfig.class),
    @ContextConfiguration(locations = "file:src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/jsp-controller.xml"),
    @ContextConfiguration("file:src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/rest-controller.xml")})

public class TestController {

    @Autowired
    private WebApplicationContext wac;
    private MockMvc mockMvc;

     @Before
     public void setUp() {
       this.mockMvc = webAppContextSetup(this.wac).build();
     }

In my case I had a third listing "MyAppConfig" (annotations). I included, just so you have an example. In your case you can remove @ContextConfiguration(classes = MyAppConfig.class),

Edit the above to include you specific files.

Hope that helps.

edited Jan 28, 2014 at 19:54

answered Jan 28, 2014 at 19:27

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lorinpa Over a year ago

Thank you for the response. I expanded my example to include the setUp(). Can you post your setUp().

Jaxox Over a year ago

is the same as yours!

lorinpa Over a year ago

Have you tried running the test through a debugger. Can you verify whether both your WebApplicationContext and MockMvc instances are being initialized? Also, you have extra set of quotation marks in you post ""file:

Jaxox Over a year ago

it didn't even get to the setup() method.

lorinpa Over a year ago

Thanks again for the response. How are you running the tests. Is this your only test listing for the project? Are running just this class. How many tests are in the class? Note, you haven't detailed what you are trying to test?

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Nazik · Accepted Answer · 2014-11-13 06:07:35Z

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Create separate resource folder for testsuit. Set it in classpath.
You can load it like below.

@ContextConfiguration(locations = {"classpath:applicationContext.xml"})

edited Nov 13, 2014 at 6:07

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