How to configure spock in spring boot with gradle 6+ and java 11+ - spring-boot

Question

I want to use spock in my spring-boot project (using groovy, not java). I have some projects with spock already working in java 8 and lower versions of gradle but I can't find documentation about the newest versions.
This is my OLD build.gradle
buildscript {
ext {
springBootVersion = '2.1.0.RELEASE'
}
repositories {
mavenCentral()
}
dependencies {
classpath("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-gradle-plugin:${springBootVersion}")
}
}
apply plugin: 'groovy'
apply plugin: 'eclipse'
apply plugin: 'org.springframework.boot'
apply plugin: 'io.spring.dependency-management'
group = 'com.test'
version = '0.0.1-SNAPSHOT'
sourceCompatibility = 1.8
repositories {
mavenCentral()
}
dependencies {
implementation('org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-data-mongodb')
implementation('org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web')
implementation('org.codehaus.groovy:groovy')
testImplementation('org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test')
testCompile(
'junit:junit:4.12',
'org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-all:2.4.4',
'org.spockframework:spock-core:1.2-groovy-2.4',
'cglib:cglib:2.2',
'org.spockframework:spock-spring:1.2-groovy-2.4',
)
}
this works and I can create spock tests but when I create a project with java 11 and gradle 6.4, nothing works anymore (the gradle syntax is way different and the spock libraries don't work anymore),
this is my CURRENT (and failing) build.gradle:
plugins {
id 'org.springframework.boot' version '2.3.2.RELEASE'
id 'io.spring.dependency-management' version '1.0.9.RELEASE'
id 'groovy'
}
group = 'com.test'
version = '0.0.1-SNAPSHOT'
sourceCompatibility = '11'
repositories {
mavenCentral()
}
dependencies {
implementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-data-jpa'
implementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-security'
implementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web'
implementation 'org.codehaus.groovy:groovy'
runtimeOnly 'com.h2database:h2'
runtimeOnly 'org.postgresql:postgresql'
testImplementation("org.spockframework:spock-core") {
exclude group: "org.codehaus.groovy", module: "groovy-all"
}
testImplementation group: 'org.spockframework', name: 'spock-spring', version: '2.0-M3-groovy-3.0'
testImplementation(enforcedPlatform("org.spockframework:spock-bom:2.0-M1-groovy-2.5"))
}
test {
useJUnitPlatform()
}
With this, nothing works but the gradle build doesn't found the spock-spring libraries.
How can I apply the spock libraries to spring boot with the newest versions of java and gradle?

Answer 1

Think you got into a muddle of Groovy Versions with the dependencies:
I tested with this build:
plugins {
id 'org.springframework.boot' version '2.3.2.RELEASE'
id 'io.spring.dependency-management' version '1.0.9.RELEASE'
id 'groovy'
}
group = 'com.example'
version = '0.0.1-SNAPSHOT'
sourceCompatibility = '11'
repositories {
mavenCentral()
jcenter()
}
dependencies {
implementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter'
implementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web'
implementation 'org.codehaus.groovy:groovy:3.0.5'
testImplementation('org.spockframework:spock-core:2.0-M3-groovy-3.0')
testImplementation('org.spockframework:spock-spring:2.0-M3-groovy-3.0')
testImplementation('org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test') {
exclude group: 'org.junit.vintage', module: 'junit-vintage-engine'
}
}
test {
useJUnitPlatform()
}
And this test ran and passed:
package test
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired
import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest
import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext
import spock.lang.Specification
#SpringBootTest(webEnvironment = SpringBootTest.WebEnvironment.NONE, classes = Application)
class ContextSpec extends Specification {
#Autowired
ApplicationContext context
def "context is as expected"() {
expect:
context
context.getBean("echoService")
}
}
(Obviously, I had an echoService in my context)
For completeness, here's the service:
package test
import org.springframework.stereotype.Service
#Service("echoService")
class EchoService {
String echo(String value) {
value?.reverse()
}
}
The controller:
package test
import org.springframework.http.MediaType
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PathVariable
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMethod
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController
#RestController
class EchoController {
final EchoService echoService
EchoController(EchoService echoService) {
this.echoService = echoService
}
#RequestMapping(
value = "/echo/{message}",
method = RequestMethod.GET,
produces = MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN_VALUE
)
String doEcho(#PathVariable String message) {
return echoService.echo(message)
}
}
And the application class:
package test
import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication
import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication
#SpringBootApplication
class Application {
static void main(String[] args) {
SpringApplication.run(Application.class, args);
}
}
And proof 😉
➜ curl localhost:8080/echo/hello
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