SpringRunner ignores application properties - spring

Question

I am trying to create Spring integration tests as follow:
#RunWith(SpringRunner::class)
#ActiveProfiles(profiles = ["Test"])
#ContextConfiguration(locations = ["classpath:**/applicationContext.xml"])
open class SimpleEntityIT {...}
applicationContact.xml contains:
<context:annotation-config/>
<context:spring-configured/>
<context:property-placeholder
ignore-resource-not-found="false"
location="classpath:application${spring.profiles.active}.properties,classpath:application.properties"/>
<context:component-scan base-package="net.goout"/>
The applicationContext is loaded, but it seems it is mostly ignored. Beans are not constructed via component-scan and the application.properties are completely ignored, no mention in logs:
2018-01-26 20:09:26,131 DEBUG Resolved location pattern [classpath:**/applicationContext.xml] to resources []
2018-01-26 20:09:26,132 DEBUG Loaded 0 bean definitions from location pattern [classpath:**/applicationContext.xml]
2018-01-26 20:09:26,167 INFO Refreshing org.springframework.context.support.GenericApplicationContext#aecb35a: startup date [Fri Jan 26 20:09:26 CET 2018]; root of context hierarchy
2018-01-26 20:09:26,167 DEBUG Bean factory for org.springframework.context.support.GenericApplicationContext#aecb35a: org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory#20d3d15a: defining beans [org.springframework.context.annotation.internalConfigurationAnnotationProcessor,org.springframework.context.annotation.internalAutowiredAnnotationProcessor,org.springframework.context.annotation.internalRequiredAnnotationProcessor,org.springframework.context.annotation.internalCommonAnnotationProcessor,org.springframework.context.annotation.internalPersistenceAnnotationProcessor,org.springframework.context.event.internalEventListenerProcessor,org.springframework.context.event.internalEventListenerFactory]; root of factory hierarchy
2018-01-26 20:09:26,198 DEBUG Creating shared instance of singleton bean 'org.springframework.context.annotation.internalConfigurationAnnotationProcessor'
2018-01-26 20:09:26,198 DEBUG Creating instance of bean 'org.springframework.context.annotation.internalConfigurationAnnotationProcessor'
2018-01-26 20:09:26,225 DEBUG Eagerly caching bean 'org.springframework.context.annotation.internalConfigurationAnnotationProcessor' to allow for resolving potential circular references
2018-01-26 20:09:26,231 DEBUG Finished creating instance of bean 'org.springframework.context.annotation.internalConfigurationAnnotationProcessor'
What am I not getting?
EDIT: Not event component-scan beans are not constructed, but really no beans are constructed – even those defined by <bean> in applicationContext.xml. It seems its content is just ignored even though it is correctly found.

Answer 1

As per the latest comments i believe this issue is solved, but even then couple of quick observations and alternatives :
a) You did not get an error on missing resource is because of below attr,i would suggest making it true to identify issues early on :
ignore-resource-not-found="false"
Also, you could use below :
#PropertySource(value = "xyz.properties", ignoreResourceNotFound = true)
b) Completely unrelated but :
#ActiveProfiles(profiles = ["Test"])
Could be written as :
#ActiveProfiles({"Test","QA"})
or in your application-test.properties
spring.profiles.active=Test,QA
c)For placing applicationContext.xml ,an alternative can also be placed in web.xml :
<context-param>
<param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
<param-value>classpath:/spring/*.xml</param-value>
</context-param>
(Although, annotation with specifying the exact location with #ContextConfiguration is completely fine as well! )
And above all , if you are using Annotation based configs, i would advice Spring boot :-)
Hope it helps!!

Answer 2

You should not copy applicationContext.xml to /test/resources yourself. Allow this to maven
<build>
<resources>
<resource>
<directory>src/main/resources</directory>
</resource>
</resources>
<testResources>
<testResource>
<directory>src/test/resources</directory>
</testResource>
</testResources>
</build>