The dreadful "Unable to start EmbeddedWebApplicationContext" error - spring

Question

I have the following exception when trying to run integration test:
org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextException: Unable to start EmbeddedWebApplicationContext due to missing EmbeddedServletContainerFactory bean.
I read many forum entries but not found any solution. My files are as follows:
Integration test
#RunWith(SpringRunner.class)
#SpringBootTest(webEnvironment = WebEnvironment.RANDOM_PORT, classes = WebInitializer.class)
#DataJpaTest
#Sql("/db/data.sql")
public class ReportEventIntTest {
#Autowired
private TestRestTemplate restTemplate;
#Test
public void reportEvent() {
Map<String, String> eventMap = new HashMap<>();
this.restTemplate.postForEntity("/worker/event", eventMap, String.class);
}
}
Spring Boot config
#Configuration
#ComponentScan(basePackages = {"org.reaction.engine.collector.controller",
"org.reaction.engine.persistence.service",
"org.reaction.engine.persistence.converter",
"org.reaction.engine.service"})
#EnableAutoConfiguration
#ImportResource("classpath:applicationContext.xml")
#Profile("threadPool") // define the default profile: it can be overridden by -Dspring.profiles.active=...
public class WebInitializer extends SpringBootServletInitializer implements WebApplicationInitializer {
#Override
protected SpringApplicationBuilder configure(SpringApplicationBuilder application) {
return application.sources(WebInitializer.class);
}
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
SpringApplication.run(WebInitializer.class, args);
}
#Bean
public EmbeddedServletContainerFactory servletContainer() {
TomcatEmbeddedServletContainerFactory factory = new TomcatEmbeddedServletContainerFactory();
return factory;
}
}
Gradle file
apply plugin: 'org.springframework.boot'
apply plugin: 'war'
buildscript {
repositories {
mavenCentral()
}
dependencies {
classpath 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-gradle-plugin:1.4.3.RELEASE'
}
}
dependencies {
compile project(':common')
compile 'org.springframework:spring-context-support'
compile 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter'
compile 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web'
compile 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-data-jpa'
compile 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-integration'
compile 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-actuator'
compile 'org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient:4.5.2'
providedRuntime 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-tomcat'
providedCompile 'javax.enterprise.concurrent:javax.enterprise.concurrent-api:1.0'
runtime 'mysql:mysql-connector-java'
// ---------------------- TESTING ----------------------
testCompile 'com.jayway.restassured:rest-assured:2.9.0'
testCompile 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test'
//testRuntime 'org.hsqldb:hsqldb'
testRuntime 'com.h2database:h2'
testRuntime 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-tomcat'
}
Any idea?
I would greatly appreciate any thought!
Regards,
V.

Answer 1

I read many stackoverflow entries but I missed the following one:
#Profile cause Unable to start EmbeddedWebApplicationContext
The problem is that I defined the profile in my spring boot config class but I have to do that in the test class.
#ActiveProfiles("threadPool")