Unable to inject dependency in Junit test - spring

Question

Having some trouble injecting a dependency in one of my JUnit test classes.
I believe the TestApplication is not package scanning or is not being loaded.
Code below:
package com.mitto.repositories;
import static org.junit.Assert.*;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
import org.springframework.test.context.TestExecutionListeners;
import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
import org.springframework.test.context.support.DependencyInjectionTestExecutionListener;
import org.springframework.test.context.transaction.TransactionalTestExecutionListener;
import com.github.springtestdbunit.DbUnitTestExecutionListener;
import com.github.springtestdbunit.annotation.DatabaseSetup;
import com.mitto.MittoApplicationTests;
import com.mitto.domain.User;
#RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
#ContextConfiguration( classes= { MittoApplicationTests.class } )
#TestExecutionListeners({DependencyInjectionTestExecutionListener.class,
TransactionalTestExecutionListener.class,
DbUnitTestExecutionListener.class})
#DatabaseSetup("UserRepositoryTest.xml")
public class UserRepositoryTest {
#Autowired
UserRepository repository;
private static final long FACEBOOK_ID = 1234567;
#Test
public void getUserById() {
User user = repository.findOne(1L);
assertNotNull(user);
assertEquals( user.getFacebookId(), FACEBOOK_ID );
}
}
MittoApplicationTests.java
package com.mitto;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringRunner;
#RunWith(SpringRunner.class)
#SpringBootTest
public class MittoApplicationTests {
#Test
public void contextLoads() {
}
}
UserRepository.java
package com.mitto.repositories;
import org.springframework.data.repository.PagingAndSortingRepository;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Repository;
import com.mitto.domain.User;
#Repository
public interface UserRepository extends PagingAndSortingRepository<User, Long>{
User findByFacebookId( long facebookId );
User findByAuthToken( String token );
}
I can't see anything wrong with this.

Answer 1

Sometimes, a working example is better than fixes.
Here is a working example:
First, in your configuration class
#SpringBootApplication
#ComponentScan(value = "com.mitto")
#EnableJpaRepositories(value = "com.mitto")
#EntityScan(basePackages = {"com.mitto.domain"}, basePackageClasses = {Jsr310JpaConverters.class})
public class MittoApplicationTests {
}
Second, in your test class
#RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
#SpringBootTest(classes = MittoApplicationTests.class) // replace the #ContextConfiguration with #SpringBootTest
// rest of of your annotations ...
public class UserRepositoryTest {
#Autowired
UserRepository repository;
// your test cases
}
A Spring Boot application is just a Spring ApplicationContext, so nothing very special has to be done to test it beyond what you would normally do with a vanilla Spring context. One thing to watch out for though is that the external properties, logging and other features of Spring Boot are only installed in the context by default if you use SpringApplication to create it.
Spring Boot provides a #SpringBootTest annotation which can be used as an alternative to the standard spring-test #ContextConfiguration annotation when you need Spring Boot features. The annotation works by creating the ApplicationContext used in your tests via SpringApplication.
Please read the documentation for more details:
SpringBootTest annotation
boot-features-testing