Does the new Spring MVC Test Framework released in Spring 3.2 test the web.xml configuration? - spring

Question

I've read the docs ( http://static.springsource.org/spring/docs/3.2.x/spring-framework-reference/html/testing.html#spring-mvc-test-framework ) several times and I can't confirm if the WebApplicationContext context that gets injected when you use the #WebApplicationContext annotation is actually looking at the web.xml.
In other words, I want to test my web.xml configuration. The filters and servlet path specifically. But when I configure my test it ignores the web.xml. (e.g. I try a get request on a URL like this /myServletPath/foo and it fails with a 404.)
My test:
#RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
#WebAppConfiguration
#ContextConfiguration({
"classpath*:WEB-INF/config/application-context.xml",
"classpath*:WEB-INF/oms-servlet.xml",
"classpath*:persistence-context.xml"
})
public class OrderSummaryControllerIntegrationTests {
#Autowired
private WebApplicationContext wac;
private MockMvc mockMvc;
#Before
public void setUp() throws Exception {
this.mockMvc = webAppContextSetup(this.wac).build();
}
#Test
public void testFindOrderSummariesExpectsSuccess() throws Exception {
mockMvc.perform(get("/oms/orders?user=1234&catalog=bcs"))
.andDo(print())
.andExpect(status().isOk())
.andExpect(content().contentType(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON));
}
}
And my web.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<web-app xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee
http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd"
version="2.5">
<display-name>OMS REST Services</display-name>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>default</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>*.html</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>default</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>*.css</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<filter>
<filter-name>webappMetricsFilter</filter-name>
<filter-class>com.yammer.metrics.web.DefaultWebappMetricsFilter</filter-class>
</filter>
<filter-mapping>
<filter-name>webappMetricsFilter</filter-name>
<url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
</filter-mapping>
<context-param>
<param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
<param-value>/WEB-INF/config/application-context.xml, classpath*:persistence-context.xml</param-value>
</context-param>
<listener>
<listener-class>org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener</listener-class>
</listener>
<servlet>
<servlet-name>oms</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet</servlet-class>
<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>oms</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
</web-app>

Answer 1

You are right, Spring-mvc-test does not read the web.xml file, but you can configure the filters this way:
webAppContextSetup(this.wac).addFilter(new DefaultWebappMetricsFilter(), "/*").build()