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Abstract base test class which integrates the Spring TestContext Framework with explicit ApplicationContext testing support in a JUnit environment.

Concrete subclasses should typically declare a class-level ContextConfiguration annotation to configure the ApplicationContext or . If your test does not need to load an application context, you may choose to omit the ContextConfiguration declaration and to configure the appropriate org.springframework.test.context.TestExecutionListener manually.

The following org.springframework.test.context.TestExecutionListener are configured by default:

• org.springframework.test.context.web.ServletTestExecutionListener
• org.springframework.test.context.support.DirtiesContextBeforeModesTestExecutionListener
• org.springframework.test.context.support.DependencyInjectionTestExecutionListener
• org.springframework.test.context.support.DirtiesContextTestExecutionListener

This class serves only as a convenience for extension.

• If you do not wish for your test classes to be tied to a Spring-specific class hierarchy, you may configure your own custom test classes by using SpringRunner, ContextConfiguration, TestExecutionListeners, etc.
• If you wish to extend this class and use a runner other than the SpringRunner, as of Spring Framework 4.2 you can use org.springframework.test.context.junit4.rules.SpringClassRule and org.springframework.test.context.junit4.rules.SpringMethodRule and specify your runner of choice via RunWith.

NOTE: As of Spring Framework 4.3, this class requires JUnit 4.12 or higher.

Author
Sam Brannen

Since
2.5

See Also
ContextConfigurationTestContextTestContextManagerTestExecutionListenersServletTestExecutionListenerDirtiesContextBeforeModesTestExecutionListenerDependencyInjectionTestExecutionListenerDirtiesContextTestExecutionListenerAbstractTransactionalJUnit4SpringContextTestsorg.springframework.test.context.testng.AbstractTestNGSpringContextTests