Class SpringMethodRule

public class SpringMethodRule
extends Object
implements MethodRule

SpringMethodRule is a custom JUnit MethodRule that supports instance-level and method-level features of the Spring TestContext Framework in standard JUnit tests by means of the TestContextManager and associated support classes and annotations.

In contrast to the SpringJUnit4ClassRunner, Spring's rule-based JUnit support has the advantage that it is independent of any Runner and can therefore be combined with existing alternative runners like JUnit's Parameterized or third-party runners such as the MockitoJUnitRunner.

In order to achieve the same functionality as the SpringJUnit4ClassRunner, however, a SpringMethodRule must be combined with a SpringClassRule, since SpringMethodRule only supports the instance-level and method-level features of the SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.

Example Usage

 public class ExampleSpringIntegrationTest {

    @ClassRule
    public static final SpringClassRule SPRING_CLASS_RULE = new SpringClassRule();

    @Rule
    public final SpringMethodRule springMethodRule = new SpringMethodRule();

    // ...
 }

The following list constitutes all annotations currently supported directly or indirectly by SpringMethodRule. (Note that additional annotations may be supported by various TestExecutionListener or TestContextBootstrapper implementations.)

• @Timed
• @Repeat
• @ProfileValueSourceConfiguration
• @IfProfileValue

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