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Junit 5 user guide

You will need the following dependencies (assuming BOM used for versions management):

testImplementation 'io.dropwizard:dropwizard-testing'
testImplementation 'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-api'
testRuntimeOnly 'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter'

Tip

If you already have junit4 or spock tests, you can activate vintage engine so all tests could work together with junit 5:

testRuntimeOnly 'org.junit.vintage:junit-vintage-engine'

Note

In gradle you need to explicitly activate junit 5 support with

test {
    useJUnitPlatform()
    ...
}                    

Warning

Junit 5 annotations are different from junit4, so if you have both junit 5 and junit 4 make sure correct classes (annotations) used for junit 5 tests:

import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;

Dropwizard extensions compatibility

Guicey extensions can be used with dropwizard extensions. But this may be required only in edge cases when multiple applications startup is required.

Info

There is a difference in extensions implementation.

Dropwizard extensions work as: junit extension @ExtendWith(DropwizardExtensionsSupport.class) looks for fields implementing DropwizardExtension (like DropwizardAppExtension) and start/stop them according to test lifecycle.

Guicey extensions completely implemented as junit extensions (and only hook fields are manually searched). Also, guciey extension rely on junit parameters injection. Both options has pros and cons.

Extensions

Provided extensions:

  • @TestGuiceyApp - for lightweight tests (without starting web part, only guice context)
  • @TestDropwizardApp - for complete integration tests

Both extensions allow using injections directly in test fields.

Extensions are compatible with parallel execution (no side effects).

Alternative declaration is possible.

Note

Spock and junit5 extensions are almost equivalent in features and behaviour.

@TestGuiceyApp

@TestGuiceyApp runs all guice logic without starting jetty (so resources, servlets and filters will not be available). Managed objects will still be handled correctly.

@TestGuiceyApp(MyApplication.class)
public class AutoScanModeTest {

    @Inject 
    MyService service;

    @Test
    public void testMyService() {        
        Assertions.assertEquals("hello", service.getSmth());     
    }

Also, injections work as method parameters:

@TestGuiceyApp(MyApplication.class)
public class AutoScanModeTest {

    public void testMyService(MyService service) {        
        Assertions.assertEquals("hello", service.getSmth());     
    }

Application started before all tests in annotated class and stopped after them.

@TestDropwizardApp

@TestDropwizardApp is useful for complete integration testing (when web part is required):

@TestDropwizardApp(MyApplication.class)
class WebModuleTest {

    @Inject 
    MyService service

    @Test
    public void checkWebBindings(ClientSupport client) {

        Assertions.assertEquals("Sample filter and service called", 
            client.targetMain("servlet").request().buildGet().invoke().readEntity(String.class));

        Assertions.assertTrur(service.isCalled());

Random ports

In order to start application on random port you can use configuration shortcut:

@TestDropwizardApp(value = MyApplication.class, randomPorts = true)

Note

Random ports will be applied even if configuration with exact ports provided:

@TestDropwizardApp(value = MyApplication, 
                  config = 'path/to/my/config.yml', 
                  randomPorts = true)
Also, random ports support both server types (default and simple)

Real ports could be resolved with ClientSupport object.

Rest mapping

Normally, rest mapping configured with server.rootMapping=/something/* configuration, but if you don't use custom configuration class, but still want to re-map rest, shortcut could be used:

@TestDropwizardApp(value = MyApplication.class, restMapping="something")

In contrast to config declaration, attribute value may not start with '/' and end with '/*' - it would be appended automatically.

This option is only intended to simplify cases when custom configuration file is not yet used in tests (usually early PoC phase). It allows you to map servlet into application root in test (because rest is no more resides in root). When used with existing configuration file, this parameter will override file definition.

Guice injections

Any gucie bean may be injected directly into test field:

@Inject
SomeBean bean

This may be even bean not declared in guice modules (JIT injection will occur).

To better understand injection scopes look the following test:

@TestGuiceyApp(AutoScanApplication.class)
@TestMethodOrder(MethodOrderer.OrderAnnotation.class)
public class InjectionScopeTest {

    // new instance injected on each test
    @Inject
    TestBean bean;

    // the same context used for all tests (in class), so the same bean instance inserted before each test
    @Inject
    TestSingletonBean singletonBean;

    @Test
    @Order(1)
    public void testInjection() {
        bean.value = 5;
        singletonBean.value = 15;

        Assertions.assertEquals(5, bean.value);
        Assertions.assertEquals(15, singletonBean.value);

    }

    @Test
    @Order(2)
    public void testSharedState() {

        Assertions.assertEquals(0, bean.value);
        Assertions.assertEquals(15, singletonBean.value);
    }

    // bean is in prototype scope
    public static class TestBean {
        int value;
    }

    @Singleton
    public static class TestSingletonBean {
        int value;
    }
}

Note

Guice AOP will not work on test methods (because test instances not created by guice).

Parameter injection

Any declared guice bean may be injected as method parameter:

@Test
public void testSomthing(DummyBean bean) 

(where DummyBean is manually declared in some module or JIT-instantiated during injector creation).

For not declared beans injection (JIT) special annotation must be used:

@Test
public void testSomthing(@Jit TestBean bean) 

Info

Additional annotation required because you may use other junit extensions providing their own parameters, which guicey extension should not try to handle. That's why not annotated parameters verified with existing injector bindings.

Qualified and generified injections will also work:

@Test
public void testSomthing(@Named("qual") SomeBean bean,
                         TestBean<String> generifiedBean,
                         Provider<OtherBean> provider) 

Also, there are special objects available as parameters:

  • Application or exact application class (MyApplication)
  • ObjectMapper
  • ClientSupport application web client helper

Note

Parameter injection will work not only in test, but also in lifecyle methods (beforeAll, afterEach etc.)

Example:

@TestDropwizardApp(AutoScanApplication.class)
public class ParametersInjectionDwTest {

    public ParametersInjectionDwTest(Environment env, DummyService service) {
        Preconditions.checkNotNull(env);
        Preconditions.checkNotNull(service);
    }

    @BeforeAll
    static void before(Application app, DummyService service) {
        Preconditions.checkNotNull(app);
        Preconditions.checkNotNull(service);
    }

    @BeforeEach
    void setUp(Application app, DummyService service) {
        Preconditions.checkNotNull(app);
        Preconditions.checkNotNull(service);
    }

    @AfterEach
    void tearDown(Application app, DummyService service) {
        Preconditions.checkNotNull(app);
        Preconditions.checkNotNull(service);
    }

    @AfterAll
    static void after(Application app, DummyService service) {
        Preconditions.checkNotNull(app);
        Preconditions.checkNotNull(service);
    }

    @Test
    void checkAllPossibleParams(Application app,
                                AutoScanApplication app2,
                                Configuration conf,
                                TestConfiguration conf2,
                                Environment env,
                                ObjectMapper mapper,
                                Injector injector,
                                ClientSupport client,
                                DummyService service,
                                @Jit JitService jit) {
        assertNotNull(app);
        assertNotNull(app2);
        assertNotNull(conf);
        assertNotNull(conf2);
        assertNotNull(env);
        assertNotNull(mapper);
        assertNotNull(injector);
        assertNotNull(client);
        assertNotNull(service);
        assertNotNull(jit);
        assertEquals(client.getPort(), 8080);
        assertEquals(client.getAdminPort(), 8081);
    }

    public static class JitService {

        private final DummyService service;

        @Inject
        public JitService(DummyService service) {
            this.service = service;
        }
    }
}

Client

Both extensions prepare special jersey client instance which could be used for web calls. It is mostly useful for complete web tests to call rest services and servlets.

@Test
void checkRandomPorts(ClientSupport client) {
    Assertions.assertNotEquals(8080, client.getPort());
    Assertions.assertNotEquals(8081, client.getAdminPort());
}

Client object provides:

  • Access to JerseyClient object (for raw calls)
  • Shortcuts for querying main, admin or rest contexts (it will count the current configuration automatically)
  • Shortcuts for base main, admin or rest contexts base urls (and application ports)

Example usages:

// GET {rest path}/some
client.targetRest("some").request().buildGet().invoke()

// GET {main context path}/servlet
client.targetMain("servlet").request().buildGet().invoke()

// GET {admin context path}/adminServlet
client.targetAdmin("adminServlet").request().buildGet().invoke()

Tip

All methods above accepts any number of strings which would be automatically combined into correct path:

client.targetRest("some", "other/", "/part")
would be correctly combined as "/some/other/part/"

As you can see test code is abstracted from actual configuration: it may be default or simple server with any contexts mapping on any ports - target urls will always be correct.

Response res = client.targetRest("some").request().buildGet().invoke()

Assertions.assertEquals(200, res.getStatus())
Assertions.assertEquals("response text", res.readEntity(String)) 

Also, if you want to use other client, client object can simply provide required info:

client.getPort()        // app port (8080)
client.getAdminPort()   // app admin port (8081)
client.basePathMain()   // main context path (http://localhost:8080/)
client.basePathAdmin()  // admin context path (http://localhost:8081/)
client.basePathRest()   // rest context path (http://localhost:8080/)

Raw client usage:

// call completely external url
client.target("http://somedomain:8080/dummy/").request().buildGet().invoke()

Warning

Client object could be injected with both dropwizard and guicey extensions, but in case of guicey extension, only raw client could be used (because web part not started all other methods will throw NPE)

Configuration

For both extensions you can configure application with external configuration file:

@TestGuiceyApp(value = MyApplication.class,
    config = "path/to/my/config.yml"
public class ConfigOverrideTest {

Or just declare required values:

@TestGuiceyApp(value = MyApplication.class,
    configOverride = {
            "foo: 2",
            "bar: 12"
    })
public class ConfigOverrideTest {

(note that overriding declaration follows yaml format "key: value")

Or use both at once (here overrides will override file values):

@TestGuiceyApp(value = MyApplication.class,
    config = 'path/to/my/config.yml',
    configOverride = {
            "foo: 2",
            "bar: 12"
    })
class ConfigOverrideTest {

Deferred configuration

If you need to configure value, supplied by some other extension, or value may be resolved only after test start, then static overrides declaration is not an option. In this case use alternative extensions declaration which provides additional config override methods:

@RegisterExtension
@Order(1)
static FooExtension ext = new FooExtension();

@RegisterExtension
@Order(2)
static TestGuiceyAppExtension app = TestGuiceyAppExtension.forApp(AutoScanApplication.class)
        .config("src/test/resources/ru/vyarus/dropwizard/guice/config.yml")
        .configOverrides("foo: 1")
        .configOverride("bar", () -> ext.getValue())
        .configOverrides(new ConfigOverrideValue("baa", () -> "44"))
        .create();

In most cases configOverride("bar", () -> ext.getValue()) would be enough to configure a supplier instead of static value.

In more complex cases, you can use custom implementations of ConfigOverride.

Guicey have to accept only ConfigOverride objects implementing custom ru.vyarus.dropwizard.guice.test.util.ConfigurablePrefix interface. In order to support parallel tests guicey generates unique config prefix for each test (because all overrides eventually stored to system properties) and so it needs a way to set this prefix into custom ConfigOverride objects.

Application test modification

You can use hooks to customize application.

In both extensions annotation hooks could be declared with attribute:

@TestDropwizardApp(value = MyApplication.class, hooks = MyHook.class)

or

@TestGuiceyApp(value = MyApplication.class, hooks = MyHook.class)

Where MyHook is:

public class MyHook implements GuiceyConfigurationHook {}

Hook fields

Alternatively, you can declare hook directly in test static field:

@EnableHook
static GuiceyConfigurationHook HOOK = builder -> builder.modules(new DebugModule());

Any number of fields could be declared. The same way hook could be declared in base test class:

public class BaseTest {

    // hook in base class
    @EnableHook
    static GuiceyConfigurationHook BASE_HOOK = builder -> builder.modules(new DebugModule());
}

@TestGuiceyApp(value = App.class, hooks = SomeOtherHook.class)
public class SomeTest extends BaseTest {

    // Another hook
    @EnableHook
    static GuiceyConfigurationHook HOOK = builder -> builder.modules(new DebugModule2());
}

All 3 hooks will work.

Extension configuration unification

It is a common need to run multiple tests with the same test application configuration (same config overrides, same hooks etc.). Do not configure it in each test, instead move extension configuration into base test class:

@TestGuiceyApp(...)
public abstract class AbstractTest {
    // here might be helper methods
}

And now all test classes should simply extend it:

public class Test1 extends AbstractTest {

    @Inject
    MyService service;

    @Test
    public void testSomething() { ... }
}

If you use manual extension configuration (through field), just replace annotation in base class with manual declaration - approach would still work.

Parallel execution

Junit parallel tests execution could be activated with properties file junit-platform.properties located at test resources root:

junit.jupiter.execution.parallel.enabled = true
junit.jupiter.execution.parallel.mode.default = concurrent

Note

In order to avoid config overriding collisions (because all overrides eventually stored to system properties) guicey generates unique property prefixes in each test.

To avoid port collisions in dropwizard tests use randomPorts option.

Alternative declaration

Both extensions could be declared in static fields:

@RegisterExtension
static TestDropwizardAppExtension app = TestDropwizardAppExtension.forApp(AutoScanApplication.class)
        .config("src/test/resources/ru/vyarus/dropwizard/guice/config.yml")
        .configOverrides("foo: 2", "bar: 12")
        .randomPorts()
        .hooks(Hook.class)
        .hooks(builder -> builder.disableExtensions(DummyManaged.class))
        .create();

The only difference with annotations is that you can declare hooks as lambdas directly (still hooks in static fields will also work).

@RegisterExtension
static TestGuiceyAppExtension app = TestGuiceyAppExtension.forApp(AutoScanApplication.class)
        ...

This alternative declaration is intended to be used in cases when guicey exensions need to be aligned with other 3rd party extensions: in junit you can order extensions declared with annotations (by annotation order) and extensions declared with @RegisterExtension (by declaration order). But there is no way to order extension registered with @RegisterExtension before annotation extension.

So if you have 3rd party extension which needs to be executed BEFORE guicey extensions, you can use field declaration.

Note

Junit 5 intentionally shuffle @RegisterExtension extensions order, but you can always order them with @Order annotation.

Junit nested classes

Junit natively supports nested tests.

Guicey extensions affects all nested tests below declaration (nesting level is not limited):

@TestGuiceyApp(AutoScanApplication.class)
public class NestedPropagationTest {

    @Inject
    Environment environment;

    @Test
    void checkInjection() {
        Assertions.assertNotNull(environment);
    }

    @Nested
    class Inner {

        @Inject
        Environment env; // intentionally different name

        @Test
        void checkInjection() {
            Assertions.assertNotNull(env);
        }
    }
}

Note

Nested tests will use exactly the same guice context as root test (application started only once).

Extension declared on nested test will affect all sub-tests:

public class NestedTreeTest {

    @TestGuiceyApp(AutoScanApplication.class)
    @Nested
    class Level1 {

        @Inject
        Environment environment;

        @Test
        void checkExtensionApplied() {
            Assertions.assertNotNull(environment);
        }

        @Nested
        class Level2 {
            @Inject
            Environment env;

            @Test
            void checkExtensionApplied() {
                Assertions.assertNotNull(env);
            }

            @Nested
            class Level3 {

                @Inject
                Environment envr;

                @Test
                void checkExtensionApplied() {
                    Assertions.assertNotNull(envr);
                }
            }
        }
    }

    @Nested
    class NotAffected {
        @Inject
        Environment environment;

        @Test
        void extensionNotApplied() {
            Assertions.assertNull(environment);
        }
    }
}

This way nested tests allows you to use different extension configurations in one (root) class.

Use interfaces to share tests

This is just a tip on how to execute same test method in different environments.

public class ClientSupportDwTest {

    interface ClientCallTest {
        // test to apply for multiple environments
        @Test
        default void callClient(ClientSupport client) {
            Assertions.assertEquals("main", client.targetMain("servlet")
                    .request().buildGet().invoke().readEntity(String.class));
        }
    }

    @TestDropwizardApp(App.class)
    @Nested
    class DefaultConfig implements ClientCallTest {

        @Test
        void testClient(ClientSupport client) {
            Assertions.assertEquals("http://localhost:8080/", client.basePathMain());
        }
    }

    @TestDropwizardApp(value = App.class, configOverride = {
            "server.applicationContextPath: /app",
            "server.adminContextPath: /admin",
    }, restMapping = "api")
    @Nested
    class ChangedDefaultConfig implements ClientCallTest {

        @Test
        void testClient(ClientSupport client) {
            Assertions.assertEquals("http://localhost:8080/app/", client.basePathMain());
        }
    }
}

Here test declared in ClientCallTest interface will be called for each nested test (one declaration - two executions in different environments).

Meta annotation

You can prepare meta annotation (possibly combining multiple 3rd party extensions):

@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target(ElementType.TYPE)
@TestDropwizardApp(AutoScanApplication.class)
public @interface MyApp {
}

@MyApp
public class MetaAnnotationDwTest {

    @Test
    void checkAnnotationRecognized(Application app) {
        Assertions.assertNotNull(app);
    }   
}

OR you can simply use base test class and configure annotation there:

@TestDropwizardApp(AutoScanApplication.class)
public class BaseTest {}

public class ActualTest extends BaseTest {} 

Dropwizard startup error

Warning

Tests written in such way CAN'T run in parallel due to System.* modifications.

To test application startup fails you can use extensions:

testImplementation 'com.ginsberg:junit5-system-exit:1.0.0'
testImplementation 'com.github.blindpirate:junit5-capture-system-output-extension:0.1.1'

Testing app startup fail:

@Test
@ExpectSystemExit
void checkStartupFail() throws Exception {
    ErrorApplication.main("server");
}

With error message validation:

@Test
@ExpectSystemExit
@CaptureSystemOutput
void checkStartupFailWithOutput(CaptureSystemOutput.OutputCapture output) throws Exception {
    // assertion declared before!
    output.expect(Matchers.containsString(
            "No implementation for java.lang.String annotated with @com.google.inject.name.Named(value="));

    ErrorApplication.main("server");
}

3rd party extensions integration

It is extremely simple in JUnit 5 to write extensions. If you do your own extension, you can easily integrate with guicey or dropwizard extensions: there are special static methods allowing you to obtain main test objects:

  • GuiceyExtensionsSupport.lookupSupport(extensionContext) -> Optional<DropwizardTestSupport>
  • GuiceyExtensionsSupport.lookupInjector(extensionContext) -> Optional<Injector>
  • GuiceyExtensionsSupport.lookupClient(extensionContext) -> Optional<ClientSupport>

For example:

public class MyExtension implements BeforeEachCallback {

    @Override
    public void beforeEach(ExtensionContext context) throws Exception {
        Injector injector = GuiceyExtensionsSupport.lookupInjector(context).get();
        ...
    }
}

(guicey holds test state in junit test-specific storages and that's why test context is required)

Warning

There is no way in junit to order extensions, so you will have to make sure that your extension will be declared after guicey extension (@TestGuiceyApp or @TestDropwizardApp).

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