org.springframework.boot.test.context

Annotation Type TestConfiguration

@Target(value=TYPE)
 @Retention(value=RUNTIME)
 @Documented
 @Configuration
 @TestComponent
public @interface TestConfiguration

@Configuration that can be used to define additional beans or customizations for a test. Unlike regular @Configuration classes the use of @TestConfiguration does not prevent auto-detection of @SpringBootConfiguration.

Since:

1.4.0

Author:

Phillip Webb

See Also:

SpringBootTestContextBootstrapper

Optional Element Summary

Optional Elements

Modifier and Type	Optional Element and Description
boolean	proxyBeanMethods Specify whether @Bean methods should get proxied in order to enforce bean lifecycle behavior, e.g.
String	value Explicitly specify the name of the Spring bean definition associated with this Configuration class.

Element Detail

value

@AliasFor(annotation=org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration.class)
public abstract String value

Explicitly specify the name of the Spring bean definition associated with this Configuration class. See Configuration.value() for details.

Returns:

the specified bean name, if any

Default:

""

proxyBeanMethods

@AliasFor(annotation=org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration.class)
public abstract boolean proxyBeanMethods

Specify whether @Bean methods should get proxied in order to enforce bean lifecycle behavior, e.g. to return shared singleton bean instances even in case of direct @Bean method calls in user code. This feature requires method interception, implemented through a runtime-generated CGLIB subclass which comes with limitations such as the configuration class and its methods not being allowed to declare final.

The default is true, allowing for 'inter-bean references' within the configuration class as well as for external calls to this configuration's @Bean methods, e.g. from another configuration class. If this is not needed since each of this particular configuration's @Bean methods is self-contained and designed as a plain factory method for container use, switch this flag to false in order to avoid CGLIB subclass processing.

Turning off bean method interception effectively processes @Bean methods individually like when declared on non-@Configuration classes, a.k.a. "@Bean Lite Mode" (see @Bean's javadoc). It is therefore behaviorally equivalent to removing the @Configuration stereotype.

Returns:

whether to proxy @Bean methods

Since:

2.2.1

Default:

true