org.springframework.test.context
Annotation Type TestExecutionListeners

@Documented
@Inherited
@Retention(value=RUNTIME)
@Target(value=TYPE)
public @interface TestExecutionListeners

TestExecutionListeners defines class-level metadata for configuring which TestExecutionListeners should be registered with a TestContextManager. Typically, @TestExecutionListeners will be used in conjunction with @ContextConfiguration.

Since:

2.5

Author:

Sam Brannen

See Also:

TestExecutionListener, TestContextManager, ContextConfiguration

Optional Element Summary

boolean	inheritListeners Whether or not TestExecutionListeners from superclasses should be inherited.
Class<? extends TestExecutionListener>[]	listeners The TestExecutionListeners to register with a TestContextManager.
Class<? extends TestExecutionListener>[]	value Alias for listeners.

listeners

public abstract Class<? extends TestExecutionListener>[] listeners

The TestExecutionListeners to register with a TestContextManager.

See Also:

DependencyInjectionTestExecutionListener, DirtiesContextTestExecutionListener, TransactionalTestExecutionListener

Default:

{}

value

public abstract Class<? extends TestExecutionListener>[] value

Alias for listeners.

Default:

{}

inheritListeners

public abstract boolean inheritListeners

Whether or not TestExecutionListeners from superclasses should be inherited.

The default value is true, which means that an annotated class will inherit the listeners defined by an annotated superclass. Specifically, the listeners for an annotated class will be appended to the list of listeners defined by an annotated superclass. Thus, subclasses have the option of extending the list of listeners. In the following example, AbstractBaseTest will be configured with DependencyInjectionTestExecutionListener and DirtiesContextTestExecutionListener; whereas, TransactionalTest will be configured with DependencyInjectionTestExecutionListener, DirtiesContextTestExecutionListener, and TransactionalTestExecutionListener, in that order.

 @TestExecutionListeners({ DependencyInjectionTestExecutionListener.class,
    DirtiesContextTestExecutionListener.class })
 public abstract class AbstractBaseTest {
        // ...
 }
 
 @TestExecutionListeners(TransactionalTestExecutionListener.class)
 public class TransactionalTest extends AbstractBaseTest {
        // ...
 }
 

If inheritListeners is set to false, the listeners for the annotated class will shadow and effectively replace any listeners defined by a superclass.

Default:

true