Package org.springframework.test.context

This package contains the Spring TestContext Framework which provides annotation-driven unit and integration testing support that is agnostic of the actual testing framework in use.

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Interface Summary

Interface	Description
ContextLoader	Strategy interface for loading an application context for an integration test managed by the Spring TestContext Framework.
SmartContextLoader	Strategy interface for loading an application context for an integration test managed by the Spring TestContext Framework.
TestExecutionListener	TestExecutionListener defines a listener API for reacting to test execution events published by the TestContextManager with which the listener is registered.

Class Summary

Class	Description
CacheAwareContextLoaderDelegate	CacheAwareContextLoaderDelegate loads application contexts from MergedContextConfiguration by delegating to the ContextLoader configured in the MergedContextConfiguration and interacting transparently with the ContextCache behind the scenes.
ContextConfigurationAttributes	ContextConfigurationAttributes encapsulates the context configuration attributes declared via @ContextConfiguration.
MergedContextConfiguration	MergedContextConfiguration encapsulates the merged context configuration declared on a test class and all of its superclasses via @ContextConfiguration and @ActiveProfiles.
TestContext	TestContext encapsulates the context in which a test is executed, agnostic of the actual testing framework in use.
TestContextManager	TestContextManager is the main entry point into the Spring TestContext Framework, which provides support for loading and accessing application contexts, dependency injection of test instances, transactional execution of test methods, etc.

Annotation Types Summary

Annotation Type	Description
ActiveProfiles	ActiveProfiles is a class-level annotation that is used to declare which active bean definition profiles should be used when loading an ApplicationContext for test classes.
ContextConfiguration	@ContextConfiguration defines class-level metadata that is used to determine how to load and configure an ApplicationContext for integration tests.
ContextHierarchy	@ContextHierarchy is a class-level annotation that is used to define a hierarchy of ApplicationContexts for integration tests.
TestExecutionListeners	TestExecutionListeners defines class-level metadata for configuring which TestExecutionListeners should be registered with a TestContextManager.

Package org.springframework.test.context Description

This package contains the Spring TestContext Framework which provides annotation-driven unit and integration testing support that is agnostic of the actual testing framework in use. The same techniques and annotation-based configuration used in, for example, a JUnit 4.5+ environment can also be applied to tests written with TestNG, etc.

In addition to providing generic and extensible testing infrastructure, the Spring TestContext Framework provides out-of-the-box support for Spring-specific integration testing functionality such as context management and caching, dependency injection of test fixtures, and transactional test management with default rollback semantics.