org.springframework.test.context

Annotation Type TestExecutionListeners

@Target(value=TYPE)
 @Retention(value=RUNTIME)
 @Documented
 @Inherited
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.

As of Spring Framework 4.0, this annotation may be used as a meta-annotation to create custom composed annotations.

Since:

2.5

Author:

Sam Brannen

See Also:

TestExecutionListener, TestContextManager, ContextConfiguration

Optional Element Summary

Optional Elements

Modifier and Type	Optional Element and Description
boolean	inheritListeners Whether or not TestExecutionListeners from superclasses should be inherited.
Class<? extends TestExecutionListener>[]	listeners The TestExecutionListeners to register with the TestContextManager.
TestExecutionListeners.MergeMode	mergeMode The merge mode to use when @TestExecutionListeners is declared on a class that does not inherit listeners from a superclass.
Class<? extends TestExecutionListener>[]	value Alias for listeners().

Element Detail

value

@AliasFor(value="listeners")
public abstract Class<? extends TestExecutionListener>[] value

Alias for listeners().

This attribute may not be used in conjunction with listeners(), but it may be used instead of listeners().

Default:

{}

listeners

@AliasFor(value="value")
public abstract Class<? extends TestExecutionListener>[] listeners

The TestExecutionListeners to register with the TestContextManager.

This attribute may not be used in conjunction with value(), but it may be used instead of value().

See Also:

ServletTestExecutionListener, DependencyInjectionTestExecutionListener, DirtiesContextTestExecutionListener, TransactionalTestExecutionListener, SqlScriptsTestExecutionListener

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

mergeMode

public abstract TestExecutionListeners.MergeMode mergeMode

The merge mode to use when @TestExecutionListeners is declared on a class that does not inherit listeners from a superclass.

Can be set to MERGE_WITH_DEFAULTS to have locally declared listeners merged with the default listeners.

The mode is ignored if listeners are inherited from a superclass.

Defaults to REPLACE_DEFAULTS for backwards compatibility.

Since:

4.1

See Also:

TestExecutionListeners.MergeMode

Default:

org.springframework.test.context.TestExecutionListeners.MergeMode.REPLACE_DEFAULTS