org.springframework.test.annotation

Annotation Type IfProfileValue

@Documented
 @Inherited
 @Retention(value=RUNTIME)
 @Target(value={TYPE,METHOD})
public @interface IfProfileValue

Test annotation to indicate whether a test is enabled or disabled for a specific testing profile.

In the context of this annotation, the term profile refers to a Java system property by default; however, the semantics can be changed by implementing a custom ProfileValueSource. If the configured ProfileValueSource returns a matching value() for the declared name(), the test will be enabled. Otherwise, the test will be disabled and effectively ignored.

@IfProfileValue can be applied at the class level, the method level, or both. Class-level usage of @IfProfileValue takes precedence over method-level usage for any methods within that class or its subclasses. Specifically, a test is enabled if it is enabled both at the class level and at the method level; the absence of @IfProfileValue means the test is implicitly enabled. This is analogous to the semantics of JUnit's @Ignore annotation, except that the presence of @Ignore always disables a test.

Example

When using SystemProfileValueSource as the ProfileValueSource implementation (which is configured by default), you can configure a test method to run only on Java VMs from Oracle as follows:

 @IfProfileValue(name = "java.vendor", value = "Oracle Corporation")
 public void testSomething() {
     // ...
 }

'OR' Semantics

You can alternatively configure @IfProfileValue with OR semantics for multiple values(). The following test will be enabled if a ProfileValueSource has been appropriately configured for the "test-groups" profile with a value of either unit-tests or integration-tests. This functionality is similar to TestNG's support for test groups and JUnit's experimental support for test categories.

 @IfProfileValue(name = "test-groups", values = { "unit-tests", "integration-tests" })
 public void testWhichRunsForUnitOrIntegrationTestGroups() {
     // ...
 }

@IfProfileValue vs. @Profile

Although the @IfProfileValue and @Profile annotations both involve profiles, they are not directly related. @Profile involves bean definition profiles configured in the Environment; whereas, @IfProfileValue is used to enable or disable tests.

Meta-annotation Support

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

Since:

2.0

Author:

Rod Johnson, Sam Brannen

See Also:

ProfileValueSource, SystemProfileValueSource, ProfileValueSourceConfiguration, ProfileValueUtils, AbstractJUnit4SpringContextTests, SpringJUnit4ClassRunner, ProfileValueChecker, Profile, ActiveProfiles

Required Element Summary

Required Elements

Modifier and Type	Required Element and Description
java.lang.String	name The name of the profile value against which to test.

Optional Element Summary

Optional Elements

Modifier and Type	Optional Element and Description
java.lang.String	value A single, permissible value of the profile value for the given name().
java.lang.String[]	values A list of all permissible values of the profile value for the given name().

Element Detail

name

public abstract java.lang.String name

The name of the profile value against which to test.

value

public abstract java.lang.String value

A single, permissible value of the profile value for the given name().

Note: Assigning values to both value() and values() will lead to a configuration conflict.

Default:

""

values

public abstract java.lang.String[] values

A list of all permissible values of the profile value for the given name().

Note: Assigning values to both value() and values() will lead to a configuration conflict.

Default:

{}