Start and shutdown Spring application context in a unit test

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What's the recommended way to start and gracefully shutdown a Spring application within a unit test? I am aware of the SpringExtension for JUnit5, but that starts and stops the Spring context before/after the test method execution.

I would like to start and stop the spring context withing the test method as I would like to verify that certain methods are called (especially during shutdown).

Is there a recommended way how to achieve that?

Hi there. For clarification is this a SpringBoot application with a built in server? — Justin Tamblyn, Oct 22 '20 at 06:05

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 27 '20 at 16:39

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If you want to test shutdown callbacks, you're probably better of creating and shutting down the ApplicationContext directly within your tests instead of letting the Spring TestContext Framework manage the context for you.

You might also find the AssertJ support in Spring Boot Test useful.

answered Oct 27 '20 at 16:39

Sam Brannen

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Handy, I have not been aware of the AssertJ support in Spring Boot. Thanks for the pointer! – Oliver Nov 05 '20 at 06:07

Start and shutdown Spring application context in a unit test

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