How to JUnit test a Spring Bean that contains an @Autowired @Session scoped dependancy

Question

I've seen the link Spring Test session scope bean using Junit that shows how to setup Junit to test @Session scoped beans, but how do I set up a Junit test case to test a Spring bean that has a @Session scoped bean @Autowired into it.

Answer 1

If you're testing the behaviour of the spring bean, the easiest way to do this is to mock the object and inject it yourself using ReflectionTestUtils:

class SpringBean {
    @Autowired Other other;

    public void method() {
        // ...
    }
}

class SpringBeanTest {
   @Test public void testIt() {
       Other other = new Other();
       SpringBean bean = new SpringBean();
       ReflectionTestUtils.setField(bean, "other", other);
       // test it
   }
}