Question

I’m using SpringJUnit4ClassRunner in my JUnit 4 tests like this:

@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
@ContextConfiguration(locations = {"classpath:/test-context.xml"})
public class MyTest {
    @Autowired
    private ConfigurableApplicationContext context;
    @Test
    public void test1() {
    . . .
    }
    @Test
    public void test2() {
    . . .
    }
    . . .
}

However, at the end of this test case the application context is not closed.
I would like to have the application context closed at the end of the test case (NOT at the end of each individual unit-test in the test case).

So far I could come up with this work-around:

@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
@ContextConfiguration(locations = {"classpath:/test-context.xml"})
public class MyTest {
    @Autowired
    private ConfigurableApplicationContext context;
    private static ConfigurableApplicationContext lastContext;
    @After
    public void onTearDown() {
        lastContext = context;
    }
    @AfterClass
    public static void onClassTearDown() {
        lastContext.close();
    }
    @Test
    public void test1() {
    . . .
    }
    @Test
    public void test2() {
    . . .
    }
    . . .
}

Is there a better solution?

Answer 1

You can add the @DirtiesContext(classMode=ClassMode.AFTER_CLASS) at the class level and the context will get closed once all the tests in the methods are done. You will get the same functionality as your current code.