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Asked: 2026-06-18T06:31:06+00:00

When testing with spring and @ContextConfiguration Is there an option to exclude some of

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When testing with spring and @ContextConfiguration
Is there an option to exclude some of the base class contexts?
for example 

@ContextConfiguration(locations = {"context1.xml", "context2.xml"})
public class Base{

and extending class

public class someClass extends Base{

now I want someClass to use context1.xml but NOT context2.xml. is there a way to exclude it?
the issue is: I have a base class for all my tests (300 tests). I want all of them to use context1 which is a mock context that overrides the original one. Only one class should use the original context in order to test it (if the Base will not have it in its locations{} it will use the original).

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  1. Editorial Team

    As already mentioned, excluding contexts will not be possible.

    However, I would advise you to take a look at the new Spring 3 bean profiles.

    By specifying / activating the correct profiles you should be able to achieve the same thing in a cleaner way…

    A nice article on unit / integration testing with spring bean profiles can be found here.

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