Integration testing Spring web app

Question

Hi,

I need to do an integration tests on my web application on each build.

Currently I have a set of JUnit tests, which tests various parts of an application before it constructed into war. What I need to do now is to test if application is in good shape after it is deployed into Web container.

The application is written using Spring framework, I've read a lot of docs about Spring integration testing, but all they talk is about testing of integration with databases etc. I've read about Cactus, but the info is pretty scarse as well.

Any pointers for a good tutorials and source code are appreciated.

Details of a software used by app: Spring 2.5, Hibernate 3.2, Maven 2.2, Tomcat 6.0

Many thanks!

Answer 1

You have two tasks to solve: A) Get the container running in an automated (maven based) process and B) run some tests against it.

We use selenium and maven-jetty-plugin for testing a fairly similar application setup. Works like a charm. You might find the same kind of plugins for tomcat, or just run in jetty.

The advantage of selenium is that it allows you to test the application in a very real environment with a real browser. You may find that tools that skip the "real browser" part are simpler to start with.