Today’s post is about unit testing Spring MVC REST controllers using MockMvcBuilders standalone setup.
Complete source code for this post can be cloned from github.
Libraries Used
| Name | Version |
|---|---|
| Spring MVC | 4.0 |
| Spring Test | 4.0 |
| Junit | 4.8.1 |
| Servlet | 3.0 |
| Jackson Mapper | 1.9.13 |
| Json Path | 0.8.1 |
pom.xml
Controller Code
| Annotation Name | Usage |
|---|---|
| @Controller | Marking the class as MVC controller. |
| @RequestMapping | Maps the request URL to a class or method. |
| @ResponseBody | Return type will be written into response body. |
Response Model Object
Controller Test Class
test-servlet-context.xml
Since we are interested to get the response in JSON format we are using Jackson Message Converter.
Hi,
Good tutorial.
One more thing, there is dependency missing for jackson core.
Please add this maven dependency.