SpringJUnit4ClassRunner is not compatible with java context configuration [SPR-7769]

[spring-projects-issues]

Stepan Koltsov opened SPR-7769 and commented

have test:

@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
@Import(SomeTestContext.class)
public class SomeTest {
 ....
}

get exception:

Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Can not load an ApplicationContext with a NULL 'contextLoader'. Consider annotating your test class with @ContextConfiguration.
	at org.springframework.util.Assert.notNull(Assert.java:112)
	at org.springframework.test.context.TestContext.loadApplicationContext(TestContext.java:276)
	at org.springframework.test.context.TestContext.getApplicationContext(TestContext.java:304)
	... 24 more

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Affects: 3.0.2

Issue Links:

• Provide TestContext support for @Configuration classes [SPR-6184] #10852 Provide TestContext support for @Configuration classes ("duplicates")

[spring-projects-issues]

Chris Beams commented

Duplicates #10852. Using @Import here (per example) is an interesting idea, however.