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Micronaut Test Resources

Test resources integration (like Testcontainers) for Micronaut

Version: 2.7.1-SNAPSHOT

1 Introduction

Micronaut Test Resources adds support for managing external resources which are required during development or testing.

For example, an application may need a database to run (say MySQL), but such a database may not be installed on the development machine or you may not want to handle the setup and tear down of the database manually.

Micronaut Test Resources offers a generic purpose solution for this problem, without any configuration when possible. In particular, it integrates with Testcontainers to provide throwaway containers for testing.

Test resources are only available during development (for example when running the Gradle run task or the Maven mn:run goal) and test execution: production code will require the resources to be available.

A key aspect of test resources to understand is that they are created in reaction to a missing property in configuration. For example, if the datasources.default.url property is missing, then a test resource will be responsible for resolving its value. If that property is set, then the test resource will not be used.

2 Release History

For this project, you can find a list of releases (with release notes) here:

https://github.com/micronaut-projects/micronaut-test-resources/releases

3 Quick Start

Micronaut Test Resources are integrated via build plugins.

The recommended approach to get started is to use Micronaut Launch and select the test-resources feature.

If you wanted to integrate it manually, for Gradle you can use the micronaut-test-resources plugin:

Gradle
plugins {
    id 'io.micronaut.test-resources' version '4.4.4' // get latest version from https://plugins.gradle.org/plugin/io.micronaut.test-resources
    id 'io.micronaut.application' version '4.4.4' // get latest version from https://plugins.gradle.org/plugin/io.micronaut.application
}

Please refer to the Gradle plugin’s Test Resources documentation for more information about configuring the test resources plugin.

In the case of Maven, you can enable test resources support simply by setting the property micronaut.test.resources.enabled (either in your POM or via the command-line).

Please refer to the Maven plugin’s Test Resources documentation for more information about configuring the test resources plugin.

4 Supported Modules

The following modules are provided with Micronaut Test Resources.

4.1 Databases

Databases

Micronaut Test Resources provides support for the following databases:

Database JDBC R2DBC Database identifier Default image

MariaDB

Yes

Yes

mariadb

mariadb

MySQL

Yes

Yes

mysql

container-registry.oracle.com/mysql/community-server

Oracle Database XE

Yes

Yes

oracle-xe

gvenzl/oracle-xe:slim-faststart

Oracle Database Free

Yes

Yes

oracle

gvenzl/oracle-free:slim-faststart

PostgreSQL

Yes

Yes

postgres

postgres

Microsoft SQL Server

Yes

Yes

mssql

mcr.microsoft.com/mssql/server:2022-latest

Databases are supplied via a Testcontainers container. It is possible to override the default image of the container by setting the following property in your application configuration:

  • test-resources.containers.[db-type].image-name

For example, you can override the default image of the container for the MariaDB database by setting the following property:

test-resources.containers.mariadb.image-name=mariadb:10.3
test-resources:
  containers:
    mariadb:
      image-name: mariadb:10.3
[test-resources]
  [test-resources.containers]
    [test-resources.containers.mariadb]
      image-name="mariadb:10.3"
testResources {
  containers {
    mariadb {
      imageName = "mariadb:10.3"
    }
  }
}
{
  test-resources {
    containers {
      mariadb {
        image-name = "mariadb:10.3"
      }
    }
  }
}
{
  "test-resources": {
    "containers": {
      "mariadb": {
        "image-name": "mariadb:10.3"
      }
    }
  }
}

The db-type property value can be found in the table above.

Similarly, you can use the following properties to override some default test resources parameters:

  • test-resources.containers.[db-type].db-name: overrides the default test database name

  • test-resources.containers.[db-type].username: overrides the default test user

  • test-resources.containers.[db-type].password: overrides the default test password

  • test-resources.containers.[db-type].init-script-path: a path to a SQL file on classpath, which will be executed at container startup

Using the Microsoft SQL Server container will require you to accept its license. In order to do this, you must set the test-resources.containers.mssql.accept-license property to true:

test-resources.containers.mssql.accept-license=true
test-resources:
  containers:
    mssql:
      accept-license: true
[test-resources]
  [test-resources.containers]
    [test-resources.containers.mssql]
      accept-license=true
testResources {
  containers {
    mssql {
      acceptLicense = true
    }
  }
}
{
  test-resources {
    containers {
      mssql {
        accept-license = true
      }
    }
  }
}
{
  "test-resources": {
    "containers": {
      "mssql": {
        "accept-license": true
      }
    }
  }
}
See the guide for Replace H2 with a Real Database for Testing to learn more.

4.1.1 JDBC

The following properties will automatically be set when using a JDBC database:

  • datasources.*.url

  • datasources.*.username

  • datasources.*.password

  • datasources.*.dialect

Additionally, the MySQL resolver will automatically set the property datasources.*.x-protocol-url to be used with the MySQL X DevAPI.

In order for the database to be properly detected, one of the following properties has to be set:

  • datasources.*.db-type: the kind of database (preferred, one of mariadb, mysql, oracle, oracle-xe, postgres)

  • datasources.*.dialect: the dialect to use for the database (fallback)

datasources.*.driverClassName should be empty because JDBC driver from testcontainers has to be used for working with URI like 'jdcb:tc:postgres:14///db'

4.1.2 R2DBC

In addition to traditional JDBC support, Micronaut Test Resources also supports R2DBC databases.

The following properties will automatically be set when using a JDBC database:

  • r2dbc.datasources.*.url

  • r2dbc.datasources.*.username

  • r2dbc.datasources.*.password

In order for the database to be properly detected, one of the following properties has to be set:

  • r2dbc.datasources.*.db-type: the kind of database (preferred, one of mariadb, mysql, oracle, oracle-xe, postgresql)

  • r2dbc.datasources.*.driverClassName: the class name of the driver (fallback)

  • r2dbc.datasources.*.dialect: the dialect to use for the database (fallback)

In addition, R2DBC databases can be configured simply by reading the traditional JDBC properties:

  • datasources.*.db-type: the kind of database (preferred, one of mariadb, mysql, oracle, oracle-xe, postgresql)

  • datasources.*.driverClassName: the class name of the driver (fallback)

  • datasources.*.dialect: the dialect to use for the database (fallback)

  • datasources.*.db-name: overrides the default test database name

  • datasources.*.username: overrides the default test user

  • datasources.*.password: overrides the default test password

  • datasources.*.init-script-path: a path to a SQL file on classpath, which will be executed at container startup

In which case, the name of the datasource must match the name of the R2DBC datasource. This can be useful when using modules like Flyway which only support JDBC for updating schemas, but still have your application use R2DBC: in this case the container which will be used for R2DBC and JDBC will be the same.

4.2 Elasticsearch

Elasticsearch support will automatically start an Elasticsearch container and provide the value of the elasticsearch.hosts property.

The default image can be overwritten by setting the test-resources.containers.elasticsearch.image-name property. The default version can be overwritten by setting the test-resources.containers.elasticsearch.image-tag property.

4.3 OpenSearch

OpenSearch support will automatically start an OpenSearch container and provide the value of the micronaut.opensearch.rest-client.http-hosts or micronaut.opensearch.httpclient5.http-hosts properties.

The default image (opensearchproject/opensearch:latest) can be overwritten by setting the test-resources.containers.opensearch.image-name property.

4.4 Kafka

Kafka support will automatically start a Kafka container and provide the value of the kafka.bootstrap.servers property.

The default image can be overwritten by setting the test-resources.containers.kafka.image-name property.

See the guide for Testing Kafka Listener using Testcontainers with the Micronaut Framework to learn more.

Kraft Mode is supported via the test-resources.containers.kafka.kraft property.

test-resources.containers.kafka.kraft=true
test-resources:
  containers:
    kafka:
      kraft: true
[test-resources]
  [test-resources.containers]
    [test-resources.containers.kafka]
      kraft=true
testResources {
  containers {
    kafka {
      kraft = true
    }
  }
}
{
  test-resources {
    containers {
      kafka {
        kraft = true
      }
    }
  }
}
{
  "test-resources": {
    "containers": {
      "kafka": {
        "kraft": true
      }
    }
  }
}
This switches to the confluent-local Docker image with TestContainer Kraft Support

4.5 Localstack

Micronaut Test Resources supports a subset of Localstack via Testcontainers.

The default image can be overwritten by setting the test-resources.containers.localstack.image-name property.

The following services are supported:

  • S3, by providing the aws.services.s3.endpoint-override property

  • DynamoDB, by providing the aws.services.dynamodb.endpoint-override property

  • SQS, by providing the aws.services.sqs.endpoint-override property

  • SNS, by providing the aws.services.sns.endpoint-override property

In addition, the following properties will be resolved by test resources:

  • aws.access-key-id

  • aws.secret-key

  • aws.region

4.6 MongoDB

MongoDB support will automatically start a MongoDB container and provide the value of the mongodb.uri property.

The default image can be overwritten by setting the test-resources.containers.mongodb.image-name property.

The default database name can be overwritten by setting the test-resources.containers.mongodb.db-name property.

Alternatively, if you have multiple MongoDB servers declared in your configuration, the test resources service will supply a different replica set for each database.

For example, if you have mongodb.servers.users and mongodb.servers.books defined, then the test resources service will supply the mongodb.servers.users.uri and mondodb.servers.books.uri properties.

Note that in this case, a single server is used, the value of test-resources.containers.mongodb.db-name is ignored, and the database name is set to the name of the database you declared (in this example, this would be respectively users and books).

4.7 MQTT

MQTT support is provided using a HiveMQ container by default.

It will automatically configure the mqtt.client.server-uri property.

Alternatively, you can setup a custom container. For example, you can use Mosquitto instead:

mqtt.client.server-uri=tcp://${mqtt.host}:${mqtt.port}
mqtt.client.client-id=${random.uuid}
test-resources.containers.mosquitto.image-name=eclipse-mosquitto
test-resources.containers.mosquitto.hostnames[0]=mqtt.host
test-resources.containers.mosquitto.exposed-ports[0].mqtt.port=1883
test-resources.containers.mosquitto.ro-fs-bind[0].mosquitto.conf=/mosquitto/config/mosquitto.conf
mqtt:
  client:
    server-uri: tcp://${mqtt.host}:${mqtt.port}
    client-id: ${random.uuid}
test-resources:
  containers:
    mosquitto:
      image-name: eclipse-mosquitto
      hostnames:
        - mqtt.host
      exposed-ports:
        - mqtt.port: 1883
      ro-fs-bind:
        - "mosquitto.conf": /mosquitto/config/mosquitto.conf
[mqtt]
  [mqtt.client]
    server-uri="tcp://${mqtt.host}:${mqtt.port}"
    client-id="${random.uuid}"
[test-resources]
  [test-resources.containers]
    [test-resources.containers.mosquitto]
      image-name="eclipse-mosquitto"
      hostnames=[
        "mqtt.host"
      ]
      [[test-resources.containers.mosquitto.exposed-ports]]
        "mqtt.port"=1883
      [[test-resources.containers.mosquitto.ro-fs-bind]]
        "mosquitto.conf"="/mosquitto/config/mosquitto.conf"
mqtt {
  client {
    serverUri = "tcp://${mqtt.host}:${mqtt.port}"
    clientId = "${random.uuid}"
  }
}
testResources {
  containers {
    mosquitto {
      imageName = "eclipse-mosquitto"
      hostnames = ["mqtt.host"]
      exposedPorts = [{
          mqtt.port = 1883
        }]
      roFsBind = [{
          mosquitto.conf = "/mosquitto/config/mosquitto.conf"
        }]
    }
  }
}
{
  mqtt {
    client {
      server-uri = "tcp://${mqtt.host}:${mqtt.port}"
      client-id = "${random.uuid}"
    }
  }
  test-resources {
    containers {
      mosquitto {
        image-name = "eclipse-mosquitto"
        hostnames = ["mqtt.host"]
        exposed-ports = [{
            "mqtt.port" = 1883
          }]
        ro-fs-bind = [{
            "mosquitto.conf" = "/mosquitto/config/mosquitto.conf"
          }]
      }
    }
  }
}
{
  "mqtt": {
    "client": {
      "server-uri": "tcp://${mqtt.host}:${mqtt.port}",
      "client-id": "${random.uuid}"
    }
  },
  "test-resources": {
    "containers": {
      "mosquitto": {
        "image-name": "eclipse-mosquitto",
        "hostnames": ["mqtt.host"],
        "exposed-ports": [{
            "mqtt.port": 1883
          }],
        "ro-fs-bind": [{
            "mosquitto.conf": "/mosquitto/config/mosquitto.conf"
          }]
      }
    }
  }
}
mosquitto.conf
persistence false
allow_anonymous true
connection_messages true
log_type all
listener 1883

4.8 Neo4j

Neo4j support will automatically start a Neo4j container and provide the value of the neo4j.uri property.

The default image can be overwritten by setting the test-resources.containers.neo4j.image-name property.

4.9 RabbitMQ

RabbitMQ support will automatically start a RabbitMQ container and provide the value of the rabbitmq.uri property.

The default image can be overwritten by setting the test-resources.containers.rabbitmq.image-name property.

4.10 Redis

Redis support will automatically start a Redis container and provide the value of the redis.uri property. This provider can be configured with a variety of parameters:

  • The default image can be overwritten by setting the test-resources.containers.redis.image-name property.

  • Have Test Resources spawn a Redis cluster by setting test-resources.containers.redis.cluster-mode to true. With this setting, the property redis.uris will be defined instead of redis.uri, and some cluster-specific parameters may be provided under test-resources.containers.redis.cluster:

    • The number of master nodes can be controlled by the masters property.

    • The number of slaves per master can be controlled by the slaves-per-master property.

    • The starting port number can be set with property initial-port. For a port argument of n, each cluster node numbered 0 to x will have port number n + x, respectively. The default is 7000.

    • The cluster IP can be set with property ip (may be necessary for cluster discovery on Mac computers).

    • Keyspace notifications can be enabled by providing a string value to notify-keyspace-events. If provided, the value will be set on the notify-keyspace-events parameter in the redis.conf file for each node.

4.11 Hashicorp Vault

Vault support will automatically start a Hashicorp Vault container and provide the value of vault.client.uri property.

  • The default image can be overwritten by setting the test-resources.containers.hashicorp-vault.image-name property.

  • The default Vault access token is vault-token but this can be overridden by setting the test-resources.containers.hashicorp-vault.token property.

  • Secrets should be inserted into Hashicorp Vault at startup by adding the config:

test-resources.containers.hashicorp-vault.path=secret/my-path
test-resources.containers.hashicorp-vault.secrets[0]=key1=value1
test-resources.containers.hashicorp-vault.secrets[1]=key2=value2
test-resources:
  containers:
    hashicorp-vault:
      path: 'secret/my-path'
      secrets:
        - "key1=value1"
        - "key2=value2"
[test-resources]
  [test-resources.containers]
    [test-resources.containers.hashicorp-vault]
      path="secret/my-path"
      secrets=[
        "key1=value1",
        "key2=value2"
      ]
testResources {
  containers {
    hashicorpVault {
      path = "secret/my-path"
      secrets = ["key1=value1", "key2=value2"]
    }
  }
}
{
  test-resources {
    containers {
      hashicorp-vault {
        path = "secret/my-path"
        secrets = ["key1=value1", "key2=value2"]
      }
    }
  }
}
{
  "test-resources": {
    "containers": {
      "hashicorp-vault": {
        "path": "secret/my-path",
        "secrets": ["key1=value1", "key2=value2"]
      }
    }
  }
}

4.12 Generic Testcontainers support

There are cases where the provided test resources modules don’t support your use case. For example, there is no built-in test resource for supplying a dummy SMTP server, but you may need such a resource for testing your application.

In this case, Micronaut Test Resources provide generic support for starting arbitrary test containers. Unlike the other resources, this will require adding configuration to your application to make it work.

Let’s illustrate how we can declare an SMTP test container (here using YAML configuration) for use with Micronaut Email:

test-resources.containers.fakesmtp.image-name=ghusta/fakesmtp
test-resources.containers.fakesmtp.hostnames[0]=smtp.host
test-resources.containers.fakesmtp.exposed-ports[0].smtp.port=25
test-resources:
  containers:
    fakesmtp:
      image-name: ghusta/fakesmtp
      hostnames:
        - smtp.host
      exposed-ports:
        - smtp.port: 25
[test-resources]
  [test-resources.containers]
    [test-resources.containers.fakesmtp]
      image-name="ghusta/fakesmtp"
      hostnames=[
        "smtp.host"
      ]
      [[test-resources.containers.fakesmtp.exposed-ports]]
        "smtp.port"=25
testResources {
  containers {
    fakesmtp {
      imageName = "ghusta/fakesmtp"
      hostnames = ["smtp.host"]
      exposedPorts = [{
          smtp.port = 25
        }]
    }
  }
}
{
  test-resources {
    containers {
      fakesmtp {
        image-name = "ghusta/fakesmtp"
        hostnames = ["smtp.host"]
        exposed-ports = [{
            "smtp.port" = 25
          }]
      }
    }
  }
}
{
  "test-resources": {
    "containers": {
      "fakesmtp": {
        "image-name": "ghusta/fakesmtp",
        "hostnames": ["smtp.host"],
        "exposed-ports": [{
            "smtp.port": 25
          }]
      }
    }
  }
}

  • fakesmtp names the test container

  • The hostnames declare what properties will be resolved with the value of the container host name. The smtp.host property will be resolved with the container host name

  • The exposed-ports declares what ports the container exposes. smtp.port will be set to the value of the mapped port 25

Then the values smtp.host and smtp.port can for example be used in a bean configuration:

@Singleton
public class JavamailSessionProvider implements SessionProvider {
    @Value("${smtp.host}")          (1)
    private String smtpHost;

    @Value("${smtp.port}")          (2)
    private String smtpPort;


    @Override
    public Session session() {
        Properties props = new Properties();
        props.put("mail.smtp.host", smtpHost);
        props.put("mail.smtp.port", smtpPort);
        return Session.getDefaultInstance(props);
    }
}
1 The smtp.host property that we exposed in the test container configuration
2 The smtp.port property that we exposed in the test container configuration

In addition, generic containers can bind file system resources (either read-only or read-write):

test-resources.containers.mycontainer.image-name=my/container
test-resources.containers.mycontainer.hostnames[0]=my.service.host
test-resources.containers.mycontainer.exposed-ports[0].my.service.port=1883
test-resources.containers.mycontainer.ro-fs-bind[0].path/to/local/readonly-file.conf=/path/to/container/readonly-file.conf
test-resources.containers.mycontainer.rw-fs-bind[0].path/to/local/readwrite-file.conf=/path/to/container/readwrite-file.conf
test-resources:
  containers:
    mycontainer:
      image-name: my/container
      hostnames:
        - my.service.host
      exposed-ports:
        - my.service.port: 1883
      ro-fs-bind:
        - "path/to/local/readonly-file.conf": /path/to/container/readonly-file.conf
      rw-fs-bind:
        - "path/to/local/readwrite-file.conf": /path/to/container/readwrite-file.conf
[test-resources]
  [test-resources.containers]
    [test-resources.containers.mycontainer]
      image-name="my/container"
      hostnames=[
        "my.service.host"
      ]
      [[test-resources.containers.mycontainer.exposed-ports]]
        "my.service.port"=1883
      [[test-resources.containers.mycontainer.ro-fs-bind]]
        "path/to/local/readonly-file.conf"="/path/to/container/readonly-file.conf"
      [[test-resources.containers.mycontainer.rw-fs-bind]]
        "path/to/local/readwrite-file.conf"="/path/to/container/readwrite-file.conf"
testResources {
  containers {
    mycontainer {
      imageName = "my/container"
      hostnames = ["my.service.host"]
      exposedPorts = [{
          my.service.port = 1883
        }]
      roFsBind = [{
          path/to/local/readonlyFile.conf = "/path/to/container/readonly-file.conf"
        }]
      rwFsBind = [{
          path/to/local/readwriteFile.conf = "/path/to/container/readwrite-file.conf"
        }]
    }
  }
}
{
  test-resources {
    containers {
      mycontainer {
        image-name = "my/container"
        hostnames = ["my.service.host"]
        exposed-ports = [{
            "my.service.port" = 1883
          }]
        ro-fs-bind = [{
            "path/to/local/readonly-file.conf" = "/path/to/container/readonly-file.conf"
          }]
        rw-fs-bind = [{
            "path/to/local/readwrite-file.conf" = "/path/to/container/readwrite-file.conf"
          }]
      }
    }
  }
}
{
  "test-resources": {
    "containers": {
      "mycontainer": {
        "image-name": "my/container",
        "hostnames": ["my.service.host"],
        "exposed-ports": [{
            "my.service.port": 1883
          }],
        "ro-fs-bind": [{
            "path/to/local/readonly-file.conf": "/path/to/container/readonly-file.conf"
          }],
        "rw-fs-bind": [{
            "path/to/local/readwrite-file.conf": "/path/to/container/readwrite-file.conf"
          }]
      }
    }
  }
}

Furthermore, generic containers can use tmpfs mappings (in read-only or read-write mode):

test-resources.containers.mycontainer.image-name=my/container
test-resources.containers.mycontainer.hostnames[0]=my.service.host
test-resources.containers.mycontainer.exposed-ports[0].my.service.port=1883
test-resources.containers.mycontainer.ro-tmpfs-mappings[0]=/path/to/readonly/container/file
test-resources.containers.mycontainer.rw-tmpfs-mappings[0]=/path/to/readwrite/container/file
test-resources:
  containers:
    mycontainer:
      image-name: my/container
      hostnames:
        - my.service.host
      exposed-ports:
        - my.service.port: 1883
      ro-tmpfs-mappings:
        - /path/to/readonly/container/file
      rw-tmpfs-mappings:
        - /path/to/readwrite/container/file
[test-resources]
  [test-resources.containers]
    [test-resources.containers.mycontainer]
      image-name="my/container"
      hostnames=[
        "my.service.host"
      ]
      ro-tmpfs-mappings=[
        "/path/to/readonly/container/file"
      ]
      rw-tmpfs-mappings=[
        "/path/to/readwrite/container/file"
      ]
      [[test-resources.containers.mycontainer.exposed-ports]]
        "my.service.port"=1883
testResources {
  containers {
    mycontainer {
      imageName = "my/container"
      hostnames = ["my.service.host"]
      exposedPorts = [{
          my.service.port = 1883
        }]
      roTmpfsMappings = ["/path/to/readonly/container/file"]
      rwTmpfsMappings = ["/path/to/readwrite/container/file"]
    }
  }
}
{
  test-resources {
    containers {
      mycontainer {
        image-name = "my/container"
        hostnames = ["my.service.host"]
        exposed-ports = [{
            "my.service.port" = 1883
          }]
        ro-tmpfs-mappings = ["/path/to/readonly/container/file"]
        rw-tmpfs-mappings = ["/path/to/readwrite/container/file"]
      }
    }
  }
}
{
  "test-resources": {
    "containers": {
      "mycontainer": {
        "image-name": "my/container",
        "hostnames": ["my.service.host"],
        "exposed-ports": [{
            "my.service.port": 1883
          }],
        "ro-tmpfs-mappings": ["/path/to/readonly/container/file"],
        "rw-tmpfs-mappings": ["/path/to/readwrite/container/file"]
      }
    }
  }
}

It is also possible to copy files from the host to the container:

test-resources.containers.mycontainer.image-name=my/container
test-resources.containers.mycontainer.hostnames[0]=my.service.host
test-resources.containers.mycontainer.exposed-ports[0].my.service.port=1883
test-resources.containers.mycontainer.copy-to-container[0].path/to/local/readonly-file.conf=/path/to/container/file.conf
test-resources.containers.mycontainer.copy-to-container[1].classpath:/file/on/classpath.conf=/path/to/container/other.conf
test-resources:
  containers:
    mycontainer:
      image-name: my/container
      hostnames:
        - my.service.host
      exposed-ports:
        - my.service.port: 1883
      copy-to-container:
        - path/to/local/readonly-file.conf: /path/to/container/file.conf
        - classpath:/file/on/classpath.conf: /path/to/container/other.conf
[test-resources]
  [test-resources.containers]
    [test-resources.containers.mycontainer]
      image-name="my/container"
      hostnames=[
        "my.service.host"
      ]
      [[test-resources.containers.mycontainer.exposed-ports]]
        "my.service.port"=1883
      [[test-resources.containers.mycontainer.copy-to-container]]
        "path/to/local/readonly-file.conf"="/path/to/container/file.conf"
      [[test-resources.containers.mycontainer.copy-to-container]]
        "classpath:/file/on/classpath.conf"="/path/to/container/other.conf"
testResources {
  containers {
    mycontainer {
      imageName = "my/container"
      hostnames = ["my.service.host"]
      exposedPorts = [{
          my.service.port = 1883
        }]
      copyToContainer = [{
          path/to/local/readonlyFile.conf = "/path/to/container/file.conf"
        }, {
          classpath:/file/on/classpath.conf = "/path/to/container/other.conf"
        }]
    }
  }
}
{
  test-resources {
    containers {
      mycontainer {
        image-name = "my/container"
        hostnames = ["my.service.host"]
        exposed-ports = [{
            "my.service.port" = 1883
          }]
        copy-to-container = [{
            "path/to/local/readonly-file.conf" = "/path/to/container/file.conf"
          }, {
            "classpath:/file/on/classpath.conf" = "/path/to/container/other.conf"
          }]
      }
    }
  }
}
{
  "test-resources": {
    "containers": {
      "mycontainer": {
        "image-name": "my/container",
        "hostnames": ["my.service.host"],
        "exposed-ports": [{
            "my.service.port": 1883
          }],
        "copy-to-container": [{
            "path/to/local/readonly-file.conf": "/path/to/container/file.conf"
          }, {
            "classpath:/file/on/classpath.conf": "/path/to/container/other.conf"
          }]
      }
    }
  }
}

In case you want to copy a file found on classpath, the source path must be prefixed with classpath:.

The following properties are also supported:

  • command: Set the command that should be run in the container

  • env: the map of environment variables

  • labels: the map of labels

  • startup-timeout: the container startup timeout

e.g:

test-resources.containers.mycontainer.image-name=my/container
test-resources.containers.mycontainer.hostnames[0]=my.service.host
test-resources.containers.mycontainer.exposed-ports[0].my.service.port=1883
test-resources.containers.mycontainer.command=some.sh
test-resources.containers.mycontainer.env[0].MY_ENV_VAR=my value
test-resources.containers.mycontainer.labels[0].my.label=my value
test-resources.containers.mycontainer.startup-timeout=120s
test-resources:
  containers:
    mycontainer:
      image-name: my/container
      hostnames:
        - my.service.host
      exposed-ports:
        - my.service.port: 1883
      command: "some.sh"
      env:
        - MY_ENV_VAR: "my value"
      labels:
        - my.label: "my value"
      startup-timeout: 120s
[test-resources]
  [test-resources.containers]
    [test-resources.containers.mycontainer]
      image-name="my/container"
      hostnames=[
        "my.service.host"
      ]
      command="some.sh"
      startup-timeout="120s"
      [[test-resources.containers.mycontainer.exposed-ports]]
        "my.service.port"=1883
      [[test-resources.containers.mycontainer.env]]
        MY_ENV_VAR="my value"
      [[test-resources.containers.mycontainer.labels]]
        "my.label"="my value"
testResources {
  containers {
    mycontainer {
      imageName = "my/container"
      hostnames = ["my.service.host"]
      exposedPorts = [{
          my.service.port = 1883
        }]
      command = "some.sh"
      env = [{
          MY_ENV_VAR = "my value"
        }]
      labels = [{
          my.label = "my value"
        }]
      startupTimeout = "120s"
    }
  }
}
{
  test-resources {
    containers {
      mycontainer {
        image-name = "my/container"
        hostnames = ["my.service.host"]
        exposed-ports = [{
            "my.service.port" = 1883
          }]
        command = "some.sh"
        env = [{
            MY_ENV_VAR = "my value"
          }]
        labels = [{
            "my.label" = "my value"
          }]
        startup-timeout = "120s"
      }
    }
  }
}
{
  "test-resources": {
    "containers": {
      "mycontainer": {
        "image-name": "my/container",
        "hostnames": ["my.service.host"],
        "exposed-ports": [{
            "my.service.port": 1883
          }],
        "command": "some.sh",
        "env": [{
            "MY_ENV_VAR": "my value"
          }],
        "labels": [{
            "my.label": "my value"
          }],
        "startup-timeout": "120s"
      }
    }
  }
}

Please refer to the configuration properties reference for details.

Advanced networking

By default, each container is spawned in its own network. It is possible to let containers communicate with each other by declaring the network they belong to:

test-resources.containers.producer.image-name=alpine:3.14
test-resources.containers.producer.command[0]=/bin/sh
test-resources.containers.producer.command[1]=-c
test-resources.containers.producer.command[2]=while true ; do printf 'HTTP/1.1 200 OK\n\nyay' | nc -l -p 8080; done
test-resources.containers.producer.network=custom
test-resources.containers.producer.network-aliases=bob
test-resources.containers.producer.hostnames=producer.host
test-resources.containers.consumer.image-name=alpine:3.14
test-resources.containers.consumer.command=top
test-resources.containers.consumer.network=custom
test-resources.containers.consumer.network-aliases=alice
test-resources.containers.consumer.hostnames=consumer.host
test-resources:
  containers:
    producer:
      image-name: alpine:3.14
      command:
        - /bin/sh
        - "-c"
        - "while true ; do printf 'HTTP/1.1 200 OK\\n\\nyay' | nc -l -p 8080; done"
      network: custom
      network-aliases: bob
      hostnames: producer.host
    consumer:
      image-name: alpine:3.14
      command: top
      network: custom
      network-aliases: alice
      hostnames: consumer.host
[test-resources]
  [test-resources.containers]
    [test-resources.containers.producer]
      image-name="alpine:3.14"
      command=[
        "/bin/sh",
        "-c",
        "while true ; do printf \'HTTP/1.1 200 OK\\n\\nyay\' | nc -l -p 8080; done"
      ]
      network="custom"
      network-aliases="bob"
      hostnames="producer.host"
    [test-resources.containers.consumer]
      image-name="alpine:3.14"
      command="top"
      network="custom"
      network-aliases="alice"
      hostnames="consumer.host"
testResources {
  containers {
    producer {
      imageName = "alpine:3.14"
      command = ["/bin/sh", "-c", "while true ; do printf 'HTTP/1.1 200 OK\\n\\nyay' | nc -l -p 8080; done"]
      network = "custom"
      networkAliases = "bob"
      hostnames = "producer.host"
    }
    consumer {
      imageName = "alpine:3.14"
      command = "top"
      network = "custom"
      networkAliases = "alice"
      hostnames = "consumer.host"
    }
  }
}
{
  test-resources {
    containers {
      producer {
        image-name = "alpine:3.14"
        command = ["/bin/sh", "-c", "while true ; do printf 'HTTP/1.1 200 OK\\n\\nyay' | nc -l -p 8080; done"]
        network = "custom"
        network-aliases = "bob"
        hostnames = "producer.host"
      }
      consumer {
        image-name = "alpine:3.14"
        command = "top"
        network = "custom"
        network-aliases = "alice"
        hostnames = "consumer.host"
      }
    }
  }
}
{
  "test-resources": {
    "containers": {
      "producer": {
        "image-name": "alpine:3.14",
        "command": ["/bin/sh", "-c", "while true ; do printf 'HTTP/1.1 200 OK\\n\\nyay' | nc -l -p 8080; done"],
        "network": "custom",
        "network-aliases": "bob",
        "hostnames": "producer.host"
      },
      "consumer": {
        "image-name": "alpine:3.14",
        "command": "top",
        "network": "custom",
        "network-aliases": "alice",
        "hostnames": "consumer.host"
      }
    }
  }
}

The network key is used to declare the network containers use. The network-aliases can be used to assign host names to the containers.

The network-mode can be used to set the network mode (e.g. including 'host', 'bridge', 'none' or the name of an existing named network.)

Wait strategies

Micronaut Test Resources uses the default Testcontainers wait strategies.

It is however possible to override the default by configuration.

test-resources.containers.mycontainer.image-name=my/container
test-resources.containers.mycontainer.wait-strategy.log.regex=.*Started.*
test-resources:
  containers:
    mycontainer:
        image-name: my/container
        wait-strategy:
            log:
                regex: ".*Started.*"
[test-resources]
  [test-resources.containers]
    [test-resources.containers.mycontainer]
      image-name="my/container"
      [test-resources.containers.mycontainer.wait-strategy]
        [test-resources.containers.mycontainer.wait-strategy.log]
          regex=".*Started.*"
testResources {
  containers {
    mycontainer {
      imageName = "my/container"
      waitStrategy {
        log {
          regex = ".*Started.*"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
{
  test-resources {
    containers {
      mycontainer {
        image-name = "my/container"
        wait-strategy {
          log {
            regex = ".*Started.*"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
{
  "test-resources": {
    "containers": {
      "mycontainer": {
        "image-name": "my/container",
        "wait-strategy": {
          "log": {
            "regex": ".*Started.*"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

The following wait strategies are supported:

  • log strategy with the following properties:

  • regex: the regular expression to match

  • times: the number of times the regex should be matched

  • http strategy with the following properties:

  • path: the path to check

  • tls: if TLS should be enabled

  • port: the port to listen on

  • status-code: the list of expected status codes

  • port strategy (this is the default strategy)

  • healthcheck: Docker healthcheck strategy

Multiple strategies can be configured, in which case they are all applied (waits until all conditions are met):

test-resources.containers.mycontainer.image-name=my/container
test-resources.containers.mycontainer.wait-strategy.port=null
test-resources.containers.mycontainer.wait-strategy.log.regex=.*Started.*
test-resources:
  containers:
    mycontainer:
        image-name: my/container
        wait-strategy:
            port:
            log:
                regex: ".*Started.*"
[test-resources]
  [test-resources.containers]
    [test-resources.containers.mycontainer]
      image-name="my/container"
      [test-resources.containers.mycontainer.wait-strategy]
        [test-resources.containers.mycontainer.wait-strategy.log]
          regex=".*Started.*"
testResources {
  containers {
    mycontainer {
      imageName = "my/container"
      waitStrategy {
        port = null
        log {
          regex = ".*Started.*"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
{
  test-resources {
    containers {
      mycontainer {
        image-name = "my/container"
        wait-strategy {
          port = null
          log {
            regex = ".*Started.*"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
{
  "test-resources": {
    "containers": {
      "mycontainer": {
        "image-name": "my/container",
        "wait-strategy": {
          "port": null,
          "log": {
            "regex": ".*Started.*"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

It is possible to configure the all strategy itself:

test-resources.containers.mycontainer.image-name=my/container
test-resources.containers.mycontainer.wait-strategy.port=null
test-resources.containers.mycontainer.wait-strategy.log.regex=.*Started.*
test-resources.containers.mycontainer.wait-strategy.all.timeout=120s
test-resources:
  containers:
    mycontainer:
        image-name: my/container
        wait-strategy:
            port:
            log:
                regex: ".*Started.*"
            all:
              timeout: 120s
[test-resources]
  [test-resources.containers]
    [test-resources.containers.mycontainer]
      image-name="my/container"
      [test-resources.containers.mycontainer.wait-strategy]
        [test-resources.containers.mycontainer.wait-strategy.log]
          regex=".*Started.*"
        [test-resources.containers.mycontainer.wait-strategy.all]
          timeout="120s"
testResources {
  containers {
    mycontainer {
      imageName = "my/container"
      waitStrategy {
        port = null
        log {
          regex = ".*Started.*"
        }
        all {
          timeout = "120s"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
{
  test-resources {
    containers {
      mycontainer {
        image-name = "my/container"
        wait-strategy {
          port = null
          log {
            regex = ".*Started.*"
          }
          all {
            timeout = "120s"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
{
  "test-resources": {
    "containers": {
      "mycontainer": {
        "image-name": "my/container",
        "wait-strategy": {
          "port": null,
          "log": {
            "regex": ".*Started.*"
          },
          "all": {
            "timeout": "120s"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Dependencies between containers

In some cases, your containers may require other containers to be started before they start. You can declare such dependencies with the depends-on property:

test-resources.containers.mycontainer.image-name=my/container
test-resources.containers.mycontainer.depends-on=other
test-resources.containers.other.image-name=my/other
test-resources:
  containers:
    mycontainer:
        image-name: "my/container"
        depends-on: other
        # ...
    other:
        image-name: "my/other"
        # ...
[test-resources]
  [test-resources.containers]
    [test-resources.containers.mycontainer]
      image-name="my/container"
      depends-on="other"
    [test-resources.containers.other]
      image-name="my/other"
testResources {
  containers {
    mycontainer {
      imageName = "my/container"
      dependsOn = "other"
    }
    other {
      imageName = "my/other"
    }
  }
}
{
  test-resources {
    containers {
      mycontainer {
        image-name = "my/container"
        depends-on = "other"
      }
      other {
        image-name = "my/other"
      }
    }
  }
}
{
  "test-resources": {
    "containers": {
      "mycontainer": {
        "image-name": "my/container",
        "depends-on": "other"
      },
      "other": {
        "image-name": "my/other"
      }
    }
  }
}

It’s worth noting that such containers need to be declared on the same network in order to be able to communicate with each other.

Dependencies between containers only work between generic containers. It is not possible to create a dependency between a generic container and a container created with the other test resources resolvers. For example, you cannot add a dependency on a container which provides a MySQL database by adding a depends-on: mysql.

5 Micronaut Test extensions

Micronaut Test Resources also provides extensions to Micronaut Test to support more advanced use cases. The core extension provides a way to expand the set of test properties available to tests, while the JUnit Platform extension provides ways to isolate resources needed by different tests.

5.1 Core extension

In order to use the core extension, you need to add this dependency to your build:

testImplementation("io.micronaut.testresources:micronaut-test-resources-extensions-core")
<dependency>
    <groupId>io.micronaut.testresources</groupId>
    <artifactId>micronaut-test-resources-extensions-core</artifactId>
    <scope>test</scope>
</dependency>

Expanding the set of test properties

Micronaut Test resources is capable of supplying the values of properties which are missing from your configuration when you execute tests. For example, if the property datasources.default.url is missing, then the service will be called, a database will be provisioned and made available to your application. However, there is one assumption: these properties are only available once the application context is available.

In some cases, you may need to expand the set of properties available to tests before the application under test is started (or before the application context is available). In Micronaut, a test property can be supplied by implementing the io.micronaut.test.support.TestPropertyProvider interface, for example:

class MyTest implements TestPropertyProvider {

    // ...
    Map<String, String> getProperties() {
        return Map.of(
                "myapp.someProperty", "value"
        );
    }
}

However, a TestPropertyProvider cannot access values which are provided by Micronaut Test Resources, or values which are available in your configuration files, which means that you cannot compute a new property based on the value of other properties.

The Micronaut test core extension offers an alternative mechanism to solve this problem: you can annotate a test with @TestResourcesProperties and provide a couple arguments:

  • the list of test resource properties which you need to compute your property

  • a class which is responsible for deriving new values from the set of available test properties

To illustrate this, imagine a test which needs to access a RabbitMQ cluster. Micronaut test resources will not provide a rabbitmq.servers.product-cluster.port, but does provide a rabbitmq.url property. What we need is therefore a provider which will compute the value of rabbitmq.servers.product-cluster.port from that rabbitmq.url property.

This has to be done before the application is started, so we can use @TestResourcesProperties for this. First, annotate your test with:

@MicronautTest
@TestResourcesProperties(
    value = "rabbitmq.uri",
    providers = ConnectionSpec.RabbitMQProvider.class
)
class ConnectionSpec {
    // ...
}

Next implement the RabbitMQProvider type (here it’s done as a nested class in the test but there’s no limitation about where to find it):

    @ReflectiveAccess
    public static class RabbitMQProvider implements TestResourcesPropertyProvider {
        @Override
        public Map<String, String> provide(Map<String, Object> testProperties) {
            String uri = (String) testProperties.get("rabbitmq.uri");
            return Map.of(
                "rabbitmq.servers.product-cluster.port", String.valueOf(URI.create(uri).getPort())
            );
        }
    }

A test resources property provider can access:

  • the list of properties requested via the value of @TestResourcesProperties

  • the list of properties which are available in your configuration files

In this case, we are computing the value of rabbitmq.servers.product-cluster.port from the rabbitmq.uri and return it as a single map entry, which will be added to the set of test properties.

5.2 JUnit Platform

In order to use the JUnit Platform extension, you need to add this dependency to your build:

testImplementation("io.micronaut.testresources:micronaut-test-resources-extensions-junit-platform")
<dependency>
    <groupId>io.micronaut.testresources</groupId>
    <artifactId>micronaut-test-resources-extensions-junit-platform</artifactId>
    <scope>test</scope>
</dependency>

This extension is compatible with test frameworks which use JUnit Platform, which means in particular all test frameworks supported by Micronaut:

Isolating test resources

By default, Micronaut Test Resources will share test resources for a whole test suite. For example, if 2 tests need a MySQL container, then the first test will start the container, and the next step will reuse that container. The main advantage is that you don’t pay the cost of starting a container twice (or more), which can dramatically speed up test suites. The responsibility of shutting down resources is delegated to the build tools (e.g Gradle or Maven), which do this at the end of the build. The advantage of this is that not only a test container can be shared by different tests of a test suite, but it can be shared by different tasks of a single build. In particular, this allows sharing a container between JVM tests and native tests: the container will be started at the beginning of the build, and reused for native tests.

While this behavior is usually preferred, there are situations where you may want to isolate tests, for example:

  1. when your test requires a dedicated container with a different configuration from the other tests

  2. when it’s difficult to clean up the state of a container after a test is executed

  3. when your tests spawn many different containers and that resource consumption becomes too high

For example, you may have an application which runs tests on different databases. By using the default behavior, it would mean that a database container would be started for each database, then left over even when the suite which tests that database is done. In order to reduce consumption, you can now use the @TestResourcesScope annotation to declare the scope of test resources.

The easiest is to use an explicit name for a scope:

@TestResourcesScope("my scope")
class MyTest {
    @Test
    void testSomething() {
        // ...
    }
}

When using this annotation, all tests which are using the same scope will share the test resources of that scope. Once the last test which requires that scope is finished, test resources of that scope are automatically closed.

In addition to an explicit name, it is possible to supply a naming strategy:

@TestResourcesScope(namingStrategy = MyStrategy)
class MyTest {
    @Test
    void testSomething() {
        // ...
    }
}

Test resources come with 2 built-in strategies:

  • ScopeNamingStrategy.TestClassName will use the name of the test class as the scope, which means in practice that the resources are exclusive to this test class

  • ScopeNamingStrategy.PackageName will use the name of the package of the test, which can be handy if all the tests which are in a common package share the same resources.

Known limitations of @TestResourcesScope

  • a test can only use single scope: it is not possible to have a test which requires multiple scopes, but nested test classes can override the scope of their parent test class

  • scopes are handled per process (e.g per JVM), which means that if 2 tests use the same scope but are executed on different JVMs, then the scope will be closed independently in these JVMs.

The 2nd point is important to understand as the test resources service runs independently of your test suite. This means in practice that if 2 tests executed in 2 different processes, then as soon as the first process has finished all tests which use that scope, the scope will be closed on the common server. While test resources can recover from that situation by spawning a new test resource when the 2nd process will need it, it is possible that a scope is closed while a test is running in a different process.

For this reason, we recommend to make sure that you only use this feature if you are not splitting your test suite on multiple processes, which can happen if you use forkEvery in Gradle or parallel test execution with the Surefire Maven plugin. Similarly, using the test distribution plugin of Gradle will trigger the same problem.

In practice, this may not be an issue for your use cases, depending on how you use scopes.

6 Debugging

6.1 Running the test resources service in debug mode

The test resources service runs as a separate service, on its own process.

Debugging the test resources service is currently only supported via the Gradle plugin. This can be configured using the following code:

tasks.named("internalStartTestResourcesService") {
    debugServer = true
}
tasks.internalStartTestResourcesService {
    debugServer.set(true)
}

Alternatively, you may want to add the test resources control panel.

6.2 Control Panel

This module adds a Micronaut Control Panel to the test resources server.

When added, the control panel module will be available on /control-panel of the test resources service. For example, at startup, you will see the following message:

Test Resources control panel can be browsed at http://localhost:40701/control-panel

This URL can only be accessed from the local host. It provides information about:

  • the Docker environment (status and containers which have been started)

  • the test resources modules which are loaded in the test resources service (one for each test resource)

  • the properties which have been resolved by each test resources provider

For example, it is possible to determine the database URL, username and password which were resolved by browsing to the corresponding test resources panel:

test resources panel

Note that the control panel cannot show properties before the application has tried to resolve them, because the value of the properties depends on the request context. That request context is displayed

7 Architecture

Micronaut Test Resources essentially consists of:

  • a test resource server, which is responsible for service "test provisioning requests"

  • a thin test resource client, which is injected in the classpath of the application under test

  • test resources support modules, which are injected on the server classpath by build tools, based on inference and configuration

The client is responsible for resolving "missing properties". For example, if a bean needs the value of the datasources.default.url property and that this property isn’t set, then the client will issue a request on the test resources server to give the value of that property. As a side effect of providing the value, a database container may be started.

7.1 The test resources server

The Micronaut Test Resources server is a service which is responsible for handling the lifecycle of test resources.

For example, a MySQL database may need to be started when the tests start, and shutdown at the end of the build.

For this purpose, the test resource server must be started before the application under test starts, and shutdown after test resources are no longer needed.

It means, for example, that with Gradle continuous builds, the test resources server would outlive a single build, making it possible to develop your application while not paying the price of starting a container on each build.

7.1.1 Sharing containers between independent builds

By default, a server will be spawned for each build, and shutdown at the end of a build (or after several builds if using the continuous mode in Gradle).

However, what if you have several projects and that you want to share test resources between them? As an example, you might have a project which consists of a Kafka publisher and another project with a Kafka consumer. If they don’t use the same Kafka server, then they won’t be able to communicate with each other.

The solution to this problem is to use a shared server. By default builds would spawn a server per build on a different port, but if you specify a port explicitly, then both builds will use the same server.

If you use a shared server, then you must make sure that the first build to start the server provides all the support modules.

7.1.2 Configuring the server

Docker Client creation timeout

The test-resources server communicates with Docker via a docker client. By default, creation of this client is expected to take less than 10 seconds. However, under certain circumstances (limited resources, docker in docker, etc.), this may take longer. To configure the timeout, you can pass a system property docker.check.timeout.seconds or an environment variable TEST_RESOURCES_DOCKER_CHECK_TIMEOUT_SECONDS with the number of seconds you require.

7.2 The test resources client

The Micronaut Test Resources client is a lightweight client which connects to the test resources server. It basically delegates requests of property resolution from Micronaut to the server.

This client is automatically injected on the application classpath in development mode or during tests. As a user, you should never have to deal with this module directly.

7.3 Embedded test resources

The embedded test resources module is used by the Test Resources Server internally. It is responsible for aggregating several test resources resolvers and providing a unified interface to the test resources.

It is possible for an application to use the embedded test resources module directly instead of using the server and the client. However, we don’t recommend it because it would enhance the application classpath with unnecessary dependencies: each of the test resource resolver would add dependencies on the application that you may not want, potentially introducing conflicts.

The client/server model is designed to avoid this situation, while offering a more fine-grained control over the lifecycle of the test resources.

7.4 Implementing a test resource

In case the provided test resources are not enough, or if you have to tweak the configuration of test resources in such a way that is not possible via simple configuration (for example, you might need to execute commands in a test container, which is not supported), you can implement your own test resource resolver.

In the general case, test resources are not loaded in the same process as your tests: they will be loaded in a service which runs independently. As a consequence, it is a mistake to put their implementation in your test source set (that is to say in src/test/java for example). Therefore, depending on the build tool you use, test resources must either be implemented in the src/testResources source set (Gradle) or in a separate project/module (Maven or Gradle).

A test resource resolver is loaded at application startup, before the ApplicationContext is available, and therefore cannot use traditional Micronaut dependency injection.

Therefore, a test resource resolver is a service implementing the TestResourcesResolver interface.

For test resources which make use of Testcontainers, you may extend the base AbstractTestContainersProvider class.

In addition, you need to declare the resolver for service loading, by adding your implementation type name in the META-INF/services/io.micronaut.testresources.core.TestResourcesResolver file.

Lifecycle

At application startup

Implementing a test resources resolver requires to understand the lifecycle of resolvers. An initial step is done when the resolvers are loaded (for example in the server process)

  1. test resource resolvers are loaded via service loading

  2. the TestResourcesResolver#getRequiredPropertyEntries() method is called on a resolver. This method should return a list of property entries that the resolver needs to know about in order to determine which properties it can resolve. For example, a datasource URL resolver must know the names of the datasources before it can tell what properties it can resolve. Therefore, it would return datasources to this method.

  3. the TestResourcesResolver#getResolvableProperties method is called, with a couple maps:

    • the first map contains at the key the name of a "required property entry" from the call in 2. For example, datasources. The value is the list of entries for that property. For example, [default, users, books].

    • the second map contains the whole test-resources configuration from the application, as a flat map of properties.

The resolver can then return a list of properties that it can resolve. For example, datasources.default.url, datasources.users.url, datasources.books.url, etc.

When a property needs to be resolved

At this stage, we know all properties that resolvers are able to resolve. So whenever Micronaut will encounter a property without value, it will ask the resolvers to resolve it. This is done in 2 steps:

  1. the TestResourceResolver#getRequiredProperties is called with the expression being resolved. It gives a chance to the resolver to tell what other properties it needs to read before resolving the expression. For example, a database resolver may need to read the datasources.default.db-type property before it can resolve the datasources.default.url property, so that it can tell if it’s actually capable of handling that database type or not.

  2. the resolve method is called with the expression being resolved, the map of resolved properties from 1. and the whole configuration map of the test-resources from the application.

It is the responsibility of the TestResourcesResolver to check, when resolve is called, that it can actually resolve the supplied expression. Do not assume that it will be called with an expression that it can resolve. If, for some reason, the resolver cannot resolve the expression then Optional#empty() should be returned, otherwise the test resource resolver can return the resolved value.

As part of the resolution, a test resource may be started (for example a container).

8 Guides

See the following guides to learn more. They demonstrate using Testcontainers, followed by the simplification of using Test Resources instead.

9 Repository

You can find the source code of this project in this repository:

https://github.com/micronaut-projects/micronaut-test-resources