JUnit Tools 4 Spring

Tool for helping the developers to write simple and maintainable unit tests with minimal effort on the tedious part and let them focus on the important part of the tests.

This plugin promotes the “Test First” approach. Creates a well-structured test method skeleton from the method signature with gherkin-styled blocks.

• given-when-then blocks (Gherkin style)
  • given: pre-initialized parameter values
  • when: method is called
  • then: assert for return value

Additional features

• using Mockito runner for fast test execution
• mock dependencies of the tested class
• using TestValueFactory for effortless but consistent input value creation, see samples below
• using JSON comparison for checking complex result types instead of endless asserts on each single field value
• customization through preferences

Spring support

• using Spring testing annotations if that is preferred or needed
• enhanced rest endpoint testing with MockMvc

See more details and code samples on the update site: https://csorbazoli.github.io/junit-tools-updatesite/

Important note / disclaimer

This plugin has reasonable default settings for creating test method skeletons, but you'll need to extend and fine-tune those settings based on the ever-changing requirements of your specific project. The plugin has a configurable set of default values for the input parameters, imports, naming conventions, etc. Feel free to adjust these settings according to your needs.

Please remember, that testing is a continuous effort that is part of the development task. The test implementation evolves with the production code, just like the tools we use.