Introducing Spring Framework

Chapter 7 ■ Testing Your Spring Application
Extension: .url
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2014-02-16 17:46:45,839 DEBUG [main] End Result:[Lcom.apress.isf.java.model.
Document;@bdd6a16
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Document@755fd06f, com.apress.isf.java.model.Document@656d639c, com.apress.isf.java.model.
Document@70a6cac9, com.apress.isf.java.model.Document@564b8be6]
2014-02-16 17:46:45,840 DEBUG [main] End Result: [com.apress.isf.java.model.
Document@564b8be6]
2014-02-16 17:46:45,840 DEBUG [main] Start Params:
2014-02-16 17:46:45,840 DEBUG [main] Start Params:
2014-02-16 17:46:45,840 DEBUG [main] End Result:[Lcom.apress.isf.java.model.
Document;@79cdd54c
2014-02-16 17:46:45,840 DEBUG [main] End Result: [com.apress.isf.java.model.
Document@755fd06f, com.apress.isf.java.model.Document@656d639c, com.apress.isf.java.model.
Document@70a6cac9, com.apress.isf.java.model.Document@564b8be6]
This annotated feature simplifies and reduces the number of lines in your code, which makes it easier to read and
understand. It also lets you focus on the real test.
Using Profiles
In Chapter 6, you saw how to use resource files, such as Properties files, that can help you to separate particular
properties (for example, username, passwords, database connections, etc.) for different environments, such as
Production or QA. Now, this is a nice solution if your project is small and doesn’t require too many changes, but what
happens when you have a very large project and you have some beans that should be available only in QA or other
beans in Production? The Spring Framework team must have had this in mind because with version 3.1 they added
the Profiles feature to the Spring container. The Profiles feature can help you to separate environments and gives you
an even better and easier way to test them.
Let’s start modifying your test and see how the Profiles feature works. Let’s look at your XML configuration using
Profiles (as shown in Listing 7-2).
Listing 7-2. mydocuments-profiles-context.xml
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