Support constructor injection when using Spring with @Qualifier

[tuegeb]

• Version of JMockit that was used: 1.24
• Description of the problem or enhancement request:
  Support constructor injection when using Spring with @Qualifier. Real (unmocked) instance of the type which corresponds to the chosen qualifier, should satisfy the constructor of the tested class.

Currently this test fails:

public class ClassWithQualifiedSpringDependencyTest {
    @Tested(fullyInitialized = true)
    ClassWithQualifiedDependency tested;

    @BeforeClass
    public static void prepare() {
        Dependency.class.getName();
    }

    @Test
    public void testInjection() {
        assertNotNull(tested);
        assertNotNull(tested.getDependency());
        assertSame(tested.getDependency().getClass(), Dependency.class);
    }

    @Service
    public class ClassWithQualifiedDependency {
        private IDependency dependency;

        @Autowired
        public ClassWithQualifiedDependency(@Qualifier("commonDependency") IDependency d) {
            this.dependency = d;
        }

        public IDependency getDependency() {
            return dependency;
        }
    }

    public interface IDependency {
    }

    @Service("commonDependency")
    public class Dependency implements IDependency {
    }

    @Service("lessCommonDependency")
    public class Dependency2 implements IDependency {
    }
}

The following exception is thrown:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: No constructor in tested class that can be satisfied by available injectables public ClassWithQualifiedSpringDependencyTest$ClassWithQualitfiedDependency(ClassWithQualifiedSpringDependencyTest,ClassWithQualifiedSpringDependencyTest$IDependency) disregarded because parameter names are not available at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit4.runner.JUnit4TestReference.run(JUnit4TestReference.java:86) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.TestExecution.run(TestExecution.java:38) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.runTests(RemoteTestRunner.java:459) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.runTests(RemoteTestRunner.java:675) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.run(RemoteTestRunner.java:382) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.main(RemoteTestRunner.java:192)

[rliesenfeld]

@Qualifier is already supported, but Spring's @Service/@Repository/@Component/@Controller/@Primary is not.

However, I believe a better solution will be to improve the support for @Tested object reuse. With that, the test class would be written as:

public class ClassWithQualifiedSpringDependencyTest {
    @Tested(fullyInitialized = true) Dependency commonDependency;
    @Tested(fullyInitialized = true) ClassWithQualifiedDependency tested;

    @Test
    public void testInjection() {
        assertNotNull(tested);
        assertNotNull(tested.getDependency());
        assertSame(tested.getDependency().getClass(), Dependency.class);
    }
}

... where the "commonDependency" tested object would be reused for the dependency in the other tested object. This already works, provided other classes implementing the interface haven't been loaded yet.

[tuegeb]

Thanks, that sounds good. It is not always possible to control which implementation classes will be loaded before the test execution: It would be helpful, if the preferred implementation class could optionally be set via an attribute in the annotation. Example:

@Tested(fullyInitialized = true, 
        preferredClass = Dependency.class)
IDependency commonDependency;
@Tested(fullyInitialized = true)
ClassWithQualitfiedDependency tested;

[rliesenfeld]

You will be able to use the implementation class (Dependency) as the type for the @Tested field, so this "preferredClass" attribute won't be necessary.

[tuegeb]

That is even better, as it is much more intuitive.

[tuegeb]

Many thanks for the implementation of this great enhancement.