Grails bootstrap on integration tests

Question

Im trying to insert some test data into my database, for which a class called BootStrapTest does the work.

In my BootStrap.groovy file its called like this

environments {
            test {
                println "Test environment"
                println "Executing BootStrapTest"
                new BootStrapTest().init()
                println "Finished BootStrapTest"
            }

        }

However, when I run my integration tests, this code doesnt execute. I've read that integration tests should bootstrap, so i'm quite confused.

I saw some invasive solutions, such as modifying the TestApp.groovy script, but I would imagine that there is a road through conf to achieve this. Also read this SO question and this one as well, but didn't quite get it.

Maybe i'm misunderstanding something, I'm having a lot of trouble with grails testing. If it brings anything to the table, im using Intelli JIdea as an IDE.

Any thoughts will be appreciated.

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

All bootstrap code must be called from the Init closure. So this version should work:

import grails.util.Environment

class BootStrap {  
    def init = { servletContext ->
        // init app
        if (Environment.current == Environment.TEST) {
            println "Test environment"
            println "Executing BootStrapTest"
            new BootStrapTest().init()
            println "Finished BootStrapTest"

        }
    }

    def destroy = {
        // destroy app
    }

}

Alternatively, you could have a seperate bootstrap file for inserting test data, rather than calling BootStrapTest.init(). Any class in the grails-app/conf folder which is named *BootStrap.groovy (e.g., TestBootStrap.groovy) is run in the bootstrap phase. See http://www.grails.org/Bootstrap+Classes