Testing with Spring 4.x

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Practical walkthrough of Spring Framework 4.0–4.1 testing: shows SocketUtils for finding free TCP/UDP ports, the new TestContext bootstrap and listener merging, programmatic TestTransaction API to end/start test transactions and flagForCommit()/flagForRollback(), declarative @Sql with execution phases and repeatable configs, Groovy-based ApplicationContext loading, MockMvc/JSON assertion upgrades, and embedded DB/script utils with multi‑line comment support — includes code snippets and XML/Java/Groovy examples.

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1. 0:00Intro
2. 0:29Sam Brannen
3. 2:52Agenda
4. 3:36Spring Cleaning in 4.x
5. 4:13Pruning in 4.0
6. 5:38Dependency Upgrades in 4.0
7. 7:03Testing Themes from Spring 3.x (2/2)
8. 10:18Ex: Web Integration Test (1/2)
9. 16:06New in 4.0 (2/3)
10. 20:39New in 4.1 - Context Config
11. 21:15New in 4.1 -Transactions and SQL
12. 21:59New in 4.1 - Bootstrap & TestExecutionListeners
13. 26:16New in 4.1 - Spring MVC Test
14. 27:23New in 4.1 - Odds & Ends
15. 29:38Using SocketUtils in XML Config
16. 32:00Tip: Define Free Port as Bean
17. 34:02Ex: @Active Profiles - Programmatic
18. 34:42Composable Stereotypes - Quick Review
19. 36:17Duplicate Test Configuration == Bad
20. 36:43Custom Test Annotation == Good
21. 37:13Composable Annotations with Overrides
22. 38:57Optional Annotation Attribute Override
23. 40:21Required Annotation Attribute Override
24. 41:13Groovy Beans in Spring
25. 43:32Groovy Scripts for Context Config in Tests
26. 45:29Ex: Groovy Script Config
27. 46:17Ex: Default Groovy Script Detection
28. 47:04Ex: Groovy & XML Config Together
29. 47:45Test Property Sources
30. 49:16@TestProperty Source - locations
31. 51:25@TestProperty Source - properties
32. 52:14Ex: @Test Property Source - properties
33. 53:21Default Properties File Detection
34. 54:21@TestProperty Source - Precedence
35. 55:31Ex: @Test Property Source - locations & properties
36. 56:12Programmatic Transaction Management in Tests
37. 57:18Transactions in Spring

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