diff --git a/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-boot-features.adoc b/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-boot-features.adoc index 9b0d37a500d..033c0a7e868 100644 --- a/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-boot-features.adoc +++ b/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-boot-features.adoc @@ -2000,6 +2000,27 @@ in order to run your integration tests using random ports. For example: See <> for a description of how you can discover the actual port that was allocated for the duration of the tests. +[[boot-features-testing-spring-boot-applications-with-spock]] +==== Using Spock to test Spring Boot applications + +If you wish to use Spock to test a Spring Boot application then you cannot use the +`@SpringApplicationConfiguration` annotation that was +<> as Spock +https://code.google.com/p/spock/issues/detail?id=349[does not find the +`@ContextConfiguration` meta-annotation]. To work around +this limitation, you should use the `@ContextConfiguration` annotation directly and +configure it to use the Spring Boot-specfic context loader: + +[source,groovy,indent=0] +---- + @ContextConfiguration(loader = SpringApplicationContextLoader.class) + class ExampleSpec extends Specification { + + // ... + + } +---- + [[boot-features-test-utilities]]