[[testcontext-ctx-management-groovy]]
= Context Configuration with Groovy Scripts

To load an `ApplicationContext` for your tests by using Groovy scripts that use the
xref:core/beans/basics.adoc#beans-factory-groovy[Groovy Bean Definition DSL], you can annotate
your test class with `@ContextConfiguration` and configure the `locations` or `value`
attribute with an array that contains the resource locations of Groovy scripts. Resource
lookup semantics for Groovy scripts are the same as those described for
xref:testing/testcontext-framework/ctx-management/xml.adoc[XML configuration files].

.Enabling Groovy script support
TIP: Support for using Groovy scripts to load an `ApplicationContext` in the Spring
TestContext Framework is enabled automatically if Groovy is on the classpath.

The following example shows how to specify Groovy configuration files:

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Java::
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[source,java,indent=0,subs="verbatim,quotes"]
----
	@ExtendWith(SpringExtension.class)
	// ApplicationContext will be loaded from "/AppConfig.groovy" and
	// "/TestConfig.groovy" in the root of the classpath
	@ContextConfiguration({"/AppConfig.groovy", "/TestConfig.Groovy"}) <1>
	class MyTest {
		// class body...
	}
----
<1> Specifying the location of Groovy configuration files.

Kotlin::
+
[source,kotlin,indent=0,subs="verbatim,quotes"]
----
	@ExtendWith(SpringExtension::class)
	// ApplicationContext will be loaded from "/AppConfig.groovy" and
	// "/TestConfig.groovy" in the root of the classpath
	@ContextConfiguration("/AppConfig.groovy", "/TestConfig.Groovy") // <1>
	class MyTest {
		// class body...
	}
----
<1> Specifying the location of Groovy configuration files.
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If you omit both the `locations` and `value` attributes from the `@ContextConfiguration`
annotation, the TestContext framework tries to detect a default Groovy script.
Specifically, `GenericGroovyXmlContextLoader` and `GenericGroovyXmlWebContextLoader`
detect a default location based on the name of the test class. If your class is named
`com.example.MyTest`, the Groovy context loader loads your application context from
`"classpath:com/example/MyTestContext.groovy"`. The following example shows how to use
the default:

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Java::
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[source,java,indent=0,subs="verbatim,quotes"]
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	@ExtendWith(SpringExtension.class)
	// ApplicationContext will be loaded from
	// "classpath:com/example/MyTestContext.groovy"
	@ContextConfiguration // <1>
	class MyTest {
		// class body...
	}
----
<1> Loading configuration from the default location.

Kotlin::
+
[source,kotlin,indent=0,subs="verbatim,quotes"]
----
	@ExtendWith(SpringExtension::class)
	// ApplicationContext will be loaded from
	// "classpath:com/example/MyTestContext.groovy"
	@ContextConfiguration // <1>
	class MyTest {
		// class body...
	}
----
<1> Loading configuration from the default location.
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.Declaring XML configuration and Groovy scripts simultaneously
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You can declare both XML configuration files and Groovy scripts simultaneously by using
the `locations` or `value` attribute of `@ContextConfiguration`. If the path to a
configured resource location ends with `.xml`, it is loaded by using an
`XmlBeanDefinitionReader`. Otherwise, it is loaded by using a
`GroovyBeanDefinitionReader`.

The following listing shows how to combine both in an integration test:

[tabs]
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Java::
+
[source,java,indent=0,subs="verbatim,quotes"]
----
	@ExtendWith(SpringExtension.class)
	// ApplicationContext will be loaded from
	// "/app-config.xml" and "/TestConfig.groovy"
	@ContextConfiguration({ "/app-config.xml", "/TestConfig.groovy" })
	class MyTest {
		// class body...
	}
----

Kotlin::
+
[source,kotlin,indent=0,subs="verbatim,quotes"]
----
	@ExtendWith(SpringExtension::class)
	// ApplicationContext will be loaded from
	// "/app-config.xml" and "/TestConfig.groovy"
	@ContextConfiguration("/app-config.xml", "/TestConfig.groovy")
	class MyTest {
		// class body...
	}
----
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