Case Study

Transactional Test Data

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Here is an excerpt from PetStoreImplTransactionTest.xml, which holds the data values used for the test. PetStoreImplTransactionTest.xml (excerpt) 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE beans PUBLIC "-//SPRING//DTD BEAN//EN" "http://www.springframework.org/dtd/spring-beans.dtd">
<beans>
	
	<import resource="classpath:AccountData.xml"/>
	<import resource="classpath:ItemData.xml"/>
	<import resource="classpath:LineItemData.xml"/>
	<import resource="classpath:ProductData.xml"/>
	<import resource="classpath:serviceContext.xml"/>
	
	<bean id="petStoreImplTransactionTest" class="org.springunit.framework.SpringUnitContext">
		<property name="data">
			<map>
				<entry key="testInsertOrder">
					<map>
						<entry key="lineItems">
							<list>
								<ref bean="lineItem1"/>
								<ref bean="lineItem2"/>
								<ref bean="lineItem3"/>
							</list>
						</entry>
						<entry key="order">
							<ref bean="order101"/>
						</entry>
						<entry key="expectedTotalPrice">
							<value type="double">81.00</value>
						</entry>
						<entry key="prepopulated">
							<map>
								<entry key="products">
									<list>
										<ref bean="product101"/>
										<ref bean="product102"/>
										<ref bean="product103"/>
										<ref bean="product104"/>
										<ref bean="product105"/>
										<ref bean="product106"/>
										<ref bean="product107"/>
									</list>
								</entry>
								<entry key="categories">
									<list>
										<ref bean="category101"/>
										<ref bean="category102"/>
										<ref bean="category103"/>
										<ref bean="category104"/>
									</list>
								</entry>
								<entry key="items">
									<list>
										<ref bean="item101"/>
										<ref bean="item102"/>
										<ref bean="item103"/>
										<ref bean="item104"/>
									</list>
								</entry>
							</map>
						</entry>
					</map>
				</entry>
				<!-- other entries omitted -->
			</map>
		</property>
	</bean>
	
</beans>
As we have seen in many examples, the test makes use of reused test data values, such as Products, Items, and Categorys. The data values that comprise the "prepopulated" entry are inserted (transactionally) into the database before calling insertOrder. How that is done will be shown next. Before going on, a subtle point worth noting is that the implementation of PetStoreFacade used by the test is among the beans imported by serviceContext.xml. Remember that that class is configured with transactional behavior using Spring's AOP capability. The same is true for the AdministrationService.
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