spring.test.database.replace property ignored

[snowe2010]

Looking at the annotation AutoConfigureTestDatabase, I should be able to use the property spring.test.database.replace to avoid annotation based configuration for all of my tests (we are using custom postgres dialect and can't get hsqldb to work). Attempting to use this property does not work though. I will attempt to create a project showing the problem later.

[wilkinsona]

Looking at the annotation AutoConfigureTestDatabase, I should be able to use the property spring.test.database.replace to avoid annotation based configuration for all of my tests

What did you see that caused you to draw that conclusion?

The @PropertyMapping annotation controls the mapping of annotation attributes into a PropertySource. This PropertySource is added in first place, thereby taking precedence over other sources. This means that your spring.test.database.replace property is very unlikely to have any effect unless you're customising the environment with another property source and positioning it before the annotations-based property source.

[snowe2010]

Ah I was also getting some information from here, http://www.devthoughts.pl/2016/08/02/datajpatest-from-spring-boot/, but I guess that's wrong then. Is there any way to avoid the annotation based config? I'd rather not have to put an annotation on every test and instead use a property.

[philwebb]

There isn't currently a way to do this. I think it should be possible to create your own meta-annotation if that helps. Something like:

@Target(ElementType.TYPE)
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Documented
@Inherited
@DataJpaTest
@AutoConfigureTestDatabase(replace=Replace.NONE_
public @interface MyDataJpaTest {
}

Doing something like we did for @AutoConfigureMockMvc might be a nice enhancement here. See #6455

[snowe2010]

Ah, darn, I thought that might be the only way. Ok, well thank you for the help then.

[snicoll]

Closing in favour of PR #7560