Remove mentions of JUnit 4

This commit removes all mentions of JUnit 4 from the Javadoc and
reference documentation. It also harmonizes to simply refers to JUnit.

Closes gh-47228
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Stéphane Nicoll
2025-09-19 15:29:11 +02:00
parent 8d000e008f
commit 3b98af30f5
26 changed files with 11 additions and 63 deletions
@@ -142,8 +142,7 @@ Note that some features (such as detecting the default value or deprecated items
[[features.kotlin.testing]]
== Testing
While it is possible to use JUnit 4 to test Kotlin code, JUnit 5 is provided by default and is recommended.
JUnit 5 enables a test class to be instantiated once and reused for all of the class's tests.
JUnit enables a test class to be instantiated once and reused for all of the class's tests.
This makes it possible to use javadoc:org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeAll[format=annotation] and javadoc:org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterAll[format=annotation] annotations on non-static methods, which is a good fit for Kotlin.
To mock Kotlin classes, https://mockk.io/[MockK] is recommended.
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Most developers use the `spring-boot-starter-test` starter, which imports both S
[TIP]
====
If you have tests that use JUnit 4, JUnit 5's vintage engine can be used to run them.
If you have tests that still use JUnit 4, JUnit's vintage engine can be used to run them.
To use the vintage engine, add a dependency on `junit-vintage-engine`, as shown in the following example:
[source,xml]
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ Spring Boot provides a javadoc:org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootT
The annotation works by xref:testing/spring-boot-applications.adoc#testing.spring-boot-applications.detecting-configuration[creating the javadoc:org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext[] used in your tests through javadoc:org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication[]].
In addition to javadoc:org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest[format=annotation] a number of other annotations are also provided for xref:testing/spring-boot-applications.adoc#testing.spring-boot-applications.autoconfigured-tests[testing more specific slices] of an application.
TIP: If you are using JUnit 4, do not forget to also add `@RunWith(SpringRunner.class)` to your test, otherwise the annotations will be ignored.
If you are using JUnit 5, there is no need to add the equivalent `@ExtendWith(SpringExtension.class)` as javadoc:org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest[format=annotation] and the other `@...Test` annotations are already annotated with it.
If you are using JUnit, there is no need to add the equivalent `@ExtendWith(SpringExtension.class)` as javadoc:org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest[format=annotation] and the other `@...Test` annotations are already annotated with it.
By default, javadoc:org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest[format=annotation] will not start a server.
You can use the `webEnvironment` attribute of javadoc:org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest[format=annotation] to further refine how your tests run:
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
The `spring-boot-starter-test` starter (in the `test` `scope`) contains the following provided libraries:
* https://junit.org/junit5/[JUnit 5]: The de-facto standard for unit testing Java applications.
* https://junit.org/junit5/[JUnit]: The de-facto standard for unit testing Java applications.
* {url-spring-framework-docs}/testing/integration.html[Spring Test] & Spring Boot Test: Utilities and integration test support for Spring Boot applications.
* https://assertj.github.io/doc/[AssertJ]: A fluent assertion library.
* https://github.com/hamcrest/JavaHamcrest[Hamcrest]: A library of matcher objects (also known as constraints or predicates).