Improve caching documentation with regards to running tests

Closes gh-48529

spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/antora/modules/reference/pages/io/caching.adoc

@@ -4,11 +4,14 @@
 The Spring Framework provides support for transparently adding caching to an application.
 At its core, the abstraction applies caching to methods, thus reducing the number of executions based on the information available in the cache.
 The caching logic is applied transparently, without any interference to the invoker.
+For more details, check the {url-spring-framework-docs}/integration/cache.html[relevant section] of the Spring Framework reference documentation.
+
 Spring Boot auto-configures the cache infrastructure as long as caching support is enabled by using the javadoc:org.springframework.cache.annotation.EnableCaching[format=annotation] annotation.
 
-NOTE: Check the {url-spring-framework-docs}/integration/cache.html[relevant section] of the Spring Framework reference for more details.
+TIP: Avoid adding javadoc:org.springframework.cache.annotation.EnableCaching[format=annotation] to the main method's application class.
+Doing so makes caching a mandatory feature, including xref:io/caching.adoc#io.caching.testing[when running a test suite].
 
-In a nutshell, to add caching to an operation of your service add the relevant annotation to its method, as shown in the following example:
+To add caching to an operation of your service add the relevant annotation to its method, as shown in the following example:
 
 include-code::MyMathService[]
 
@@ -48,10 +51,7 @@ If you have not defined a bean of type javadoc:org.springframework.cache.CacheMa
 . xref:io/caching.adoc#io.caching.provider.cache2k[]
 . xref:io/caching.adoc#io.caching.provider.simple[]
 
-Additionally, {url-spring-boot-for-apache-geode-site}[Spring Boot for Apache Geode] provides {url-spring-boot-for-apache-geode-docs}#geode-caching-provider[auto-configuration for using Apache Geode as a cache provider].
-
 TIP: If the javadoc:org.springframework.cache.CacheManager[] is auto-configured by Spring Boot, it is possible to _force_ a particular cache provider by setting the configprop:spring.cache.type[] property.
-Use this property if you need to xref:io/caching.adoc#io.caching.provider.none[use no-op caches] in certain environments (such as tests).
 
 TIP: Use the `spring-boot-starter-cache` starter to quickly add basic caching dependencies.
 The starter brings in `spring-context-support`.
@@ -262,10 +262,6 @@ This is similar to the way the "real" cache providers behave if you use an undec
 [[io.caching.provider.none]]
 === None
 
-When javadoc:org.springframework.cache.annotation.EnableCaching[format=annotation] is present in your configuration, a suitable cache configuration is expected as well.
-If you have a custom ` org.springframework.cache.CacheManager`, consider defining it in a separate javadoc:org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration[format=annotation] class so that you can override it if necessary.
-None uses a no-op implementation that is useful in tests, and slice tests use that by default via javadoc:org.springframework.boot.test.autoconfigure.core.AutoConfigureCache[format=annotation].
-
 If you need to use a no-op cache rather than the auto-configured cache manager in a certain environment, set the cache type to `none`, as shown in the following example:
 
 [configprops,yaml]
@@ -274,3 +270,30 @@ spring:
   cache:
     type: "none"
 ----
+
+
+
+[[io.caching.testing]]
+== Testing
+
+It is generally useful to use a no-op implementation when running a test suite.
+This section lists a number of strategies that are useful for tests.
+
+When a custom javadoc:org.springframework.cache.CacheManager[] is defined, the best option is to make sure that caching configuration is defined in an isolated javadoc:org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration[format=annotation] class.
+Doing so makes sure that caching is not required by slice tests.
+For tests that enable a full context, such as javadoc:org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest[format=annotation], an explicit configuration overriding the regular configuration is required.
+
+If caching is auto-configured, more options are available.
+Slice tests are annotated with javadoc:org.springframework.boot.test.autoconfigure.core.AutoConfigureCache[format=annotation], which replaces the auto-configured javadoc:org.springframework.cache.CacheManager[] by a no-op implementation.
+Integration tests can also benefit from this feature by annotate the relevant test class as follows:
+
+include-code::MyIntegrationTests[]
+
+Another option is to force a no-op implementation for the auto-configured javadoc:org.springframework.cache.CacheManager[]:
+
+[configprops,yaml]
+----
+spring:
+  cache:
+    type: "none"
+----

spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/docs/io/caching/testing/MyIntegrationTests.java

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2012-present the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.boot.docs.io.caching.testing;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.test.autoconfigure.core.AutoConfigureCache;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
+
+@SpringBootTest
+@AutoConfigureCache
+public class MyIntegrationTests {
+
+	// Tests use a no-op cache manager
+
+}

spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/kotlin/org/springframework/boot/docs/io/caching/testing/MyIntegrationTests.kt

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2012-present the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.boot.docs.io.caching.testing
+
+import org.springframework.boot.test.autoconfigure.core.AutoConfigureCache
+import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest
+
+@SpringBootTest
+@AutoConfigureCache
+class MyIntegrationTests {
+
+	// Tests use a no-op cache manager
+
+}

spring-boot-project/spring-boot-test-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/test/autoconfigure/core/AutoConfigureCache.java

@@ -30,11 +30,15 @@ import org.springframework.cache.CacheManager;
 import org.springframework.cache.support.NoOpCacheManager;
 
 /**
- * Annotation that can be applied to a test class to configure a test {@link CacheManager}
- * if none has been defined yet. By default this annotation installs a
- * {@link NoOpCacheManager}.
+ * Annotation that can be applied to a test class to customize the
+ * {@linkplain #cacheProvider() cache provider}. By default, a {@link NoOpCacheManager} is
+ * auto-configured
+ * <p>
+ * As for the regular auto-configuration, this has no effect if a custom
+ * {@link CacheManager} is defined.
  *
  * @author Phillip Webb
+ * @author Stephane Nicoll
  * @since 1.4.0
  */
 @Target(ElementType.TYPE)
@@ -44,6 +48,10 @@ import org.springframework.cache.support.NoOpCacheManager;
 @ImportAutoConfiguration
 public @interface AutoConfigureCache {
 
+	/**
+	 * The {@link CacheType} to configure, overriding the behavior for testing purposes.
+	 * @return the cache type to configure
+	 */
 	@PropertyMapping("spring.cache.type")
 	CacheType cacheProvider() default CacheType.NONE;