@@ -3297,23 +3297,30 @@ is cleared. For further details, see the discussion of `@DirtiesContext` in
32973297
32983298When you use the `DependencyInjectionTestExecutionListener` (which is configured by
32993299default), the dependencies of your test instances are injected from beans in the
3300- application context that you configured with `@ContextConfiguration`. You may use setter
3301- injection, field injection, or both, depending on which annotations you choose and
3302- whether you place them on setter methods or fields. For consistency with the annotation
3303- support introduced in Spring 2.5 and 3.0, you can use Spring's `@Autowired` annotation or
3304- the `@Inject` annotation from JSR 330.
3305-
3306- TIP: The TestContext framework does not instrument the manner in which a test instance is
3307- instantiated. Thus, the use of `@Autowired` or `@Inject` for constructors has no effect
3308- for test classes.
3300+ application context that you configured with `@ContextConfiguration` or related
3301+ annotations. You may use setter injection, field injection, or both, depending on which
3302+ annotations you choose and whether you place them on setter methods or fields. If you are
3303+ using JUnit Jupiter you may also optionally use constructor injection (see
3304+ <<testcontext-junit-jupiter-di>>). For consistency with the annotation support introduced
3305+ in Spring 2.5 and 3.0, you can use Spring's `@Autowired` annotation or the `@Inject`
3306+ annotation from JSR 330 for field and setter injection.
3307+
3308+ TIP: For testing frameworks other than JUnit Jupiter, the TestContext framework does not
3309+ participate in instantiation of the test class. Thus, the use of `@Autowired` or
3310+ `@Inject` for constructors has no effect for test classes.
3311+
3312+ NOTE: Although field injection is discouraged in production code, field injection is
3313+ actually quite natural in test code. The rationale for the difference is that you will
3314+ never instantiate your test class directly. Consequently, there is no need to be able to
3315+ invoke a `public` constructor or setter method on your test class.
33093316
33103317Because `@Autowired` is used to perform <<core.adoc#beans-factory-autowire, autowiring by
33113318type>>, if you have multiple bean definitions of the same type, you cannot rely on this
33123319approach for those particular beans. In that case, you can use `@Autowired` in
33133320conjunction with `@Qualifier`. As of Spring 3.0, you can also choose to use `@Inject` in
33143321conjunction with `@Named`. Alternatively, if your test class has access to its
33153322`ApplicationContext`, you can perform an explicit lookup by using (for example) a call to
3316- `applicationContext.getBean("titleRepository")`.
3323+ `applicationContext.getBean("titleRepository", TitleRepository.class )`.
33173324
33183325If you do not want dependency injection applied to your test instances, do not annotate
33193326fields or setter methods with `@Autowired` or `@Inject`. Alternatively, you can disable
@@ -3329,7 +3336,7 @@ is presented after all sample code listings.
33293336[NOTE]
33303337====
33313338The dependency injection behavior in the following code listings is not specific to JUnit
3332- 4. The same DI techniques can be used in conjunction with any testing framework.
3339+ 4. The same DI techniques can be used in conjunction with any supported testing framework.
33333340
33343341The following examples make calls to static assertion methods, such as `assertNotNull()`,
33353342but without prepending the call with `Assert`. In such cases, assume that the method was
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