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Problem : I have a Web Application which is deployed on tomcat server and I needed to write unit test cases which can test all the controllers. Secondly It internally also hits another Web server using RestTemplate that means for the success of all unit test cases both the applications should be up and running.    Solution : After spending some time on Google, I found that Spring provide a new feature “MockRestServiceServer” by which testing a REST Client is simple. This new feature is in Spring 3.2.x but also available in Spring 3.1.x via the extra jar named “spring-test-mvc”. So, You can test your Spring MVC controllers very easy without starting any Web Application. MockRestServiceServer takes the approach of mocking the server and allowing you to specify expected behavior and responses in your junit test class. It also handles server exception classes. MockRestRequestMatchers offers many hamcrest matchers to check your request URL, headers, HTTP method, an...

This blog will show you how quickly you can  create a Spring MVC project and get it up and running, using the Maven archetype called spring-mvc-archetype . Note: First You should verify that the Maven Integration for FTP is already installed in your eclipse, If not first installed and then create a new project. Steps : In Eclipse IDE, Goto  File > New > Project Select  Maven > Maven Project and click  Next . Make sure you don’t check the option Create a simple project (skip archetype selection) , and click Next . In the next screen, Select Catalog as All Catalogs , Archetype as spring-mvc into the Filter   and select  maven-archetype-webapp in the artifact list as shown below :     In case, If you don't see the above artifact in your Archtype then Click on "Add Archetype" and Add : Archetype Group Id: co.ntier Archetype Artifact Id: spring-mvc-archetype Archetype Version: 1.0.2 Repository URL: http:...

Last week I was getting one issue which was difficult to debug as the product was on EC2 instance. We were wasting lot of time as It was difficult to test and check the actual cause of issue.  Later I decided to attach the Eclipse debugger to my target JVM which is running on some different(EC2 instance) machine with the help of PuTTy ( PuTTY is an SSH and telnet client). Lets start with the steps : 1. Make sure your target JVM is started with these args:         -agentlib:jdwp=transport=dt_socket,address=8001,server=y,suspend=n 2. Create an SSH session into your PuTTy.       Open Putty, Add :          -- IP Address : "YOUR_TARGET_JVM_ADDRESS"         -- PORT : 22         -- Saved Sessions : your session name         -- Choose 'SSH' radio button and Save it.               3. Aft...