[SPR-6104] @TestExecutionListeners now supports a 'listeners' alias for its existing 'value' attribute.

org.springframework.test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/context/TestContext.java

@@ -245,13 +245,10 @@ public class TestContext extends AttributeAccessorSupport {
 			String[] valueLocations = contextConfiguration.value();
 			String[] locations = contextConfiguration.locations();
 			if (!ObjectUtils.isEmpty(valueLocations) && !ObjectUtils.isEmpty(locations)) {
-				String msg = "Test class ["
-						+ declaringClass
-						+ "] has been configured with @ContextConfiguration's 'value' ["
-						+ ObjectUtils.nullSafeToString(valueLocations)
-						+ "] and 'locations' ["
-						+ ObjectUtils.nullSafeToString(locations)
-						+ "] attributes. Only one declaration of resource locations is permitted per @ContextConfiguration annotation.";
+				String msg = String.format(
+					"Test class [%s] has been configured with @ContextConfiguration's 'value' [%s] and 'locations' [%s] attributes. Only one declaration of resource locations is permitted per @ContextConfiguration annotation.",
+					declaringClass, ObjectUtils.nullSafeToString(valueLocations),
+					ObjectUtils.nullSafeToString(locations));
 				logger.error(msg);
 				throw new IllegalStateException(msg);
 			}

org.springframework.test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/context/TestContextManager.java

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import org.springframework.beans.BeanUtils;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotationUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+import org.springframework.util.ObjectUtils;
 
 /**
  * <p>
@@ -201,9 +202,23 @@ public class TestContextManager {
 					logger.trace("Retrieved @TestExecutionListeners [" + testExecutionListeners
 							+ "] for declaring class [" + declaringClass + "].");
 				}
-				Class<? extends TestExecutionListener>[] classes = testExecutionListeners.value();
-				if (classes != null) {
-					classesList.addAll(0, Arrays.<Class<? extends TestExecutionListener>> asList(classes));
+
+				Class<? extends TestExecutionListener>[] valueListenerClasses = testExecutionListeners.value();
+				Class<? extends TestExecutionListener>[] listenerClasses = testExecutionListeners.listeners();
+				if (!ObjectUtils.isEmpty(valueListenerClasses) && !ObjectUtils.isEmpty(listenerClasses)) {
+					String msg = String.format(
+						"Test class [%s] has been configured with @TestExecutionListeners' 'value' [%s] and 'listeners' [%s] attributes. Use one or the other, but not both.",
+						declaringClass, ObjectUtils.nullSafeToString(valueListenerClasses),
+						ObjectUtils.nullSafeToString(listenerClasses));
+					logger.error(msg);
+					throw new IllegalStateException(msg);
+				}
+				else if (!ObjectUtils.isEmpty(valueListenerClasses)) {
+					listenerClasses = valueListenerClasses;
+				}
+
+				if (listenerClasses != null) {
+					classesList.addAll(0, Arrays.<Class<? extends TestExecutionListener>> asList(listenerClasses));
 				}
 				declaringClass = (testExecutionListeners.inheritListeners() ? AnnotationUtils.findAnnotationDeclaringClass(
 					annotationType, declaringClass.getSuperclass())

org.springframework.test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/context/TestExecutionListeners.java

@@ -52,7 +52,12 @@ public @interface TestExecutionListeners {
 	 * @see org.springframework.test.context.support.DirtiesContextTestExecutionListener
 	 * @see org.springframework.test.context.transaction.TransactionalTestExecutionListener
 	 */
-	Class<? extends TestExecutionListener>[] value();
+	Class<? extends TestExecutionListener>[] listeners() default {};
+
+	/**
+	 * Alias for {@link #listeners() listeners}.
+	 */
+	Class<? extends TestExecutionListener>[] value() default {};
 
 	/**
 	 * <p>