The modifications to DefaultMockMvcBuilder performed in conjunction with SPR-12553 introduced a breaking change: the WebApplicationContext supplied to DefaultMockMvcBuilder's constructor was *always* stored in the ServletContext as the root WebApplicationContext, overwriting a root WebApplicationContext that had been set by the user or by the Spring TestContext Framework (TCF) -- for example, in AbstractGenericWebContextLoader. Consequently, the changes in SPR-12553 cause tests that use @ContextHierarchy to fail if web components rely on the correct WebApplicationContext being stored under the WebApplicationContext#ROOT_WEB_APPLICATION_CONTEXT_ATTRIBUTE key. This commit reverts the breaking changes introduced in SPR-12553: if the root WebApplicationContext has already been set in the ServletContext of the WebApplicationContext supplied to DefaultMockMvcBuilder, no action is taken. Furthermore, this commit introduces new code to address the initial intent of SPR-12553. Specifically, if the root WebApplicationContext has NOT been set in the ServletContext of the WebApplicationContext supplied to DefaultMockMvcBuilder, the application context hierarchy will be traversed in search of the root WebApplicationContext, and the root WebApplicationContext will then be stored under the ROOT_WEB_APPLICATION_CONTEXT_ATTRIBUTE key. Issue: SPR-13075, SPR-12553
Spring Framework
The Spring Framework provides a comprehensive programming and configuration model for modern Java-based enterprise applications -- on any kind of deployment platform. A key element of Spring is infrastructural support at the application level: Spring focuses on the "plumbing" of enterprise applications so that teams can focus on application-level business logic, without unnecessary ties to specific deployment environments.
The framework also serves as the foundation for Spring Integration, Spring Batch and the rest of the Spring family of projects. Browse the repositories under the Spring organization on GitHub for a full list.
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below, ./gradlew is invoked from the root of the source tree and serves as
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Prerequisites
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Check out sources
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