[[using-shell-testing-basics]]
= Basics

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Spring Shell provides a number of utilities and annotations to help when testing your application.
Test support is provided by two modules: `spring-shell-test` contains core items, and
`spring-shell-test-autoconfigure` supports auto-configuration for tests.

To test _interactive_ commands.

[source, java, indent=0]
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include::{snippets}/TestingSnippets.java[tag=testing-shelltest-interactive]
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To test _non-interactive_ commands.

[source, java, indent=0]
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include::{snippets}/TestingSnippets.java[tag=testing-shelltest-noninteractive]
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