A ServletContext is required to configure default servlet handling

Asked on May 09, 2015
Hi all,
I am creating a Spring Test class to test spring security. My configuration class is
@Configuration
@ComponentScan("com.test")
@EnableWebMvc
@Import({ SecurityConfig.class })
public class AppConfig {
}
My spring test class is
@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
@ContextConfiguration(classes = AppConfig.class)
public class SpringTest {
}
While running I am getting the stacktrace as below.
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: A ServletContext is required to configure default servlet handling
at org.springframework.util.Assert.notNull(Assert.java:112) ~[spring-core-4.0.6.RELEASE.jar:4.0.6.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.DefaultServletHandlerConfigurer.<init>(DefaultServletHandlerConfigurer.java:54) ~[spring-webmvc-
4.0.6.RELEASE.jar:4.0.6.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.WebMvcConfigurationSupport.defaultServletHandlerMapping(WebMvcConfigurationSupport.java:346) ~[spring-
webmvc-4.0.6.RELEASE.jar:4.0.6.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.DelegatingWebMvcConfiguration$$EnhancerBySpringCGLIB$$7d2f2a82.CGLIB$defaultServletHandlerMapping$25
(<generated>) ~[spring-core-4.0.6.RELEASE.jar:4.0.6.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.DelegatingWebMvcConfiguration$$EnhancerBySpringCGLIB$$7d2f2a82$$FastClassBySpringCGLIB$$fcc3c112.invoke
(<generated>) ~[spring-core-4.0.6.RELEASE.jar:4.0.6.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.cglib.proxy.MethodProxy.invokeSuper(MethodProxy.java:228) ~[spring-core-4.0.6.RELEASE.jar:4.0.6.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassEnhancer$BeanMethodInterceptor.intercept(ConfigurationClassEnhancer.java:312) ~[spring-context-
4.0.6.RELEASE.jar:4.0.6.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.DelegatingWebMvcConfiguration$$EnhancerBySpringCGLIB$$7d2f2a82.defaultServletHandlerMapping(<generated>)
~[spring-core-4.0.6.RELEASE.jar:4.0.6.RELEASE]
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) ~[na:1.7.0_45]
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57) ~[na:1.7.0_45]
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) ~[na:1.7.0_45]
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606) ~[na:1.7.0_45]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.SimpleInstantiationStrategy.instantiate(SimpleInstantiationStrategy.java:166) ~[spring-beans-
4.0.6.RELEASE.jar:4.0.6.RELEASE]
... 43 common frames omitted

Replied on May 09, 2015
Because of @EnableWebMvc in configuration class, we need to resolve the loading of DelegatingWebMvcConfiguration in SpringTest class.
Annotate SpringTest with @WebAppConfiguration
@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
@ContextConfiguration(classes = AppConfig.class)
@WebAppConfiguration
public class SpringTest {
}

Replied on May 09, 2015
Solved. Thanks.