Testing with spring-test-mvc jsonpath returns null

Question

I am using Spring\'s \"spring-test-mvc\" library to test web controllers. I have a very simple controller that returns a JSON array. Then in my test I have:

Answer 1

If you add the json path dependency to maven, or add the jar to your lib, then it will work. I think that Spring is not including the jsonPath dependency in the latest Spring 3.2.0 RC1 release. I'm guessing that this is the same for Spring-Test-MVC standalone project as well.

Here is the dependency for Maven:

    com.jayway.jsonpath
    json-path
    0.8.1
    test

You might also need the hamcrest library to use the jsonPath("$.test").value("test")

    org.hamcrest
    hamcrest-library
    1.3
    test