Set System Property for JUnit Runner (Eclipse) to test a Spring Web App

Question

Our web app uses SystemPropertyPlaceholder to load property files depending on the value of a system property (see below)

The default setup for running it locally is sto

Answer 1

You could try to use depends-on attribute to have method invoking bean run before others

Answer 2

I am working on exactly the same problem now and hopefully found the way. You can call System.setProperty() into the static initializer of your test case.

Answer 3

In Eclipse, right-click the JUnit test class, select Run As > Run Configurations..., then go to Arguments tab, and under VM Arguments, add in the system property entry, e.g. -Dcatalina.base=C:\programs\apache-tomcat-7.0.32