JUnit-testing a Spring @Async void service method

Question

I have a Spring service:

@Service
@Transactional
public class SomeService {

    @Async
    public void asyncMethod(Foo foo) {
        // processing takes si         


        

Answer 1

In case your method returns CompletableFuture use join method - documentation CompletableFuture::join.

This method waits for the async method to finish and returns the result. Any encountered exception is rethrown in the main thread.

Answer 2

I have done by injecting ThreadPoolTaskExecutor

and then

executor.getThreadPoolExecutor().awaitTermination(1, TimeUnit.SECONDS);

before verifying results, it as below:

  @Autowired
  private ThreadPoolTaskExecutor executor;

    @Test
    public void testAsyncMethod() {

        Foo testData = prepareTestData();

        someService.asyncMethod(testData);

        executor.getThreadPoolExecutor().awaitTermination(1, TimeUnit.SECONDS);

        verifyResults();
    }

Answer 3

For @Async semantics to be adhered, some active @Configuration class will have the @EnableAsync annotation, e.g.

@Configuration
@EnableAsync
@EnableScheduling
public class AsyncConfiguration implements AsyncConfigurer {

  //

}

To resolve my issue, I introduced a new Spring profile non-async.

If the non-async profile is not active, the AsyncConfiguration is used:

@Configuration
@EnableAsync
@EnableScheduling
@Profile("!non-async")
public class AsyncConfiguration implements AsyncConfigurer {

  // this configuration will be active as long as profile "non-async" is not (!) active

}

If the non-async profile is active, the NonAsyncConfiguration is used:

@Configuration
// notice the missing @EnableAsync annotation
@EnableScheduling
@Profile("non-async")
public class NonAsyncConfiguration {

  // this configuration will be active as long as profile "non-async" is active

}

Now in the problematic JUnit test class, I explicitly activate the "non-async" profile in order to mutually exclude the async behavior:

@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
@SpringApplicationConfiguration(classes = Application.class)
@WebAppConfiguration
@IntegrationTest
@Transactional
@ActiveProfiles(profiles = "non-async")
public class SomeServiceIntTest {

    @Inject
    private SomeService someService;

        @Test
        public void testAsyncMethod() {

            Foo testData = prepareTestData();

            someService.asyncMethod(testData);

            verifyResults();
        }

        // verifyResult() with assertions, etc.
}

Answer 4

If you are using Mockito (directly or via Spring testing support @MockBean), it has a verification mode with a timeout exactly for this case: https://static.javadoc.io/org.mockito/mockito-core/2.10.0/org/mockito/Mockito.html#22

someAsyncCall();
verify(mock, timeout(100)).someMethod();

You could also use Awaitility (found it on the internet, haven't tried it). https://blog.jayway.com/2014/04/23/java-8-and-assertj-support-in-awaitility-1-6-0/

someAsyncCall();
await().until( () -> assertThat(userRepo.size()).isEqualTo(1) );