Junit Test unable to load Properties File - junit

Question

I'm trying to run a simple test to check values in a properties file which I've saved in the src/test/resources folder of my Maven project but the JUnit test is failing. My test is picking up the File OK but it doesn't return the expected value as the file doesn't look like its getting loaded. Anyone else have a similar issue? My code/test are as follows:
My Application Context File:
<bean id="myProps" class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertiesFactoryBean">
<property name="location" value="classpath:test.properties"/>
</bean>
My Code:
#Resource(name = "myProps") private Properties myProps;
#Value("#{myProps['totalNumberOfChanges']}") private String totalNumberOfChangesStr;
#Value("#{myProps['delayTime']}") private String delayTimeStr;
public void parseAttributesFromConfigFile() {
String methodName = "parsePropertyAttributesFromConfigFile";
try {
totalNumberOfChanges = Integer.parseInt(totalNumberOfChangesStr);
delayTime = Integer.parseInt(delayTimeStr);
numEntriesToIterateThru = (totalNumberOfChanges / delayTime);
} catch (NumberFormatException nfe) {
LOGGER.error(methodName, "", "Number Format Exception Occured" + nfe.getMessage());
}
}
My Junit Test:
#RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
#ContextConfiguration(locations = { "classpath:META-INF/spring/Testpu.xml" })
public class ConfigPropertiesTest {
private final int NUM_ENTRIES_TO_ITERATE_THRU = 100;
private final int TOTAL_NUMBER_OF_CHANGES = 100000;
private final int DELAY_TIME = 1000;
private ConfigProperties configProperties;
#Before
public void setUp() throws Exception {
configProperties = new ConfigProperties();
}
#Test
public final void testParseAttributesFromConfigFileIsCalled() {
configProperties.parseAttributesFromConfigFile();
int numEntriesToIterateOver = configProperties.getNumEntriesToIterateThru();
assertEquals(numEntriesToIterateOver, NUM_ENTRIES_TO_ITERATE_THRU);
int numberOfChanges = configProperties.getTotalNumberOfChanges();
assertEquals(numberOfChanges, TOTAL_NUMBER_OF_CHANGES);
int delayTime = configProperties.getDelayTime();
assertEquals(delayTime, DELAY_TIME);
}
}

Answer 1

You are creating the ConfigProperties class in your Before method. If you want Spring to populated values based on annotations the bean must be created as part of the Spring context. If you have an instance of ConfigProperties in your Spring context, load that instance into your test using #Autowired