Exclude TestConfiguration classes even when running outside a spring-test managed context

Spinoff of https://jira.spring.io/browse/SPR-9090

IDEs such as Eclipse commingle /src/test/java and /src/main/java into a single classpath. As such, @TestConfiguration classes can be picked up when running the main SpringBootApplication in Eclipse.

Spring Boot Test already has the capability to exclude such configuration classes. Unfortunately, that capability uses the ContextCustomizer hook which is only available inside a spring-test-managed context. Would it be possible to migrate this capability into the core framework such that the TypeExcludeFilters could be leveraged when running a main application?

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siriannicommented, Dec 1, 2016

For future reference for anyone reading this thread, here is the buildship bug for separating runtime and test classpaths.

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edeandreacommented, Apr 16, 2018

The pattern I use to get around Eclipse is for any config classes I create for my tests I tag them with @Profile("NameOfMyTestConfiguration"), and then any test classes which use them I tag with @ActiveProfiles("NameOfMyTestConfiguration"). This ensures that when running my tests only my relevant test classes get picked up, and when running my application none of my test class configuration gets picked up.

The other trick I use is to always run my application in Eclipse using the Gradle Buildship plugin bootRun task. Gradle will make sure only the correct classes will be picked up.

Or you could switch to IntelliJ (which I’ve done over the past few months), then you don’t need to worry at all about it!

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