java - JUnit tests pass in Eclipse but fail in Maven Surefire

Question

I have written some JUnit tests using JUnit 4 and spring-test libraries. When I run the tests inside Eclipse then run fine and pass. But when I run them using Maven (during the build process), they fail giving a spring related error. I am not sure what is causing the problem, JUnit, Surefire or Spring. Here is my test code, spring configuration and the exception that I get from Maven:

PersonServiceTest.java

package com.xyz.person.test;

import static com.xyz.person.util.FjUtil.toFjList;
import static junit.framework.Assert.assertEquals;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;

import java.util.List;

import org.junit.Test;
import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.AbstractTransactionalJUnit4SpringContextTests;
import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
import org.springframework.test.context.transaction.TransactionConfiguration;
import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Transactional;

import com.xyz.person.bo.Person;
import com.xyz.person.bs.PersonService;

import fj.Effect;

@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
@ContextConfiguration(locations = { "classpath*:personservice-test.xml" })
@TransactionConfiguration(transactionManager = "transactionManager", defaultRollback = false)
public class PersonServiceTest {

    @Autowired
    private PersonService service;

    @Test
    @Transactional
    public void testCreatePerson() {
        Person person = new Person();
        person.setName("abhinav");
        service.createPerson(person);

        assertNotNull(person.getId());
    }

    @Test
    @Transactional
    public void testFindPersons() {
        Person person = new Person();
        person.setName("abhinav");
        service.createPerson(person);

        List<Person> persons = service.findPersons("abhinav");
        toFjList(persons).foreach(new Effect<Person>() {
            public void e(final Person p) {
                assertEquals("abhinav", p.getName());
            }});
    }

}

personservice-test.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xmlns:tx="http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx"
    xmlns:aop="http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop"
    xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
      http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd
      http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx
      http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx/spring-tx.xsd
      http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop
      http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop/spring-aop-2.5.xsd
      http://www.springframework.org/schema/context
      http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-2.5.xsd">

    <import resource="classpath:/personservice.xml" />

    <bean id="datasource"
        class="org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DriverManagerDataSource"
        lazy-init="true">
        <property name="driverClassName" value="org.apache.derby.jdbc.EmbeddedDriver" />
        <property name="url" value="jdbc:derby:InMemoryDatabase;create=true" />
    </bean>

    <bean id="entityManagerFactory"
        class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean">
        <property name="dataSource" ref="datasource" />
        <property name="persistenceUnitName" value="PersonService" />
        <property name="jpaVendorAdapter">
            <bean class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.vendor.HibernateJpaVendorAdapter">
                <property name="databasePlatform" value="org.hibernate.dialect.DerbyDialect" />
                <property name="showSql" value="true" />
                <property name="generateDdl" value="true" />
            </bean>
        </property>
        <property name="jpaPropertyMap">
            <map>
                <entry key="hibernate.validator.autoregister_listeners" value="false" />
                <entry key="javax.persistence.transactionType" value="RESOURCE_LOCAL" />
            </map>
        </property>
    </bean>

    <bean id="transactionManager" class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.JpaTransactionManager">
        <property name="entityManagerFactory" ref="entityManagerFactory" />
        <property name="dataSource" ref="datasource" />
    </bean>

    <tx:annotation-driven transaction-manager="transactionManager"
        proxy-target-class="false" />

    <bean id="beanMapper" class="org.dozer.DozerBeanMapper">
        <property name="mappingFiles">
            <list>
                <value>personservice-mappings.xml</value>
            </list>
        </property>
    </bean>

</beans>

Exception in Maven

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Running com.xyz.person.test.PersonServiceTest
23:18:51,250  WARN JDBCExceptionReporter:77 - SQL Warning: 10000, SQLState: 01J01
23:18:51,281  WARN JDBCExceptionReporter:78 - Database 'InMemoryDatabase' not created, connection made to existing database instead.
23:18:52,937  WARN JDBCExceptionReporter:77 - SQL Warning: 10000, SQLState: 01J01
23:18:52,937  WARN JDBCExceptionReporter:78 - Database 'InMemoryDatabase' not created, connection made to existing database instead.
23:18:52,953  WARN TestContextManager:429 - Caught exception while allowing TestExecutionListener [org.springframework.test.context.transaction.TransactionalTestExecutionListener@359a359a] to process 'after' execution for test: method [public void com.xyz.person.test.PersonServiceTest.testCreatePerson()], instance [com.xyz.person.test.PersonServiceTest@1bc81bc8], exception [org.springframework.transaction.IllegalTransactionStateException: Pre-bound JDBC Connection found! JpaTransactionManager does not support running within DataSourceTransactionManager if told to manage the DataSource itself. It is recommended to use a single JpaTransactionManager for all transactions on a single DataSource, no matter whether JPA or JDBC access.]
java.lang.IllegalStateException: No value for key [org.springframework.orm.jpa.LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean@3f563f56] bound to thread [main]
        at org.springframework.transaction.support.TransactionSynchronizationManager.unbindResource(TransactionSynchronizationManager.java:199)
        at org.springframework.orm.jpa.JpaTransactionManager.doCleanupAfterCompletion(JpaTransactionManager.java:489)
        at org.springframework.transaction.support.AbstractPlatformTransactionManager.cleanupAfterCompletion(AbstractPlatformTransactionManager.java:1011)
        at org.springframework.transaction.support.AbstractPlatformTransactionManager.processCommit(AbstractPlatformTransactionManager.java:804)
        at org.springframework.transaction.support.AbstractPlatformTransactionManager.commit(AbstractPlatformTransactionManager.java:723)
        at org.springframework.test.context.transaction.TransactionalTestExecutionListener$TransactionContext.endTransaction(TransactionalTestExecutionListener.java:515)
        at org.springframework.test.context.transaction.TransactionalTestExecutionListener.endTransaction(TransactionalTestExecutionListener.java:290)
        at org.springframework.test.context.transaction.TransactionalTestExecutionListener.afterTestMethod(TransactionalTestExecutionListener.java:183)
        at org.springframework.test.context.TestContextManager.afterTestMethod(TestContextManager.java:426)
        at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.statements.RunAfterTestMethodCallbacks.evaluate(RunAfterTestMethodCallbacks.java:90)
        at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.statements.SpringRepeat.evaluate(SpringRepeat.java:72)
        at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.runChild(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.java:240)
        at org.junit.runners.BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.runChild(BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.java:50)
        at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$3.run(ParentRunner.java:193)
        at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$1.schedule(ParentRunner.java:52)
        at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.runChildren(ParentRunner.java:191)
        at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.access$000(ParentRunner.java:42)
        at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$2.evaluate(ParentRunner.java:184)
        at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.statements.RunBeforeTestClassCallbacks.evaluate(RunBeforeTestClassCallbacks.java:61)
        at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.statements.RunAfterTestClassCallbacks.evaluate(RunAfterTestClassCallbacks.java:70)
        at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.run(ParentRunner.java:236)
        at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.run(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.java:180)
        at org.apache.maven.surefire.junit4.JUnit4TestSet.execute(JUnit4TestSet.java:59)
        at org.apache.maven.surefire.suite.AbstractDirectoryTestSuite.executeTestSet(AbstractDirectoryTestSuite.java:115)
        at org.apache.maven.surefire.suite.AbstractDirectoryTestSuite.execute(AbstractDirectoryTestSuite.java:102)
        at org.apache.maven.surefire.Surefire.run(Surefire.java:180)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:37)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:599)
        at org.apache.maven.surefire.booter.SurefireBooter.runSuitesInProcess(SurefireBooter.java:350)
        at org.apache.maven.surefire.booter.SurefireBooter.main(SurefireBooter.java:1021)
23:18:53,078  WARN TestContextManager:377 - Caught exception while allowing TestExecutionListener [org.springframework.test.context.transaction.TransactionalTestExecutionListener@359a359a] to process 'before' execution of test method [public void com.xyz.person.test.PersonServiceTest.testFindPersons()] for test instance [com.xyz.person.test.PersonServiceTest@79f279f2]
org.springframework.transaction.IllegalTransactionStateException: Pre-bound JDBC Connection found! JpaTransactionManager does not support running within DataSourceTransactionManager if told to manage the DataSource itself. It is recommended to use a single JpaTransactionManager for all transactions on a single DataSource, no matter whether JPA or JDBC access.
        at org.springframework.orm.jpa.JpaTransactionManager.doBegin(JpaTransactionManager.java:304)
        at org.springframework.transaction.support.AbstractPlatformTransactionManager.getTransaction(AbstractPlatformTransactionManager.java:371)
        at org.springframework.test.context.transaction.TransactionalTestExecutionListener$TransactionContext.startTransaction(TransactionalTestExecutionListener.java:507)
        at org.springframework.test.context.transaction.TransactionalTestExecutionListener.startNewTransaction(TransactionalTestExecutionListener.java:269)
        at org.springframework.test.context.transaction.TransactionalTestExecutionListener.beforeTestMethod(TransactionalTestExecutionListener.java:162)
        at org.springframework.test.context.TestContextManager.beforeTestMethod(TestContextManager.java:374)
        at org.springframework.test.context.

Answer 1

I had the same problem (JUnit tests failed in Maven Surefire but passed in Eclipse) and managed to solve it by setting forkMode to always in the maven surefire configuration in pom.xml:

<plugin>
    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
    <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
    <version>2.12</version>
    <configuration>
        <forkMode>always</forkMode>
    </configuration>
</plugin>

Surefire parameters: http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-surefire-plugin/test-mojo.html

Edit (January 2014):

As Peter Perhá? pointed out, the forkMode parameter is deprecated since Surefire 2.14. Beginning from Surefire 2.14 use this instead:

<plugin>
    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
    <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
    <version>2.16</version>
    <configuration>
        <reuseForks>false</reuseForks>
        <forkCount>1</forkCount>
    </configuration>
</plugin>

For more information see Fork Options and Parallel Test Execution