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Testing RestTemplate AOT Compilation Support in Spring Cloud Alibaba

This test suite validates the Spring AOT (Ahead-of-Time) compilation functionality in RestTemplateApplication within Spring Cloud Alibaba. It focuses on ensuring proper application startup behavior when AOT mode is enabled, which is crucial for native image compilation and runtime optimization.

Test Coverage Overview

The test coverage focuses on validating the RestTemplateApplication’s behavior in Spring AOT mode.

Key functionality includes:

Spring AOT mode enablement verification
Application startup validation
Native compilation integration testing

The test specifically targets the intersection between Spring native compilation and RestTemplate functionality.

Implementation Analysis

The testing approach employs JUnit Jupiter for executing the AOT-specific test scenario.

Technical implementation features:

System property manipulation for AOT mode
Direct application main method invocation
Disabled annotation for debugging purposes

The test utilizes straightforward bootstrapping patterns while maintaining isolation.

Technical Details

Testing infrastructure includes:

JUnit Jupiter test framework
Spring AOT compilation tools
Maven native profile integration
System property configuration for runtime behavior

Setup requires prior execution of Maven native profile build command: ‘mvn clean install -Pnative -e’

Best Practices Demonstrated

The test exemplifies several testing best practices in the Spring Cloud ecosystem.

Notable practices include:

Clear prerequisite documentation in test comments
Proper test isolation through system property management
Explicit test purpose annotation (@Disabled for debugging)
Clean separation of concerns between test setup and execution

alibaba/spring-cloud-alibaba

spring-cloud-alibaba-examples/sentinel-example/sentinel-resttemplate-example/src/test/java/com/alibaba/cloud/examples/RestTemplateApplicationTest.java

            
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package com.alibaba.cloud.examples;

import org.junit.jupiter.api.Disabled;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;

/**
 * Test {@link RestTemplateApplication}.
 *
 * @author wangliang181230
 */
@Disabled("For debugging")
public class RestTemplateApplicationTest {

	/**
	 * Please run this test after execute `mvn clean install -Pnative -e` .
	 *
	 * @throws Exception the exception
	 */
	@Test
	public void runWithSpringAotModeAfterProcessAot() throws Exception {
		// Enable spring-aot-mode
		System.setProperty("spring.aot.enabled", "true");

		// Start the application
		RestTemplateApplication.main(new String[0]);
	}

}