I recommend creating an action context. Here is the basic guide I followed to do so:
http://arsenalist.com/2007/06/18/unit-testing-struts-2-actions-spring-junit/ If you are not using spring or the struts2 spring plugin, you can cut out all the code around the applicationContext. -----Original Message----- From: paulbrickell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2008 11:44 AM To: user@struts.apache.org Subject: Re: any struts 2 unit testers out there? I am trying to deal with the same issue. Did you get any resolution? Following on from the reply asking for a stack trace, here is what I am getting... java.lang.NullPointerException at com.opensymphony.xwork2.util.LocalizedTextUtil.findText(LocalizedTextUtil.java:299) at com.opensymphony.xwork2.TextProviderSupport.getText(TextProviderSupport.java:172) at com.opensymphony.xwork2.TextProviderSupport.getText(TextProviderSupport.java:87) at com.opensymphony.xwork2.ActionSupport.getText(ActionSupport.java:80) <SNIP> at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585) at org.junit.internal.runners.TestMethod.invoke(TestMethod.java:59) at org.junit.internal.runners.MethodRoadie.runTestMethod(MethodRoadie.java:98) at org.junit.internal.runners.MethodRoadie$2.run(MethodRoadie.java:79) at org.junit.internal.runners.MethodRoadie.runBeforesThenTestThenAfters(MethodRoadie.java:87) at org.junit.internal.runners.MethodRoadie.runTest(MethodRoadie.java:77) at org.junit.internal.runners.MethodRoadie.run(MethodRoadie.java:42) at org.junit.internal.runners.JUnit4ClassRunner.invokeTestMethod(JUnit4ClassRunner.java:88) at org.junit.internal.runners.JUnit4ClassRunner.runMethods(JUnit4ClassRunner.java:51) at org.junit.internal.runners.JUnit4ClassRunner$1.run(JUnit4ClassRunner.java:44) at org.junit.internal.runners.ClassRoadie.runUnprotected(ClassRoadie.java:27) at org.junit.internal.runners.ClassRoadie.runProtected(ClassRoadie.java:37) at org.junit.internal.runners.JUnit4ClassRunner.run(JUnit4ClassRunner.java:42) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit4.runner.JUnit4TestReference.run(JUnit4TestReference.java:38) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.TestExecution.run(TestExecution.java:38) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.runTests(RemoteTestRunner.java:460) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.runTests(RemoteTestRunner.java:673) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.run(RemoteTestRunner.java:386) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.main(RemoteTestRunner.java:196) It is caused by ActionContext.getContext() returning null. Quite obviously I do not have an action context during my unit testing. Now I can certainly use the ActionContext.setContext() in my tests setup method to push one into thread local storage and that works OK. It isn't ideal though because ActionContext is a concrete class and so my choices then become a bit limited. I could create an instance but when I try this I find I have to create a rather large object model to make it actually work. To the point where I despair and give up. Alternatively I could use a mock library (like easy mock). But I am not inclined to include a mocking library that requires byte code rewriting (not even for testing). What I really want to do is inject a text provider into the ActionSupport class. At the top of the ActionSupport class is this... private final transient TextProvider textProvider = new TextProviderFactory().createInstance(getClass(), this); Damn its final and so I cannot inject my own text provider. BUT it uses a factory, thats good. I know I will have a look at the factory I bet I can monkey with that and inject a mock. Nope. It's all instance based. No way I can get in there. And thats that. Now what do I do? I can see two (half) workable solutions. One is to override the the getText method in the action class when I instantiate it during testing. So I end up doing this in all my action unit tests... Action action = new MyAction() { @Override public String getText(String textName) { return "mocked"; } }; It works, but its cheese. Or two I can add a level of indirection in my action class, like so... String text = MyTextProviderFactory.getInstance(class.name).getText("some.property"); Then I can use a delegate to the real text provider during live code and a mock of my own text provider during testing. The question here is, Why for the love of Pete, why? So in conclusion there are at least four options for testing Action classes that use get text. 1. Build an action context by hand. (Too hard) 2. Use a class rewriting mocking library. (Not on my watch) 3. Mock the get text method. (Cheese) 4. Add another level of indirection. (Man thats just annoying) Comments? BTW If you got this far, thanks for taking the time. Paul B. 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