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The JUnit plugin

This plugin provides a base StrutsTestCase class that can subclassed for tests that work on Struts 2 components. It is used within Struts 2 itself to test core framework components and many bundled plugins. The class StrutsSpringTestCase is also provided, to support testing of actions that use Spring as the object factory.

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First, include the plugin your POM (if using Maven 2) under the test scope:

<dependency>
  <groupId>org.apache.struts</groupId>
  <artifactId>struts2-junit-plugin</artifactId>
  <version>STRUTS_2_VERSION</version>
  <scope>test</scope>
</dependency>

if you are using Spring, also add:

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.apache.struts</groupId>
    <artifactId>struts2-junitspring-plugin</artifactId>
    <version>STRUTS_2_VERSION</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
    <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
    <artifactId>jsp-api</artifactId>
    <version>2.0</version>
    <scope>test</scope>
</dependency>

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Now, your JUnit tests can subclass the StrutsTestCase class, which handles starting and stopping the Struts 2 framework:

public class MyTest extends StrutsTestCase {
 // testing code
}

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