Spring TestContext Framework

Spring 2.5 introduced the Spring TestContext Framework.

http://static.springframework.org/spring/docs/2.5.x/changelog.txt

~tfnico blogged about some of the basic features (and motivations) here:

http://tfnico.blogspot.com/2007/09/spring-textcontext-framework.html

A quick powerpoint presenting the framework is attached here: ^spring-testcontext-framework.ppt

Some of the challenges with the testing categories were introduced here:

http://forum.springframework.org/showthread.php?p=182516

More examples of usage are to come.