how to test springBoot main() method?

Question

@RunWith(SpringRunner.class)
@SpringBootTest
public class BankMainAppTest {

    /**
     * Test App load without throwing an exception.
     */
    @Test
    public void contextLoads() {
    }//pass

    @Test
    public void applicationStarts() {
        BankMainApp.main(new String[] {});
    }//fail throw exception given below..
}

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Cannot instantiate factory class: org.springframework.boot.env.EnvironmentPostProcessor

why would you want to? if the application runs, it's pretty safe to say it's main method works — Stultuske, Jan 21 '19 at 11:58
Possible duplicate of https://stackoverflow.com/questions/46650268/how-to-test-main-class-of-spring-boot-application — Sudhir Ojha, Jan 21 '19 at 12:02
@Stultuske According to the posted code, probably for coverage (not fair reason I agree). — davidxxx, Jan 21 '19 at 12:08

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 21 '19 at 11:59

Either annotate the test class with @SpringBootTest and declare an empty test method or don't annotate the test class but invoke the main() method in the test method.
But don't make both.
Here you do it and it starts one container (before the test execution) and then another one (in the method test).

Note that if you need to make no assertion because the test is only for the coverage rate, the idiom to use is the second way :

public class BankMainAppIT {
   @Test
   public void main() {
      BankMainApp.main(new String[] {});
   }
}

how to test springBoot main() method?

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