java - How to replace WireMock @Rule annotation in JUnit 5?

Question

I'm using WireMock in my tests and have such a line of code:

@Rule
public WireMockRule wireMockRule = new WireMockRule(8080);

I want to switch to JUnit 5. So I added the next dependency (using Gradle):

testCompile('org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-engine:5.1.1')

But there are no suggestions when I'm trying to import @Rule annotation.

Do I need to add another module of JUnit dependency? Or are rules not supported in JUnit 5? If not, how can I replace @Rule annotation to make tests work again?

Answer 1

In a general way, what you did with @Rule and @ClassRule in JUnit 4 should be done with @ExtendWith and Extension that associated provide a very close feature in JUnit 5.
It works as standards JUnit lifecycle hooks but that it is extracted in a Extension class. And similarly to @Rule, as many Extensions as required may be added for a test class.

To handle the issue you have several possible approaches among :

• keep the JUnit 4 way (JUnit 5 owns the JUnit Vintage part that allows to execute JUnit 3 or 4 tests).
• rewrite the @Rule as an Extension.
• do the actual processing done by WireMockRule (start the server, execute your tests and stop the server) in each test of class with @BeforeEach and @AfterEach hook methods.
• use a third library that implements the equivalent of WireMockRule in the JUnit 5 Extension way such as https://github.com/lanwen/wiremock-junit5

Note that your issue already discussed in the JUnit 5 Issues.