Setup/Expect dataset by method besides annotation

Besides annotation setup/expect

    @Test
    @DataSet(provider = UserDataSetProvider.class, cleanBefore = true)
    public void shouldSeedDatabaseProgrammatically() {
        List<User> users = EntityManagerProvider.em().createQuery("select u from User u ").getResultList();
        assertThat(users).
                isNotNull().
                isNotEmpty().hasSize(3).
                extracting("name").
                contains("@dbunit", "@dbrider", "@new row");
    }

It will be great to have possibility to setup/expect by a method

    @Test
    public void shouldSeedDatabaseProgrammatically() {
        dbSetup(UserDataSetProvider.class)
        List<User> users = EntityManagerProvider.em().createQuery("select u from User u ").getResultList();
        assertThat(users).
                isNotNull().
                isNotEmpty().hasSize(3).
                extracting("name").
                contains("@dbunit", "@dbrider", "@new row");
    }

In this case the library can be used in used in other use-cases, not just for testing. Also, the method can be more easily extended/override than the annotation. Method is more flexible, we can pass as parameter even a lambda. And if besides database in the test we need also to ensure that a notification was sent into a queue, we also are doing it by a method, not an annotation, this will be more consistent.

[rmpestano]

Hi again @raderio,

I’ve just added such feature to RiderDSL, you can find some examples here.

You can try with latest snapshot or wait until v1.15.0.

Thank you for the idea.

[raderio]

Great! Thank you.