Spring MVC Testing

Signals: @WebMvcTest, MockMvc, jsonPath, @AutoConfigureMockMvc, @RestController, MockMvcRequestBuilders, MockMvcResultMatchers, objectMapper

Tested With

• Spring Boot 3.2+ / Spring Boot 4.x
• Spring Framework 6.x / Spring Framework 7.x
• Spring Security 6.x / 7.x (auto-configured in @WebMvcTest)
• JUnit 5

Do NOT Use This Skill When

• Testing authentication, authorization, CSRF, JWT, or OAuth2 specifically → use spring-security-testing
• Testing reactive endpoints (WebFlux, WebClient, SSE) → use spring-webflux-testing
• Testing JPA repositories or database persistence → use spring-jpa-testing
• Testing WebSocket or STOMP messaging → use spring-websocket-testing
• Writing pure unit tests without a Spring context → use spring-testing-fundamentals