Pro JPA 2 in Java EE 8: An In-Depth Guide to Java Persistence APIs

© Mike Keith, Merrick Schincariol, Massimo Nardone 2018

Mike Keith, Merrick Schincariol and Massimo NardonePro JPA 2 in Java EE 8https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3420-4_15

15. Testing

Mike Keith¹ , Merrick Schincariol² and Massimo Nardone³

(1)

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

(2)

RR 3, RR 3, Almonte, Ontario, Canada

(3)

Helsinki, Finland

 

One of the major selling points of JPA has been the drive toward better testability. The use of plain Java classes and the ability to use persistence outside of the application server has made enterprise applications much easier to test. This chapter covers unit testing and integration testing with entities, with a mix of modern and traditional test techniques.

Testing Enterprise Applications

Testing is generally accepted as being ...