Injecting HttpServletRequest in jersey-test-*provider via @Context when inside a @Provider like ContextRequestFilter fails

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Consider this simple code:

@Provider
public class RestRequestFilter implements ContainerRequestFilter {

    private static final Logger logger = LogManager.getLogger(RestRequestFilter.class);

    @Context
    private HttpServletRequest httpRequest;

    @Override
    public void filter(ContainerRequestContext request) throws IOException {
        logger.info("request: " + httpRequest);
    }
}

you will see, that this is null, when run in inmemory/grizzly2/jetty providers for tests. However, it is injected correctly, when run in a real servlet container like jetty/tomcat.

Can someone point me to the right solution for this issue?

Thanks in advance,
Yusuf

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Reported by isk0001y

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@AdamLindenthal said:
Hi,

If you mean grizzly's and jetty's http containers, isn't that trying to inject a HttpServletRequest in a non-servlet environment?

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isk0001y said:
Yes, it is. Thats the reason why I ask what to do.
I can't write a test involving the HttpServletRequest, because in tests there is no such object.
Spring solves this problem by using a MockHttpServletRequest with MockMvc.

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@AdamLindenthal said:
Oh, now I see what you mean.
I am not aware of any mocking solution Jersey would support out of the box. I would advice you to write an integration test and use a real servlet container, e.g. Jetty (which is also runnable from a maven plugin).

That's basically what we use if we need to do some tests on a servlet container, so there is a bunch of examples to be found within jersey integration tests, for instance here or most of those in the integration test folder.

You may get more in-depth answers on how other people are solving such need on our mailing list, which is a good place to ask questions.
In other words - JIRA is not a good place to ask questions

So, hope it helps, but I have to close this - sorry.
Regards,
Adam

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Marked as invalid on Wednesday, October 22nd 2014, 9:39:34 am

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This issue was imported from java.net JIRA JERSEY-2644