Regression: Cannot update from @Spring

[hohwille]

I have a test that I can not get to working after upgrading from spring boot 1.3.x to 1.5.1
I replaced this:

@SpringApplicationConfiguration(classes = SpringBootTestConfig.class)

with

@SpringBootTest(webEnvironment = WebEnvironment.NONE, classes = SpringBootTestConfig.class)

But now I am getting this error

Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: The following classes could not be excluded because they are not auto-configuration classes:
	- <mypackage>.AbstractServiceConfig
	at org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.AutoConfigurationImportSelector.handleInvalidExcludes(AutoConfigurationImportSelector.java:192)
	at org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.AutoConfigurationImportSelector.checkExcludedClasses(AutoConfigurationImportSelector.java:177)
	at org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.AutoConfigurationImportSelector.selectImports(AutoConfigurationImportSelector.java:99)
	at org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassParser.processDeferredImportSelectors(ConfigurationClassParser.java:537)
	... 38 more

My SpringBootTestConfig however looks like this:

@ComponentScan(excludeFilters = @ComponentScan.Filter(type = FilterType.ASSIGNABLE_TYPE, value = {
AbstractServiceConfig.class }))
@SpringBootApplication(exclude = { AbstractServiceConfig.class })
public class SpringBootTestConfig {
...
}

Could you give me any hints why the excludes are not working properly?

[wilkinsona]

The exclude attribute on SpringBootApplication is for excluding auto-configuration classes and AbstractServiceConfig is not an auto-configuration class. We used to just silently ignore the exclusion attempt and it just had no effect. #6865 changed this so that it fails fast hopefully making it clear that the exclusion won't work.

You should just be able to remove the exclude from @SpringBootApplication on SpringBootTestConfig.

[hohwille]

Indeed. Sorry for confusion and thanks for your great work and support! Removed exclude and it works.