Java junit test change Locale in Spring SimpleFormController

Question

For SpringMVC, I have a SimpleFormController with a simple method that changes the language for the user by changing locale (i18n).

    //localization
public void localize(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response, String language) throws Exception {
    LocaleResolver localeResolver = RequestContextUtils.getLocaleResolver(request);                

    if (localeResolver != null) {
        LocaleEditor localeEditor = new LocaleEditor();
        localeEditor.setAsText(language);

        // set the new locale
        localeResolver.setLocale(request, response,
                (Locale) localeEditor.getValue());
    }
}

And the code works great when using the application . However, I want to run a Junit test for this method, and here is what I have so far found:

public class LoginPostControllerTest extends TestCase {
public void testLocalize() throws Exception {

    MockHttpServletRequest mockRequest = new MockHttpServletRequest();
    MockHttpServletResponse mockResponse = new MockHttpServletResponse();

    Locale frenchLocale = Locale.CANADA_FRENCH;

    mockRequest.addPreferredLocale(frenchLocale);

    SessionLocaleResolver localeResolver = new SessionLocaleResolver();

    mockRequest.setAttribute(DispatcherServlet.LOCALE_RESOLVER_ATTRIBUTE, localeResolver);

    String language = "zh_CN";

    LoginPostController loginPostControllerTest = new LoginPostController();

    loginPostControllerTest.localize(mockRequest, mockResponse, language);
    System.out.println(mockRequest.getLocale().toString());
}

}

but it prints "fr_CA" not "zh_CN". Can anyone provide a better Junit testing strategy for this?

Answer 1

you need to get localeResolver again in your test

LocaleResolver resolver = RequestContextUtils.getLocaleResolver(mockRequest);
System.out.println(mockRequest.getLocale().toString());
System.out.println(resolver.resolveLocale(mockRequest).toString());
assertTrue(!mockRequest.getLocale().equals(resolver.resolveLocale(mockRequest)));