Allow configuring `useTestClassScopedExtensionContext` via `spring.properties`

[ahrytsiuk]

After upgrading to Spring Framework 7 we noticed tests failures when using @Nested annotation. Adding @SpringExtensionConfig(useTestClassScopedExtensionContext = true) fixes the problem.
I'm aware that this issue was discussed in multiple threads like #31456, #35880 and others.

However that task to add this annotation to fix tests on a big code base is a bit tedious.

Would it be possible to introduce a configuration parameter via spring.properties, similar to a new property in Spring 7.x spring.test.context.cache.pause? So we can configure this property globally without the need to modify many tests.

[sbrannen]

Hi @ahrytsiuk,

However that task to add this annotation to fix tests on a big code base is a bit tedious.

Yes, I can see how that could be tedious if you actually rely on the old behavior (see Hyrum's Law 😉).

Would it be possible to introduce a configuration parameter via spring.properties, similar to a new property in Spring 7.x spring.test.context.cache.pause? So we can configure this property globally without the need to modify many tests.

We had hoped it would not be necessary to introduce yet another Spring property; however, to simplify the upgrade process for large code bases, having such a property would be beneficial.

So, yes, we will look into introducing such a Spring property.

The big question is: what should it be named?

We'll need to prefix the new property with spring.test.context., and useTestClassScopedExtensionContext is quite a mouthful. So, we'll have to come up with something more succinct.

Got any ideas?

Perhaps something like the following with values of method or class?

• spring.test.context.extensionContextScope
• spring.test.extension.context.scope