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Background At work, there’s some test written where I wanted to query the database (repository) after mockMvc request has been made to verify the result. This is a very simple illustration of what it looks like. @SpringBootTest @AutoConfigureMockMvc ...

Jun 14, 2025 · 3 min read · bwgjoseph.com  
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