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Hey guys, it's been probably asked before and I'm sure I've done this before, but I can't really find it anymore :/ how do I write tests where I need to have a @Autowired dependency?
Thanks

You probably need to use an `ApplicationContext` directly. I've tried writing a spring extension before but I lost interest (as I don't use spring that much): <https://github.com/spekframework/spek-spring-extension>

I ended up trying Aspen and it works well for my needs. Do you think it is possible to do something related to this in Spek, where the tests are inside a init block? That would solve the problems with Spring.

<https://github.com/dam5s/aspen/blob/master/libraries/aspen-spring/src/test/kotlin/aspen/spring/examples/SpringApplicationTestExampleUsingInit.kt|https://github.com/dam5s/aspen/blob/master/libraries/aspen-spring/src/test/kotlin/aspen/spring/examples/SpringApplicationTestExampleUsingInit.kt>

&gt; where the tests are inside a init block?
Not gonna happen, the current way we do things already works - having a class to wrap for your test is an unnecessary ceremony (later on once kotlin scripting matures, we could ditch it and just write tests directly in a `.kts` file). A fix to this is to have a spring extension implemented.

The current extension doesn't work anymore with Spek2, since a lot has changed