FakeApplication using a specific application.conf?

java, playframework-2.0

Solution

It is impossible to substitute main config with another this way. You only could override specific settings by passing a map to `fakeApplication`.

I.e. if you config contains:

mongodb.default.uri = ...
logger.root = ERROR

You can override it by placing new values inside a map:

Map<String, String> map = new HashMap<>();
map.put("mongodb.default.uri", "...");
map.put("logger.root", "INFO");

FakeApplication fakeApplication = fakeApplication(map);

Problem

How can I create a `FakeApplication` to run my tests using my `dev.conf` instead of the default `application.conf`? My current test consists of the following construct: ``` Map<String, String> map = new HashMap<>(); map.put("config.file", "/path/to/dev.conf"); FakeApplication fakeApplication = fakeApplication(map); TestServer testServer = testServer(3333, fakeApplication); // testServer.start(); running(testServer, HTMLUNIT, new F.Callback<TestBrowser>() { public void invoke(TestBrowser browser) { //do something } }); ``` This code adapted from the Play Framework Documentation about writing test throws the following Exception, as the default `application.conf` does not work on my development-system. If I uncomment `testServer.start();` I can see it even more clearly. ``` [WARN] [01/01/2013 18:36:59.505] [pool-4-thread-3] [Dispatchers] Dispatcher [akka.actor.promises-dispatcher] not configured, using default-dispatcher [WARN] [01/01/2013 18:36:59.521] [play-akka.actor.default-dispatcher-2] [Dispatchers] Dispatcher [akka.actor.actions-dispatcher] not configured, using default-dispatcher [error] Test test.ApplicationTest.runInBrowser failed: Server is not started! [error] at scala.sys.package$.error(package.scala:27) [error] at play.api.test.TestServer.stop(Selenium.scala:117) [error] at play.test.Helpers.stop(Helpers.java:325) [error] at play.test.Helpers.running(Helpers.java:355) [error] at test.ApplicationTest.runInBrowser(ApplicationTest.java:74) [error] ... ``` I assume the line ``` map.put("config.file", "/path/to/dev.conf"); ``` is wrong and has to be adapted. But how?

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