@ -441,20 +441,50 @@ public class CustomConfiguredApplicationContextTests {
<para > <emphasis
role="bold"><interfacename > @DirtiesContext</interfacename> </emphasis> </para>
<para > The presence of this annotation on a test method indicates
that the underlying Spring container has been <emphasis > dirtied</emphasis>
during the execution of the test method and thus must be closed after the
test method finishes execution (regardless of whether the annotated test
passed or not). Similarly, if a test class is annotated with
<interfacename > @DirtiesContext</interfacename> , the underlying
Spring container will be marked as dirty after all tests in the
class have completed execution.</para>
<para > Indicates that the underlying Spring
<interfacename > ApplicationContext</interfacename> has been
<emphasis > dirtied</emphasis> during the execution of a test and
should be closed (regardless of whether the test passed or not):</para>
<itemizedlist >
<listitem >
<para > after the current test class, when declared on a
class with class mode set to <literal > AFTER_CLASS</literal> ,
which is the default class mode</para>
</listitem>
<listitem >
<para > after each test method in the current test class,
when declared on a class with class mode set to
<literal > AFTER_EACH_TEST_METHOD</literal> </para>
</listitem>
<listitem >
<para > after the current test, when declared on a method</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para > Use this annotation if a test has modified the context
(for example, by replacing a bean definition). Subsequent tests
will be supplied a new context.</para>
<para > <interfacename > @DirtiesContext</interfacename> may be used
as a class-level and method-level annotation within the same class.
In such scenarios, the <interfacename > ApplicationContext</interfacename>
will be marked as <emphasis > dirty</emphasis> after any such
annotated method as well as after the entire class. If the
<classname > ClassMode</classname> is set to
<literal > AFTER_EACH_TEST_METHOD</literal> , the context will be
marked dirty after each test method in the class.</para>
<programlisting language= "java" > @DirtiesContext
public class ContextDirtyingTests {
<lineannotation > // some tests that result in the Spring container being dirtied</lineannotation>
}</programlisting>
<programlisting language= "java" > @DirtiesContext(classMode = ClassMode.AFTER_EACH_TEST_METHOD)
public class ContextDirtyingTests {
<lineannotation > // some tests that result in the Spring container being dirtied</lineannotation>
}</programlisting>
<programlisting language= "java" > @DirtiesContext
@Test
public void testProcessWhichDirtiesAppCtx() {