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Show a basic Test Containers setup with JUnit 5

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@Testcontainers
class DatabaseTest {
    
    @Container
    static PostgreSQLContainer<?> postgres = new PostgreSQLContainer<>("postgres:13")
            .withDatabaseName("testdb")
            .withUsername("test")
            .withPassword("test");
    
    @Test
    void testDatabaseConnection() {
        String jdbcUrl = postgres.getJdbcUrl();
        // Use the connection URL in your test
        assertThat(jdbcUrl).isNotNull();
    }
}

Key annotations:

  • @Testcontainers: Enables Test Containers integration
  • @Container: Marks fields to be managed by Test Containers
  • static containers are shared across all test methods in the class
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