How do I reset my database state after each unit test without making the whole test a transaction?

Question

I\'m using Spring 3.1.1.RELEASE, Hibernate 4.1.0.Final, JPA 2, JUnit 4.8.1, and HSQL 2.2.7. I want to run some JUnit tests on my service methods, and after each test, I wou

Answer 1

If you use flyway for migrations, I use the following pattern:

@TestInstance(TestInstance.Lifecycle.PER_CLASS)
class JUnit5Class {
    @Autowired
    Flyway flyway;

    @BeforeAll
    public void cleanUp(){
        flyway.clean();
        flyway.migrate();
    }
}

@TestInstance allows you to make @BeforeAll non static and thus you can migrate only once per test class. If you want to reset it for each test remove the class anotation and make change @BeforeAll to @BeforeEach.