Running unit tests on the server (JAX-RS)

Question

I am writing a JAX-RS (Jersey+Maven) application that does some tricky things (eg call native executables embedded in the WAR). I need to run [some of] my unit tests (JUnit4

Answer 1

The winning keyword turns out to be "in-container testing". The brand-new and preeminent framework is Arquillian.

Strangely, there doesn't seem to be anything else. Someone else on StackOverflow asked "I don't see any of these projects too widely used, so is there something bad with in-container testing?" But did not receive a clear reply.

I guess it's just a small area between the two large spheres of unit testing and full integration testing that needs to be covered by in-container testing. For me, too, I only need a handful of tests to check if the server resources are accessible and functional. Probably should have wrote them by hand than spent all this time researching (and then learning) in-container testing.