What could prevent PersistenceContext injection?

[jjfraney]

I have a simple test method which fails:

@PersistenceContext(unitName="sdp-model")
EntityManager entityManager;
@Test
public void testEntityManager() {
  assertNotNull(entityManager);
}

I'm using 1.0.0.Final-SNAPSHOT (8/27), arquillian-core, containter (jboassas-remote-6) and arquillian-junit all of which I built from source from github.

I know the container is finding the persistence unit.  If I use a non-existing name, a "Can't find such-n-such persistence unit" error occurs.

The @EJB injection test from arquillian examples (shouldBeAbleToInjectEJB GreetingManager) works in the very same test class.  So, I think my configuration is at least correct for that test.

What are the potential conditions that can cause this? and how do I isolate them?  Is there specific log message that I can look for?

[aslak]

PersistenceContext injection in the TestClass is only supported if you use CDI, e.g. have a beans.xml in your Deployment.

[viggo.navarsete]

It works when having beans.xml in the Deployment, BUT it's not accessible in @BeforeClass annotated method. Any reason for that?

[aslak]

Arquillian use the @Before phase to do injection. So not currently supported in BeforeClass. In -> CRX BeforeClass is only executed on client side regard less of runmode as well, this is based on how the tests are executed incontainer, where the whole lifecycle is reexecuted pr @Test, so @BeforeClass is a missleading.

[viggo.navarsete]

See your point Aslak, case closed