## Package org.springframework.test.context

This package contains the Spring TestContext Framework which provides annotation-driven unit and integration testing support that is agnostic of the actual testing framework in use.

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Interface Summary
ContextLoader: Strategy interface for loading an `application context` for an integration test managed by the Spring TestContext Framework.
SmartContextLoader: Strategy interface for loading an `application context` for an integration test managed by the Spring TestContext Framework.
TestExecutionListener: `TestExecutionListener` defines a listener API for reacting to test execution events published by the `TestContextManager` with which the listener is registered.

Class Summary
ContextConfigurationAttributes: `ContextConfigurationAttributes` encapsulates the context configuration attributes declared on a test class via `@ContextConfiguration`.
MergedContextConfiguration: `MergedContextConfiguration` encapsulates the merged context configuration declared on a test class and all of its superclasses via `@ContextConfiguration` and `@ActiveProfiles`.
TestContext: `TestContext` encapsulates the context in which a test is executed, agnostic of the actual testing framework in use.
TestContextManager: `TestContextManager` is the main entry point into the Spring TestContext Framework, which provides support for loading and accessing `application contexts`, dependency injection of test instances, `transactional` execution of test methods, etc.

Annotation Types Summary
ActiveProfiles: `ActiveProfiles` is a class-level annotation that is used to declare which active bean definition profiles should be used when loading an `ApplicationContext` for test classes.
ContextConfiguration: `ContextConfiguration` defines class-level metadata that is used to determine how to load and configure an `ApplicationContext` for test classes.
TestExecutionListeners: `TestExecutionListeners` defines class-level metadata for configuring which `TestExecutionListeners` should be registered with a `TestContextManager`.

## Package org.springframework.test.context Description

This package contains the Spring TestContext Framework which provides annotation-driven unit and integration testing support that is agnostic of the actual testing framework in use. The same techniques and annotation-based configuration used in, for example, a JUnit 3.8 environment can also be applied to tests written with JUnit 4.5+, TestNG, etc.

In addition to providing generic and extensible testing infrastructure, the Spring TestContext Framework provides out-of-the-box support for Spring-specific integration testing functionality such as context management and caching, dependency injection of test fixtures, and transactional test management with default rollback semantics.