18755 introduced support for declaring test annotations on test interfaces for all class-level annotations in the Spring TestContext Framework except `@Sql` and `@SqlGroup`.

Analysis

As of Spring Framework 4.3, there is no first-class support in the framework for finding repeatable annotations like @Sql on interfaces with support for merged composed annotations without finding shadowed annotations on superclasses.

Deliverables

[ ] Determine if it is feasible to implement a search algorithm for merged repeatable annotations on interfaces (i.e., something between the "get" and "find" variants in AnnotatedElementUtils).
[ ] If it is feasible, support @Sql and @SqlGroup on test interfaces.

Affects: 4.3 GA

Issue Links: - #18755 Support test annotations on interfaces

Comment From: sbrannen

Update

Switching the SearchStrategy to TYPE_HIERARCHY in TestContextAnnotationUtils.getMergedRepeatableAnnotations() allows @Sql annotations to be discovered on interfaces, but RepeatableSqlAnnotationSqlScriptsChildTests.classLevelScripts() then fails, which is to be expected since the annotation search then finds too much.

The following is therefore an updated version of the original Analysis.

As of Spring Framework 5.3.12, there is still no first-class support in the framework for finding repeatable annotations like @Sql on interfaces with support for merged composed annotations without finding shadowed annotations on superclasses.

Comment From: sbrannen

Closing this issue since the community has not expressed interest in this feature.

Spring Support @Sql annotations on test interfaces

Status Quo

18755 introduced support for declaring test annotations on test interfaces for all class-level annotations in the Spring TestContext Framework except @Sql and @SqlGroup.

Analysis

Deliverables

Update

18755 introduced support for declaring test annotations on test interfaces for all class-level annotations in the Spring TestContext Framework except `@Sql` and `@SqlGroup`.