Version: 5.3

Koin

The Koin DI Framework can be used with Kotest through the KoinExtension extension.

To use the extension in your project, add the dependency to your project:

io.kotest.extensions:kotest-extensions-koin:${version}

With the dependency added, we can easily use Koin in our tests!

class KotestAndKoin : FunSpec(), KoinTest {

    override fun extensions() = listOf(KoinExtension(myKoinModule))

    val userService by inject<UserService>()

    init {
        test("use userService") {
            userService.getUser().username shouldBe "LeoColman"
        }
    }
}

By default, the extension will start/stop the Koin context between leaf tests. If you are using a nested spec style (like DescribeSpec) and instead want the Koin context to persist over all leafs of a root tests (for example to share mocked declarations between tests), you can specify the lifecycle mode as KoinLifecycleMode.Root in the KoinExtension constructor.

class KotestAndKoin : DescribeSpec(), KoinTest {

    override fun extensions() = listOf(KoinExtension(module = myKoinModule, mode = KoinLifecycleMode.Root))

    val userService by inject<UserService>()

    init {
        describe("use userService") {
            it("inside a leaf test") {
                userService.getUser().username shouldBe "LeoColman"
            }
            it("this shares the same context") {
                userService.getUser().username shouldBe "LeoColman"
            }
        }
    }
}

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