How to internationalize Grails Geb tests

Question

My web-app utilizes Geb for functional testing.

It is a non-english application, all page messages being received from i18n message bundle.

How to make Geb work with internationalized messages?

Answer 1

The Grails RemoteControl plugin allows remote access to a running Grails application. In a functional test setting it can be used to read and change configuration settings, access the application context including the message source, … .

The code below is added to a common base class for all our Geb specifications/tests that can be used in an individual test to retrieve an internationalized message:

class BaseTest/Spec {

    RemoteControl remoteControl = new RemoteControl()

    String msg(String msgKey, args = null, locale = defaultLocale) {
        if (args != null) {
            args = args as Object[]
        }
        return remoteControl.exec {
            ctx.messageSource.getMessage(msgKey, args, locale)
        }
    }
}