CODEWITHSUNDEEP
scalaplayframeworkplayframework-2.0
jerome
jerome

Reputation: 2089

Play Framework and Scala import

I've installed Play Framework 2.5 by downloading and extracting the Activator bundle version. I used the activator command to create a new Play scala application and then entered the play console. Inside the play console I typed console to get the scala repl. At the prompt I tried to import WithApplication from the play.api.test package and got the following error 

scala> import play.api.test.{WithApplication}
<console>:10: error: object WithApplication is not a member of package play.api.test
       import play.api.test.{WithApplication}

I also tried to import it inside a test class created inside the test directory in ExampleControllerSpec.scala and got the same error.

import org.scalatest._
import org.scalatestplus.play._

import play.api.mvc._
import play.api.test._
import play.api.test.Helpers._

class ExampleControllerSpec extends PlaySpec {
  "Example Page#index" should {
    "should be valid" in new WithApplication {
    }
  }
}

Here is the output from the PlayConsole

$ test
[info] Compiling 1 Scala source to D:\Play\TestApp\target\scala-2.11\test-classes...
[error] D:\Play\TestApp\test\ExampleControllerSpec.scala:10: not found: type WithApplication
[error]     "should be valid" in new WithApplication {
[error]                              ^
[error] one error found
[error] (test:compileIncremental) Compilation failed

If I look at the documentation I see that it is there https://www.playframework.com/documentation/2.5.x/api/scala/index.html#play.api.test.package

So why it doesn't work in my test class and in the scala repl ?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 843

Answers (1)

Alvaro Carrasco
Alvaro Carrasco

Reputation: 6172

Use test:console in the REPL. Test classes are not all loaded into the main compilation scope.

Upvotes: 2

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