How do I access DispatcherServlet with MockMvc? - junit4

Question

I have a basic SpringMVC Application which is running (and mapping) fine.
Now I wanted to set up my UnitTests with MockMvc to perform get requests and stuff.
But if I run the test there is an AssertionError "Status expected: <200> but was: <404>" and my console gives warning "No mapping found for HTTP request with URI [/] in DispatcherServlet with name ''".
I get the feeling my MockMvc cant communicate with my DispatcherServlet, so how do I define this connection?
Here is my short test class:
#RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
#WebAppConfiguration
#ContextConfiguration
public class HomeControllerTest {
private MockMvc mvc;
#Autowired
private WebApplicationContext wac;
#Before
public void setup() throws ServletException {
mvc = MockMvcBuilders.webAppContextSetup(wac).build();
}
#Test
public void testLandingPagePath() throws Exception {
mvc.perform(get("/")).andExpect(status().isOk());
}
}
So I expected MockMvc to get the location of my DispatcherServlet by default. But it actually doesn't call it for mapping.
I have my "web.xml" and "dispatcher-servlet.xml" located in "WEB-INF" folder and no extra configuration defined.
I got the feeling the problem is based on my project structure, but this is a basic eclipse "Dynamic Web Application", the tests are located in "src/test/java", parallel to "src/main/java".
I appreciate any help, since I spend last 2 hours on reading for solutions but not getting the trick.

Answer 1

After some more time I got things right now:
There is still no way for me to access the dispatcher-servlet.xml in WEB-INF folder. I added a new "config" package to my test-package in parallel to my "controller" test package and put a copy of the dispatcher-servlet.xml in there, called "test-dispatcher-servlet.xml".
Now my test class is able to access this with
#ContextConfiguration("../config/test-dispatcher-servlet.xml")
public class HomeControllerTest {
Hope this can help others who start with spring mvc testing :-)