Testing controllers in a Play application

[Gavin Baumanis]

Hi there,

I have tests written for all of my Model's functions 

and am turning my attention to the controllers.

But I seem to be having some very basic issues.

(Which isn't of a great surprise to me! for the most part I have been writing my application by googling and adjusting to suit my needs - as opposed to necessarily having a true understanding of 'everything". )

I thought I could start with something simple, like; instantiating the controller and ensuring that it was created successfully.

But I can't even seem to get that to work.

I have found this;

https://www.playframework.com/documentation/2.2.0/ScalaTest#Unit-Testing-Controllers

but I must be having a dull moment - because that just isn't me helping me any at the moment!

I have been hunting through my code, looking for where it is that I instantiate the controller class - and I actually can't find such a thing.

Previously I would have been creating my controllers as a singleton (in the "service" layer) and placed them into a long lasting scope.

In my views - I can see me using the methods of the controller as actions  / route destinations - but I don't ever see me actually creating an instance of a controller.

Which leads me to;

I guess I am just not getting something very basic 

So I thought I better ask for some help, before I move forward wasting a whole lot of time - not necessarily even knowing what I am actually looking for!

As always - thanks for anything you might be able to suggest!

-Gavin.