Spring Test session scope bean using Junit

I came across this simpler approach, thought I might as well post here in case others need it.

<bean class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.CustomScopeConfigurer">
    <property name="scopes">
        <map>
            <entry key="session">
                <bean class="org.springframework.context.support.SimpleThreadScope"/>
            </entry>
        </map>
    </property>
</bean>

With this approach, you don’t have to mock any request/session objects.

Source: http://tarunsapra.wordpress.com/2011/06/28/junit-spring-session-and-request-scope-beans/

Update for spring 5.x (works in spring 5.3.22, in a JUnit5 test, annotated by @ExtendWith(SpringExtension.class) ): The same bean definitions by annotations. Place this code somewhere in a spring configuration class:

/**
 * Used in CustomScopeConfigurer bean below
 *
 * @return
 */
@Bean
public static SimpleThreadScope simpleThreadScope()
{
    return new SimpleThreadScope();
}

/**
 * This bean is needed in order to mimic spring's SessionScope
 *
 * @param aSimpleThreadScope
 * @return
 */
@Bean
public static CustomScopeConfigurer customScopeConfigurer(SimpleThreadScope aSimpleThreadScope)
{
    CustomScopeConfigurer result = new CustomScopeConfigurer();
    result.addScope( "session", aSimpleThreadScope );
    return result;
}