# Spring configuration options

To set your Spring configuration options for Cover Plugin go to `Diffblue > Change Settings > Spring` in IntelliJ.

## Mocking in Spring integration tests

Check the `Enable integration tests` option to limit mocking for Spring projects to Repository dependencies only - Spring handles the rest directly. If this option is not selected then mocking may be implemented for a wider scope of dependencies.

* Spring Repositories are classes implementing `org.springframework.data.repository.Repository` or those annotated with `org.springframework.stereotype.Repository`.
* This option is not applied when creating tests for `@Controller` classes.

## Spring contexts

Check the `Use Spring contexts` option to enable Spring contexts for dependency injection in tests written by Diffblue Cover.

## Spring Boot Tests

Check the `Use Spring Boot to write tests` option for dependency injection using, amongst the others,`@MockBean`. If this option is not enabled Cover will instead fall back to other dependency injection mechanisms for tests such as Mockito's `@InjectMocks` and `@Mock`. This option may be useful depending on whether or not a Spring context needs to be loaded for a particular unit test suite.

**Note:** This functionality is in Beta stage, hence there could be cases where some inconsistencies and limitations might still be present.

## Active profiles

Use the `Active Profiles` text box to specify one or more Spring profiles to activate while writing tests (comma separated list). If no profiles are defined, Cover will automatically use the `test` profile (if available), otherwise the default Spring profile will be used.


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