Spring Boot acceptance tests from Gherkin

Implement acceptance tests from Gherkin feature files in Spring Boot projects. Given a .feature file in context, find @acceptance-tagged scenarios and implement happy-path tests with @SpringBootTest, TestRestTemplate, Testcontainers, and WireMock.

What is covered in this Skill?

• Parse Gherkin .feature files to find scenarios tagged @acceptance or @acceptance-tests
• Implement happy-path acceptance tests (one test per scenario)
• @SpringBootTest(webEnvironment = RANDOM_PORT), @Autowired TestRestTemplate (auto-configured, no extra dependency)
• @ServiceConnection for Testcontainers (Spring Boot 4.0.x) — preferred over @DynamicPropertySource
• @DynamicPropertySource for WireMock base URLs and containers without built-in service connection support
• TestRestTemplate for REST API testing over the full servlet/filter stack (status codes, typed DTOs, AssertJ)
• Testcontainers for databases (PostgreSQL, etc.) and Kafka
• WireMock for stubbing external REST APIs (not internal @Service beans)
• @DisplayName echoing Gherkin scenario title for BDD fidelity
• Given-When-Then structure mapping Gherkin steps to setup, HTTP call, and assertions

Preconditions: (1) The Gherkin .feature file must be in context. (2) The project must use Spring Boot. For framework-agnostic Java, use @133-java-testing-acceptance-tests.

Scope: Implements only happy-path scenarios. Use the reference for detailed examples and constraints.