Controller testing error using Spring MVC Test framework

[karl czukoski]

Attempting to understand how to test a controller using Spring MVC Test framework.

The controller runs on the server without a problem
however when running the test

@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
@WebAppConfiguration
@ContextConfiguration("springmvc-servlet_test.xml")
public class EmployeeControllerTests extends TestCase {

    @Resource
    private WebApplicationContext webApplicationContext;

    private MockMvc mockMvc;

    @Before
    public void setUp() {
        mockMvc = MockMvcBuilders.webAppContextSetup(webApplicationContext).build();
    }	

@Test
	public void test() throws Exception {
                                  ...
}

An ApplicationContext load error is thrown

org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'org.springframework.validation.beanvalidation.LocalValidatorFactoryBean#0'

In order to run the tests I added org.springframework.test-3.2.0.RELEASE.jar to the build path to allow for import of org.springframework.test.context.web.WebAppConfiguration (@WebAppConfiguration). Using MyEclipse's 'Add Spring Runtime Dependencies' it already had in place org.springframework.test-3.0.0.RELEASE.jar though the WebAppConfiguration import wasn't working with that version.

this post http://www.myeclipseide.com/PNphpBB2-viewtopic-t-27149.html seemed like it was going to help resolve this issue however I haven't had any luck yet.

Any ideas?