Configurable Features and Properties

DbUnit does not use System properties anymore since version 2.0. DbUnit use a configuration object, DatabaseConfig, to query and set feature flags and property values for a IDatabaseConnection. It is possible to change DbUnit behaviors, such as using batched statements or not, using the getFeature, setFeature, getProperty, and setProperty methods of DatabaseConfig.

While feature flags are always boolean, property values are arbitrary objects. Note that starting with dbunit 2.4.6 features can also be set using the setProperty method.

The following sample displays the batched statement feature status:

String id = DatabaseConfig.FEATURE_BATCHED_STATEMENTS;
DatabaseConfig config = connection.getConfig();
if (config.getFeature(id))
{
  System.out.println("Batched statements is enabled.");
}
else
{
  System.out.println("Batched statements is disabled.");
}