Spring test context setup without SpringJUnit4ClassRunner or AbstractJUnit4SpringContextTests (in Selenium testing)
I was annoyed by a similar problem enough to write a MethodRule implementation that will load a Spring context and autowire it's host test. Maybe that is the start of what you're looking for.
It will allow you to do something like this:
@Rulepublic TemporarySpringContext context = new TemporarySpringContext("context.xml");@AutowiredMyService myServiceBean;
If you make any improvements please let me know.