Spring MockRestServiceServer handling multiple requests to the same URI (auto-discovery)

If you look at the MockRestServiceServer class, it supports two 'expect()' methods. The first defaults to 'ExpectedCount.once()' but the second method allows you change this value

public ResponseActions expect(RequestMatcher matcher) {    return this.expect(ExpectedCount.once(), matcher);}public ResponseActions expect(ExpectedCount count, RequestMatcher matcher) {    return this.expectationManager.expectRequest(count, matcher);}

I found this ticket MockRestServiceServer should allow for an expectation to occur multiple times which outlines some options for second method.

In your case I think adding static import and using the manyTimes() method is neater code than the for loop

MockRestServiceServer            .expect(manyTimes(), requestContainsUri("/stuff"))            .andExpect(method(HttpMethod.GET))

Other options are

once();manyTimes();times(5);min(2);max(8);between(3,6);

EDIT: See answer from @emeraldjava which shows the correct solution for Spring 4.3+ users.

Unfortunately there isn't any nice mechanism to expect multiple calls. You either do it manually or use loops, e.g.:

for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {                   mockRestServiceServer                .expect(requestContainsUri("/stuff"))                .andExpect(method(HttpMethod.GET))                .andRespond(withAutoDetectedCannedData());}

Be aware that the requests must be called without any interruptions, e.g. there cannot be another REST call that doesn't match the "/stuff" URI.