# Getting started with Testcontainers for Java — Write the test

> Create CustomerServiceTest.java under src/test/java Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically): ```java package com.testcontainers.demo; import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals; import java.util.List; import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterAll; import org.junit

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Create CustomerServiceTest.java under src/test/java

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```java
package com.testcontainers.demo;

import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;

import java.util.List;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterAll;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeAll;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
import org.testcontainers.postgresql.PostgreSQLContainer;

class CustomerServiceTest {

  static PostgreSQLContainer postgres = new PostgreSQLContainer(
    "postgres:16-alpine"
  );

  CustomerService customerService;

  @BeforeAll
  static void beforeAll() {
    postgres.start();
  }

  @AfterAll
  static void afterAll() {
    postgres.stop();
  }

  @BeforeEach
  void setUp() {
    DBConnectionProvider connectionProvider = new DBConnectionProvider(
      postgres.getJdbcUrl(),
      postgres.getUsername(),
      postgres.getPassword()
    );
    customerService = new CustomerService(connectionProvider);
  }

  @Test
```

Here's what the test does

Declares a PostgreSQLContainer with the postgres:16-alpine Docker image. The @BeforeAll callback starts the Postgres container before any test methods run. The @BeforeEach callback creates a DBConnectionProvider using the JDBC connection parameters from the container, then creates a CustomerService. The CustomerService constructor creates the customers table if it doesn't exist. shouldGetCustomers() inserts 2 customer records, fetches all customers, and asserts the count. The @AfterAll callback stops the container after all test methods finish.

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