[ddsteps-user] Why should I use DDStepsSpringTestCase?

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Hello,=0A=0AHopefully this is a really stupid question (meaning that there'=
s a clear answer)...=0A=0AI'm planning to write several test cases that wil=
l use DDSteps and it's built-in DbUnit functionality. The only test case ex=
amples I've seen that demonstrate how to do this extend DDStepsSpringTestCa=
se, which involves the use of a Spring application context. Convenience asi=
de, my concern is that there's a lot of overhead involved in setting up and=
 tearing down a new app context for each of my many test classes.=0A=0AIs t=
his a valid concern? Would it be more efficient for my to simply extend DDS=
tepsTestCase (i.e., avoid a Spring context) and manually configure my Excel=
DbUnitFixture?=0A=0AThanks!=0Aclint=0A=0A