Starting a mongod as part of a junit test

SimpleMongoConnectionTest.java

public class SimpleMongoConnectionTest {

  ...

  private static Process mongod;

  // TODO - this a clumsy way to start/stop a mongod. works for now.
  @BeforeClass
  public static void startMongoDB() throws IOException, InterruptedException
  {
    mongod = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(
		MONGO_HOME + "\\bin\\mongod.exe --dbpath " + 
                MONGO_HOME + "\\data");
    Thread.sleep(5000L);

    // mongo is a 'one per app' connection pool
    mongo = new Mongo("localhost");

  }

  @AfterClass
  public static void stopMongoDB() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
    mongod.destroy();
  }