How to use ExceptionFactoryTest class of org.mockito.internal.junit package

Years later but no one seemed to mention that (Spring) @Resource and (Mockito) @InjectMocks are mutually exclusive solutions. You have multiple generated subclasses of UnsetProperty in play so PIT is simply confused about what's going on.

From the Mockito FAQ:

What are the limitations of Mockito

• Cannot mock final methods - their real behavior is executed without any exception. Mockito cannot warn you about mocking final methods so be vigilant.

It doesn't matter the framework or technology in my opinion. Mocks and stubs could be defined as follows.

A stub is a controllable replacement for an existing dependency (or collaborator) in the system. By using a stub, you can test your code without dealing with the dependency directly.

A mock object is a fake object in the system that decides whether the unit test has passed or failed. It does so by verifying whether the object under test interacted as expected with the fake object.

Perhaps these images can clarify the interactions between a stub and a mock.

Stub

Mock

You need to create a MOCK of pcUserService first, and then use that mock.

PcUserService mock = org.mockito.Mockito.mock(PcUserService.class);
when(mock.read("1")).thenReturn(pcUser);

Just point that with Mockito you can also use AdditionalMatchers and ArgumentMatchers

import static org.mockito.AdditionalMatchers.not;
import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.eq;

//anything but not "ejb"    
mock.someMethod(not(eq("ejb")));

According its documentation:

Example of using logical and(), not(), or() matchers:

//anything but not "ejb"
mock.someMethod(not(eq("ejb")));

There is more info in this other SO question

Hope it helps

Even more meaningful :

import static org.mockito.Mockito.never;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;

// ...

verify(dependency, never()).someMethod();

The documentation of this feature is there §4 "Verifying exact number of invocations / at least x / never", and the never javadoc is here.

Check the Java API for List.
The get(int index) method is declared to throw only the IndexOutOfBoundException which extends RuntimeException.
You are trying to tell Mockito to throw an exception SomeException() that is not valid to be thrown by that particular method call.

To clarify further.
The List interface does not provide for a checked Exception to be thrown from the get(int index) method and that is why Mockito is failing.
When you create the mocked List, Mockito will use the definition of List.class to creates its mock.

The behavior you are specifying with the when(list.get(0)).thenThrow(new SomeException()) doesn't match the method signature in List API, because get(int index) method does not throw SomeException() so Mockito fails.

If you really want to do this, then have Mockito throw a new RuntimeException() or even better throw a new ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException() since the API specifies that that is the only valid Exception to be thrown.

You need to do this.

when(userRepository.save(Mockito.any(User.class)))
                .thenAnswer(i -> i.getArguments()[0]);

And now you can obtain user which you pass as argument.

All warnings go away when alternative way of mock specification is used:

    ScheduledFuture<?> future = Mockito.mock(ScheduledFuture.class);
    Mockito.doReturn(future).when(executor).schedule(
        Mockito.any(Runnable.class),
        Mockito.anyLong(),
        Mockito.any(TimeUnit.class)
    );