How to use DefaultAnswerValidatorTest class of org.mockito.internal.stubbing.answers package

Use PowerMockito on top of Mockito.

Example code:

@RunWith(PowerMockRunner.class)
@PrepareForTest(DriverManager.class)
public class Mocker {

    @Test
    public void shouldVerifyParameters() throws Exception {

        //given
        PowerMockito.mockStatic(DriverManager.class);
        BDDMockito.given(DriverManager.getConnection(...)).willReturn(...);

        //when
        sut.execute(); // System Under Test (sut)

        //then
        PowerMockito.verifyStatic();
        DriverManager.getConnection(...);

    }

More information:

• Why doesn't Mockito mock static methods?

One way is using reflection get rid of final modifier from the field and then replace the LOGGER field with Mocked one

public class Class1Test {
    @Test
    public void test() throws Exception {
        Logger logger = Mockito.mock(Logger.class);
        Mockito.when(logger.isInfoEnabled()).thenReturn(false);
        setFinalStatic(Class1.class.getDeclaredField("LOGGER"), logger);
        Class1 cls1 = new Class1();
        assertFalse(cls1.demoMethod());
    }

    static void setFinalStatic(Field field, Object newValue) throws Exception {
        field.setAccessible(true);        
        Field modifiersField = Field.class.getDeclaredField("modifiers");
        modifiersField.setAccessible(true);
        modifiersField.setInt(field, field.getModifiers() & ~Modifier.FINAL);
        field.set(null, newValue);
    }
}

What do you want it to do?

You can set it to RETURN_SMART_NULLS, which avoids the NPE and includes some useful info.

You could replace this with a custom implementation, for example, that throws an exception from its answer method:

@Test
public void test() {
    Object mock = Mockito.mock(Object.class, new NullPointerExceptionAnswer());
    String s = mock.toString(); // Breaks here, as intended.
    assertEquals("", s);
}

class NullPointerExceptionAnswer<T> implements Answer<T> {
    @Override
    public T answer(InvocationOnMock invocation) throws Throwable {
        throw new NullPointerException();
    }
}

Don't mock Plugin if it's the class you want to Unit test. It's the opposite! Also for a unit test I would definitely avoid creating a spring context, instead you should only do that for integration testing or some very rare / specific case.

Anyway I suppose you want to test the interactions between the plugin and the manager. So you should definitely read the Mockito documentation but here's a first start that get a mocked manager injected in the plugin.

@RunWith(MockitoJUinitRunner.class)
public class PluginTest {
    @Mock DistributionManager mockedManager;
    @InjectMocks Plugin testedPlugin = new Plugin(); // initialization not need when using Mockito 1.9.x

    @Test public void plugin_should_call_the_the_manager_on_doSomething() {
        // given
        // when
        // then
    }

    // other scenarios
}

Please note, that you only need to use eihter the JUnit runner MockitoJUinitRunner.class or the utility class and method MockitoAnnotations.init(), but not both!

Other remarks:

• As you are using JUnit 4.x you don't need to make your test method name begin by test, as those are annotated by @Test you can name them as whatever you want that is readable and expressive on the intent of the test.
• Same goes for set up and tear down methods, as they are respectively annotated by @Before and @After you can describe what your setting up or tearing down.
• And finally, don't name your test class PluginTestCase, the suffix TestCase was only used for abstract classes that would be extended by an actual test suffixed by Test such as MyClassTest. And anyway Maven Surefire will look for classes named *Test.

Take a look at the Mockito API docs. As the linked document mentions (Point # 12) you can use any of the doThrow(),doAnswer(),doNothing(),doReturn() family of methods from Mockito framework to mock void methods.

For example,

Mockito.doThrow(new Exception()).when(instance).methodName();

or if you want to combine it with follow-up behavior,

Mockito.doThrow(new Exception()).doNothing().when(instance).methodName();

Presuming that you are looking at mocking the setter setState(String s) in the class World below is the code uses doAnswer method to mock the setState.

World mockWorld = mock(World.class); 
doAnswer(new Answer<Void>() {
    public Void answer(InvocationOnMock invocation) {
      Object[] args = invocation.getArguments();
      System.out.println("called with arguments: " + Arrays.toString(args));
      return null;
    }
}).when(mockWorld).setState(anyString());

Since Mockito 2.20 it is also possible, to add lenient() locally

@ExtendWith(MockitoExtension.class)
public class MockitoExample {

  static abstract class TestClass {
    public abstract int booleanMethod(boolean arg);
  }

  @Mock
  TestClass testClass;

  @BeforeEach
  public void beforeEach() {
    lenient().when(testClass.booleanMethod(eq(true))).thenReturn(1);
    lenient().when(testClass.booleanMethod(eq(false))).thenReturn(2);
  }

  @Test
  public void test() {
    assertEquals(1,testClass.booleanMethod(true));
    assertEquals(2,testClass.booleanMethod(false));
  }
}

Here is my solution to your problem:

import static org.mockito.Mockito.mockingDetails;

import org.springframework.beans.BeansException;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.InstantiationAwareBeanPostProcessorAdapter;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;

@Configuration
public class MockitoSkipAutowireConfiguration {

@Bean MockBeanFactory mockBeanFactory() {
    return new MockBeanFactory();
}

private static class MockBeanFactory extends InstantiationAwareBeanPostProcessorAdapter {
    @Override
    public boolean postProcessAfterInstantiation(Object bean, String beanName) throws BeansException {
        return !mockingDetails(bean).isMock();
    }
}

} 

and then just

@Import(MockitoSkipAutowireConfiguration.class)

in your test @Configuration and you are all set

You need create real A class because you want to test it but you need to mock other classes used in A class. Also, you can find mockito documentation says that don't mock everything.

class ATest {
        @Mock
        private B b;
        private A a;
        @Before
        public void init() {
            MockitoAnnotations.initMocks(this);
            a = new A(b);
        }
        @Test
        public String someMethodTest() {
            String result = "result";
            Mockito.when(b.execute()).thenReturn(result);
            String response = a.someMethod();
            Mockito.verify(b,  Mockito.atLeastOnce()).execute();
            assertEquals(response, result);
        }
    }

Use MockitoAnnotations.initMocks to initiate the @Mock and @InjectMocks objects. Your test would look something like:

@Mock
FastPowering fastPower;

@InjectMocks
Controller controller;

@Before
public void setup() {
    MockitoAnnotations.initMocks(this);
}

@Test
public void test() {
    ....
}