How to use ConfusedSignatureTest class of org.mockitousage.bugs package

The error message you are getting is expected since you are using argument matcher for only one argument and not the other. From Matchers Javadoc:

If you are using argument matchers, all arguments have to be provided by matchers.

Therefore, the fix is to use a matcher for the second parameter of the method as well. In this case, it would be a matcher matching null. Depending on the version of Mockito and Java, you can have:

• Starting with Mockito 2, you can use ArgumentMatchers.isNull(). This works with Java 8 and above:

  verify(objectDemo, times(1)).objectDemoMethod(any(String.class), isNull());
  

  Note that if you're running with Java 7 or older, you'll need an explicit cast to make this work, because the type inference in those versions of Java does not take into account the types of the method called:

  verify(objectDemo, times(1)).objectDemoMethod(any(String.class), (String) isNull());
  

• If you're using Mockito 1, you can use the Matchers.isNull(clazz) instead:

  verify(objectDemo, times(1)).objectDemoMethod(any(String.class), isNull(String.class));
  

For the Java ≤ 7 or Mockito 1 cases, the examples uses a case where the second parameter was of type String: it would need to be replaced with the actual type of the method parameter.

It is because of Java/Mockito compatibility. For example, if you are using Java 11 with Mockito 2.17.0, it will throw the same error (Upgrading to Mockito 2.22.0 or later will solve it). Aside from digging into their release artifact on Github, I am yet to see a comprehensive document that spells out the compatibility matrix. Here is a helpful compatibility Matrix (based on quick test)

• Mockito * - 2.17.0 => Java 8

(footnote: * - dont know how far back)

• Mockito 2.18.0 - 3.2.4 => Java 11

You should matcher that matches long not any object:

verify(foo, times(1)).causeProblems(anyLong());

I checked that it runs correctly.

Here's what I've been doing to cope with the situation.

I use global imports on a new test class.

import static org.junit.Assert.*;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;
import static org.mockito.Matchers.*;

When you are finished writing your test and need to commit, you just CTRL+SHIFT+O to organize the packages. For example, you may just be left with:

import static org.mockito.Mockito.doThrow;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
import static org.mockito.Matchers.anyString;

This allows you to code away without getting 'stuck' trying to find the correct package to import.

I think the reason may be that mock object libraries typically create mocks by dynamically creating classes at runtime (using cglib). This means they either implement an interface at runtime (that's what EasyMock does if I'm not mistaken), or they inherit from the class to mock (that's what Mockito does if I'm not mistaken). Both approaches do not work for static members, since you can't override them using inheritance.

The only way to mock statics is to modify a class' byte code at runtime, which I suppose is a little more involved than inheritance.

That's my guess at it, for what it's worth...

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.

The problem is the String class in Java is marked as final, so you cannot mock is using traditional mocking frameworks. According to the Mockito FAQ, this is a limitation of that framework as well.

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.

You could try to replace

MockitoAnnotations.initMocks(this);

with this

System.setProperty("dexmaker.dexcache", getContext().getCacheDir().getPath());

It works for me. See ref here