How to use provides_plugins method of org.mockito.internal.configuration.plugins.DefaultMockitoPluginsTest class

There are two possible workarounds:

private fun <T> anyObject(): T {
    Mockito.anyObject<T>()
    return uninitialized()
}

private fun <T> uninitialized(): T = null as T

@Test
fun myTest() {
    `when`(mockedBackend).login(anyObject())).thenAnswer { ... }
}

The other workaround is

private fun <T> anyObject(): T {
    return Mockito.anyObject<T>()
}

@Test
fun myTest() {
    `when`(mockedBackend).login(anyObject())).thenAnswer { ... }
}

Here is some more discussion on this topic, where the workaround is first suggested.

You can change the System.in stream using System.setIn() method.

Try this,

@Test
public void shouldTakeUserInput() {
    InputOutput inputOutput= new InputOutput();

    String input = "add 5";
    InputStream in = new ByteArrayInputStream(input.getBytes());
    System.setIn(in);

    assertEquals("add 5", inputOutput.getInput());
}

You have just modified the System.in field. System.in is basically an InputStream which reads from the console (hence your input in the console). But you just modified it and let the system to read from the provided inputstream instead. So it wont read from console anymore but from the inputstream provided.

Weird that your solution seems to work.
According to their documentation on Github it says.

Mocking of final classes and methods is an incubating, opt-in feature. It uses a combination of Java agent instrumentation and subclassing in order to enable mockability of these types. As this works differently to our current mechanism and this one has different limitations and as we want to gather experience and user feedback, this feature had to be explicitly activated to be available ; it can be done via the mockito extension mechanism by creating the file src/test/resources/mockito-extensions/org.mockito.plugins.MockMaker containing a single line:

mock-maker-inline

After you created this file, Mockito will automatically use this new engine and one can do :

 final class FinalClass {
   final String finalMethod() { return "something"; }
 }

 FinalClass concrete = new FinalClass(); 

 FinalClass mock = mock(FinalClass.class);
 given(mock.finalMethod()).willReturn("not anymore");

 assertThat(mock.finalMethod()).isNotEqualTo(concrete.finalMethod());

In subsequent milestones, the team will bring a programmatic way of using this feature. We will identify and provide support for all unmockable scenarios. Stay tuned and please let us know what you think of this feature!

My working structure now looks like this.

Take advantage of the fact that InitialContext uses an SPI to handle its creation. You can hook into its lifecycle by creating an implementation of javax.naming.spi.InitialContextFactory and passing that to your tests via the system property javax.naming.factory.initial (Context.INTITIAL_CONTEXT_FACTORY). It's simpler than it sounds.

Given this class:

public class UseInitialContext {

    public UseInitialContext() {
        try {
            InitialContext ic = new InitialContext();
            Object myObject = ic.lookup("myObject");
            System.out.println(myObject);
        } catch (NamingException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }


} 

And this impl of InitialContextFactory:

public class MyInitialContextFactory implements InitialContextFactory {

    public Context getInitialContext(Hashtable<?, ?> arg0)
            throws NamingException {

        Context context = Mockito.mock(Context.class);
        Mockito.when(context.lookup("myObject")).thenReturn("This is my object!!");
        return context;
    }
}

Creating an instance of UseInitialContext in a junit test with

-Djava.naming.initial.factory=initial.context.test.MyInitialContext

on the command line outputs This is my object!! (easy to set up in eclipse). I like Mockito for mocking and stubbing. I'd also recommend Micheal Feather's Working Effectively with Legacy Code if you deal with lots of legacy code. It's all about how to find seams in programs in order to isolate specific pieces for testing.

when(
  fooDao.getBar(
    any(Bazoo.class)
  )
).thenReturn(myFoo);

or (to avoid nulls):

when(
  fooDao.getBar(
    (Bazoo)notNull()
  )
).thenReturn(myFoo);

Don't forget to import matchers (many others are available):

For Mockito 2.1.0 and newer:

import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.*;

For older versions:

import static org.mockito.Matchers.*;

So I quickly put something together to see if I could find your issue, and can't below is my sample code using the any(Class) matcher and it worked. So there is something we are not seeing.

Test case

@RunWith(MockitoJUnitRunner.class)
public class ClientTest
{
    @Test
    public void test()
    {
        Client client = Mockito.mock(Client.class);

        Mockito.when(client.batchCall(Mockito.any(Request[].class))).thenReturn("");

        Request[] requests = {
            new Request(), new Request()};

        Assert.assertEquals("", client.batchCall(requests));
        Mockito.verify(client, Mockito.times(1)).batchCall(Mockito.any(Request[].class));
    }
}

client class

public class Client
{
    public String batchCall(Request[] args)
    {
        return "";
    }
}

Request Class

public class Request
{

}

You can use PowerMockito

See the example:

Second second = Mockito.mock(Second.class);
whenNew(Second.class).withNoArguments().thenReturn(second);

But re-factoring is better decision.

I ran into this yesterday, for spies is best to do:

doReturn(X).when(spy).method(any())

You could use a Mockito Answer for this.

doAnswer(new Answer<Object>(){
     @Override
     public Object answer(InvocationOnMock invocation){
        Article article = (Article) invocation.getArguments()[0];
        article.setId(1L);
        return null;
     }
  }).when(em).persist(any(Article.class));

This tells Mockito that when the persist method is called, the first argument should have its setId method invoked.

But if you do this, I don't understand what the purpose of the test would be. You'd really just be testing that the Mockito Answer mechanism works, not that the code of Article or of EntityManager works correctly.