How to use AtLeastXNumberOfInvocationsChecker method of org.mockito.internal.verification.checkers.AtLeastXNumberOfInvocationsChecker class

Why it didn't work

You're mocking Result.iterator():

when(deviceDataResultMock.iterator()).thenReturn(resultIterator);

But you didn't mock Result.spliterator(), or at least I didn't see it, which is what's being called by Result.stream(), which is just Collection.stream():

default Stream<E> stream() {
    return StreamSupport.stream(spliterator(), false);
}

So, you'll have to mock the spliterator() method as well, and probably a few others, too! Alternatively, tell Mockito to call default methods:

Can you make mockito (1.10.17) work with default methods in interfaces?

A comment on mocking in general

I'm not convinced that mocking the jOOQ API is a very good idea. The jOOQ API is vast, and you'll likely forget to mock this or that method as this question here has aptly shown. With your current setup, you're planning on updating your mock every time you project a new column? E.g. you're doing this:

when(recordMock.get(DEVICEID.getName()).thenReturn(deviceId);

What if the column is renamed? Or another column is projected? You'll have to update this test. That feels like quite the chore, and it's very error prone.

While jOOQ itself has JDBC mocking capabilities, please consider the bold disclaimer on that manual page:

Disclaimer: The general idea of mocking a JDBC connection with this jOOQ API is to provide quick workarounds, injection points, etc. using a very simple JDBC abstraction. It is NOT RECOMMENDED to emulate an entire database (including complex state transitions, transactions, locking, etc.) using this mock API. Once you have this requirement, please consider using an actual database product instead for integration testing, rather than implementing your test database inside of a MockDataProvider

When working with databases, it's usually best to resort to running integration tests, see the following resources for some details:

• Integration testing with Jooq
• Using H2 as a Test Database Product with jOOQ
• How to Integration Test Stored Procedures with jOOQ
• Using Testcontainers to Generate jOOQ Code

Of course, you can write a few smoke tests to ensure jOOQ works correctly if you don't trust jOOQ (jOOQ being an external dependency). But the jOOQ unit and integration tests are vast, so in general, you should be able to trust core types like Result or Record to do the right thing for you. What you really want to test is your query correctness, and that, you can only integration test against an actual database instance.

MockitoJUnitRunner gives you automatic validation of framework usage, as well as an automatic initMocks().

The automatic validation of framework usage is actually worth having. It gives you better reporting if you make one of these mistakes.

• You call the static when method, but don't complete the stubbing with a matching thenReturn, thenThrow or then. (Error 1 in the code below)

• You call verify on a mock, but forget to provide the method call that you are trying to verify. (Error 2 in the code below)

• You call the when method after doReturn, doThrow or doAnswer and pass a mock, but forget to provide the method that you are trying to stub. (Error 3 in the code below)

If you don't have validation of framework usage, these mistakes are not reported until the following call to a Mockito method. This might be

• in the same test method (like error 1 below),
• in the next test method (like error 2 below),
• in the next test class.

If they occur in the last test that you run (like error 3 below), they won't be reported at all.

Here's how each of those types of errors might look. Assume here that JUnit runs these tests in the order they're listed here.

@Test
public void test1() {

    // ERROR 1
    // This compiles and runs, but it's an invalid use of the framework because 
    // Mockito is still waiting to find out what it should do when myMethod is called.
    // But Mockito can't report it yet, because the call to thenReturn might 
    // be yet to happen.
    when(myMock.method1());

    doSomeTestingStuff();

    // ERROR 1 is reported on the following line, even though it's not the line with
    // the error.
    verify(myMock).method2();

}

@Test
public void test2() {

    doSomeTestingStuff();

    // ERROR 2
    // This compiles and runs, but it's an invalid use of the framework because
    // Mockito doesn't know what method call to verify.  But Mockito can't report 
    // it yet, because the call to the method that's being verified might 
    // be yet to happen.
    verify(myMock);
}

@Test
public void test3() {

    // ERROR 2 is reported on the following line, even though it's not even in 
    // the same test as the error.
    doReturn("Hello").when(myMock).method1();


    // ERROR 3
    // This compiles and runs, but it's an invalid use of the framework because
    // Mockito doesn't know what method call is being stubbed.  But Mockito can't 
    // report it yet, because the call to the method that's being stubbed might 
    // be yet to happen.

    doReturn("World").when(myMock);

    doSomeTestingStuff(); 

    //  ERROR 3 is never reported, because there are no more Mockito calls. 
}

Now when I first wrote this answer more than five years ago, I wrote

So I would recommend the use of the MockitoJUnitRunner wherever possible. However, as Tomasz Nurkiewicz has correctly pointed out, you can't use it if you need another JUnit runner, such as the Spring one.

My recommendation has now changed. The Mockito team have added a new feature since I first wrote this answer. It's a JUnit rule, which performs exactly the same function as the MockitoJUnitRunner. But it's better, because it doesn't preclude the use of other runners.

Include

@Rule 
public MockitoRule rule = MockitoJUnit.rule();

in your test class. This initialises the mocks, and automates the framework validation; just like MockitoJUnitRunner does. But now, you can use SpringJUnit4ClassRunner or any other JUnitRunner as well. From Mockito 2.1.0 onwards, there are additional options that control exactly what kind of problems get reported.

As you pointed out, it is not possible to mock static methods with Mockito and since you do not wanna use Powermock or other tools, you can try something as follows in your tests.

1. Create test authentication object

   Authentication auth = new ... // create instance based on your needs and with required attributes or just mock it if you do not care

2. Mock security context

   SecurityContext context = mock(SecurityContext.class);

3. Ensure your mock returns the respective authentication

   when(context.getAuthentication()).thenReturn(auth);

4. Set security context into holder

   SecurityContextHolder.setContext(securityContext);

Now every call to SecurityContextHolder.getContext().getAuthentication() should return authentication object created in step 1.

First you need to create a mock m_contractsDao and set it up. Assuming that the class is ContractsDao:

ContractsDao mock_contractsDao = mock(ContractsDao.class);
when(mock_contractsDao.save(any(String.class))).thenReturn("Some result");

Then inject the mock into m_orderSvc and call your method.

m_orderSvc.m_contractsDao = mock_contractsDao;
m_prog = new ProcessOrdersWorker(m_orderSvc, m_opportunitySvc, m_myprojectOrgSvc);
m_prog.work(); 

Finally, verify that the mock was called properly:

verify(mock_contractsDao, times(1)).save("Parameter I'm expecting");

In Mockito 2.1.0 and up with Java 8 you can pass the lambda to argThat out of the box so that one does not need a custom argument matchers. For the example in the OP would be:

verify(mockedFoo).doThing(argThat((Bar aBar) -> aBar.getI() == 5));

This is because as of Mockito 2.1.0, ArgumentMatcher is a functional interface.

Also, a slightly more terse way to get around this is to use the do syntax instead of when.

doReturn(User.class).when(methodParameter).getParameterType();

Generally if you start new project and you (want to/ are forced) to use PowerMock because of the architecture of your code it means that this architecture is bad and needs improvement. Power Mock gives you access to mock static methods, constructors etc. and this means that your code is not following best programming principles.

Power Mock should be used in legacy applications where you cannot change the code which has been given to you. Often such code does not have unit/integration tests and even small change can result in bugs in application.

Junit will only run methods annotated with @Test, so add it

@Test
public void getserviceTest () {
    QAService qasmock = mock(QAService.class);
    when(qasmock.getServiceInfo()).thenReturn("50");
    String expected = "50";
    assertEquals(expected, qasmock.getServiceInfo());
}

Also, you should verify() that your mock expectations actually happened.

verify(qasmock, times(1)).getServiceInfo();

Note that it seems like you want to test QAService, but you really aren't doing that here. You are simply testing a mock. That's not the same thing.

Create the QAService object yourself and use it.

Why it didn't work

You're mocking Result.iterator():

when(deviceDataResultMock.iterator()).thenReturn(resultIterator);

But you didn't mock Result.spliterator(), or at least I didn't see it, which is what's being called by Result.stream(), which is just Collection.stream():

default Stream<E> stream() {
    return StreamSupport.stream(spliterator(), false);
}

So, you'll have to mock the spliterator() method as well, and probably a few others, too! Alternatively, tell Mockito to call default methods:

Can you make mockito (1.10.17) work with default methods in interfaces?

A comment on mocking in general

I'm not convinced that mocking the jOOQ API is a very good idea. The jOOQ API is vast, and you'll likely forget to mock this or that method as this question here has aptly shown. With your current setup, you're planning on updating your mock every time you project a new column? E.g. you're doing this:

when(recordMock.get(DEVICEID.getName()).thenReturn(deviceId);

What if the column is renamed? Or another column is projected? You'll have to update this test. That feels like quite the chore, and it's very error prone.

While jOOQ itself has JDBC mocking capabilities, please consider the bold disclaimer on that manual page:

Disclaimer: The general idea of mocking a JDBC connection with this jOOQ API is to provide quick workarounds, injection points, etc. using a very simple JDBC abstraction. It is NOT RECOMMENDED to emulate an entire database (including complex state transitions, transactions, locking, etc.) using this mock API. Once you have this requirement, please consider using an actual database product instead for integration testing, rather than implementing your test database inside of a MockDataProvider

When working with databases, it's usually best to resort to running integration tests, see the following resources for some details:

• Integration testing with Jooq
• Using H2 as a Test Database Product with jOOQ
• How to Integration Test Stored Procedures with jOOQ
• Using Testcontainers to Generate jOOQ Code

Of course, you can write a few smoke tests to ensure jOOQ works correctly if you don't trust jOOQ (jOOQ being an external dependency). But the jOOQ unit and integration tests are vast, so in general, you should be able to trust core types like Result or Record to do the right thing for you. What you really want to test is your query correctness, and that, you can only integration test against an actual database instance.