How to use should_serialize_with_stubbing_callback method of org.mockitousage.basicapi.MocksSerializationForAnnotationTest class

This could be achieved by PowerMockito framework.

import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
import org.powermock.api.mockito.PowerMockito;
import org.powermock.core.classloader.annotations.PrepareForTest;
import org.powermock.modules.junit4.PowerMockRunner;

@RunWith(PowerMockRunner.class)
@PrepareForTest(SomeClass.class)
public class SomeClassTest {

    private SomeClass someInstance;

    @Before
    public void setUp() throws Exception {

        someInstance = PowerMockito.spy(new SomeClass());
    }

    @Test
    public void sendRequest() throws Exception {

        String json = "JSON";
        String text = "Some text";
        int messageId = 1;

        PowerMockito.doReturn(true).when(someInstance, "isMethod");
        PowerMockito.doReturn(messageId).when(someInstance, "getMessageId", json);

        someInstance.sendRequest(json, text);

        PowerMockito.verifyPrivate(someInstance).invoke("isMethod");
        PowerMockito.verifyPrivate(someInstance).invoke("getMessageId", json);
        PowerMockito.verifyPrivate(someInstance).invoke("sendMessage", messageId, text);
    }

}

I think you need to pass the Matcher to the jsonPath method. For example.

.andExpect(jsonPath("$.version", is("0.1")))

References:
http://docs.spring.io/spring/docs/3.2.x/javadoc-api/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/result/MockMvcResultMatchers.html#jsonPath(java.lang.String,%20org.hamcrest.Matcher)

https://www.petrikainulainen.net/programming/spring-framework/integration-testing-of-spring-mvc-applications-write-clean-assertions-with-jsonpath/

SpringMVC/ mockMVC/ jsonpath compare list of strings

As this link you posted indicates, you've encountered a bug with Answers.RETURNS_DEEP_STUBS.

I don't actually see any reason to actually use RETURNS_DEEP_STUBS in your example code. You really should try to evaluate whether or not you need deep stubs, because, as the Mockito docs say, "every time a mock returns a mock a fairy dies." So if you can, just take that out and your example will work.

However, if you insist on using deep stubs, you can hack around this error by up-casting the return value from the method call to Object. For example, replace the offending line in your code with this:

when((Object)bList.get(0)).thenReturn(b);

All that being said, I personally agree with @jhericks. The best solution is probably to use an actual ArrayList which contains your mock as opposed to mocking List. The only problem is getting your list injected, so you'd have to use @Spy. For example:

@RunWith(MockitoJUnitRunner.class)
class ATest{
  private B b = mock(B.class);
  @Spy
  private List<B> bList = new ArrayList<B>() {{ add(b); }};

  @InjectMocks
  private C c = new C();

  @Test
  public void test(){
    c.methodIWantToTest();
    // verify results
  }
}

Usually when you are unit testing, you shouldn't initialize Spring context. So remove Autowiring.

Usually when you do integration testing, you should use real dependencies. So remove mocking.

You are mixing integration and unit test here.

With mockito v 3.4.0 we can simply use mockStatic() method without powermock library :

 try (MockedStatic mocked = mockStatic(Foo.class)) {
   mocked.when(Foo::method).thenReturn("bar");
   assertEquals("bar", Foo.method());
   mocked.verify(Foo::method);
 }

assertEquals("foo", Foo.method());

Latest documentation and example : https://javadoc.io/static/org.mockito/mockito-core/3.5.10/org/mockito/Mockito.html#static_mocks

I think

Mockito.reset(wareHouseSpy)

would do it.

You need to inject mock inside the class you're testing. At the moment you're interacting with the real object, not with the mock one. You can fix the code in a following way:

void testAbc(){
     myClass.myObj = myInteface;
     myClass.abc();
     verify(myInterface).myMethodToBeVerified(new String("a"), new String("b"));
}

although it would be a wiser choice to extract all initialization code into @Before

@Before
void setUp(){
     myClass = new myClass();
     myClass.myObj = myInteface;
}

@Test
void testAbc(){
     myClass.abc();
     verify(myInterface).myMethodToBeVerified(new String("a"), new String("b"));
}

when(myObject.someMethod()).thenReturn(someMockObject);
// run test
verify(myObject, times(n)).someMethod();

See the documentation for more conversion examples.

The problem is on your test class Before method you are instantiating new controller

@Before
    public void setup() {
        categoryController = new CategoryController();
        mockMvc = MockMvcBuilders.standaloneSetup(categoryController).build();
    }

Here is how I do test for Controller

Controller Class :

@Controller
public class CategoryController {

    private SimpleCategoryDAO simpleCategoryDAO;
    private SimpleGifDAO simpleGifDAO;

    @Autowired
    public void setSimpleGifDAO(SimpleGifDAO simpleGifDAO) {
        this.simpleGifDAO = simpleGifDAO;
    }

    @Autowired
    public void setSimpleCategoryDAO(SimpleCategoryDAO simpleCategoryDAO) {
        this.simpleCategoryDAO = simpleCategoryDAO;
    }

    @RequestMapping("/categories")
    public String getAllCategories(ModelMap modelMap) {
        modelMap.put("categories", simpleCategoryDAO.getAllCategories());
        return "categories";
    }

    @RequestMapping("/category/{categoryID}")
    public String getGifsByCategoryID(@PathVariable int categoryID, ModelMap modelMap) {
        modelMap.put("gifs", simpleGifDAO.findGifsByCategoryID(categoryID));
        modelMap.put("category", simpleCategoryDAO.getCategoryByID(categoryID));
        return "category";
    }
}

Notice I'm using setter injection here not field injection. You can also use constructor injection ( preferred way for me).

In you test class

@RunWith(MockitoJUnitRunner.class)
public class CategoryControllerTest {

    private MockMvc mockMvc;

    @Mock
    private SimpleCategoryDAO simpleCategoryDAO;

    @Before
    public void setup() {
        final CategoryController categoryController = new CategoryController();

        //notice here I'm setting the mocked dao here
        // if you didn't use @RunWith(MockitoJUnitRunner.class)
        // you can do: simpleCategoryDAO = Mockito.mock(SimpleCategoryDAO.class);

        categoryController.setSimpleCategoryDAO(simpleCategoryDAO);

        mockMvc = MockMvcBuilders.standaloneSetup(categoryController).build();
    }

    @Test
    public void categories_ShouldRenderCategoriesView() throws Exception {
        List<Category> ALL_CATEGORIES = Arrays.asList(
                new Category(1, "Funny"),
                new Category(2, "JoyFul")
        );
        Mockito.when(simpleCategoryDAO.getAllCategories()).thenReturn(ALL_CATEGORIES);

        mockMvc.perform(get("/categories"))
                //.andExpect((MockMvcResultMatchers.model()).attribute("categories",ALL_CATEGORIES));
                .andExpect(MockMvcResultMatchers.view().name("categories"));
    }
}

Take a look at Before method on test. I'm setting the mocked DAO on the new instance of controller that I've created and then I'm creating the MockMvc using same instance of controller.