OK, I think this is very specific to TestNG configurations, since all of the JUnit examples work 'out of the box'!

Read through this link from the PowerMock GitHub site which describes further detail on how to use TestNG together with PowerMock. Exactly your scenario of verifying calls to mocked static methods is described there using this example code:

@PrepareForTest(IdGenerator.class)
public class MyTestClass {

   @Test
   public void demoStaticMethodMocking() throws Exception {
      mockStatic(IdGenerator.class);
      when(IdGenerator.generateNewId()).thenReturn(2L);       
      new ClassUnderTest().methodToTest();

      // Optionally verify that the static method was actually called
      verifyStatic();
      IdGenerator.generateNewId();
   }

}

Which is then followed by this nugget of information:

For this to work you need to tell TestNG to use the PowerMock object factory

This is done using either TestNG XML config, or in the test's code itself. For completeness I've copied below the options given at the above URL. FWIW I extended PowerMockTestCase and the verification worked as you expect.

Finally, don't forget to @PrepareForTest the correct class - i.e. the class containing the static methods which you want to mock, as @Bax pointed out here.

As a further hint (which you probably already know about, but worth mentioning here anyway) since you aren't using Mockito to mock objects, MockitoAnnotations.initMocks(this) can be safely deleted.

Once you've got all this working, you might also like to consider whether the use of 'Black Magic' tools like Powermock is actually exposing code smells in your design? Especially since it looks like the classes containing static methods are under your ownership. This means you could use an alternative design that doesn't use statics. I highly recommend Michael Feathers' book Working Effectively with Legacy Code, it might just change your whole approach to software design and testing...

Good luck!

Configure TestNG to use the PowerMock object factory

Using suite.xml

In your suite.xml add the following in the suite tag: object-factory="org.powermock.modules.testng.PowerMockObjectFactory" e.g.

<suite name="dgf" verbose="10"
    object-factory="org.powermock.modules.testng.PowerMockObjectFactory">
    <test name="dgf">
        <classes>
            <class name="com.mycompany.Test1"/>
            <class name="com.mycompany.Test2"/>
        </classes>
    </test> 

If you're using Maven you may need to point out the file to Surefire:

<plugin>
    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
    <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
    <configuration>
        <suiteXmlFiles>
        <suiteXmlFile>suite.xml</suiteXmlFile>
        </suiteXmlFiles>
    </configuration> 
</plugin> 

Programmatically

Add a method like this to your test class:

@ObjectFactory public IObjectFactory getObjectFactory() {
     return new org.powermock.modules.testng.PowerMockObjectFactory(); 
} 

or to be on the safe side you can also extend from the PowerMockTestCase:

@PrepareForTest(IdGenerator.class) 
public class MyTestClass extends PowerMockTestCase { ... }

There are different ways to use Mockito - I'll go through them one by one.

Manually

Creating mocks manually with Mockito::mock works regardless of the JUnit version (or test framework for that matter).

Annotation Based

Using the @Mock-annotation and the corresponding call to MockitoAnnotations::initMocks to create mocks works regardless of the JUnit version (or test framework for that matter but Java 9 could interfere here, depending on whether the test code ends up in a module or not).

Mockito Extension

JUnit 5 has a powerful extension model and Mockito recently published one under the group / artifact ID org.mockito : mockito-junit-jupiter.

You can apply the extension by adding @ExtendWith(MockitoExtension.class) to the test class and annotating mocked fields with @Mock. From MockitoExtension's JavaDoc:

@ExtendWith(MockitoExtension.class)
public class ExampleTest {

    @Mock
    private List list;

    @Test
    public void shouldDoSomething() {
        list.add(100);
    }

}

The MockitoExtension documentation describes other ways to instantiate mocks, for example with constructor injection (if you rpefer final fields in test classes).

No Rules, No Runners

JUnit 4 rules and runners don't work in JUnit 5, so the MockitoRule and the Mockito runner can not be used.

.. Reading Javadoc helps:

In rare cases when the parameter is a primitive then you must use relevant intThat(), floatThat(), etc. method. This way you will avoid NullPointerException during autounboxing.

You need to put the class where the constructor is called into the @PrepareForTest annotation instead of the class which is being constructed - see Mock construction of new objects.

In your case:

✗ @PrepareForTest(MyQueryClass.class)

✓ @PrepareForTest(A.class)

More general:

✗ @PrepareForTest(NewInstanceClass.class)

✓ @PrepareForTest(ClassThatCreatesTheNewInstance.class)

The code you posted works for me with the latest version of Mockito and Powermockito. Maybe you haven't prepared A? Try this:

A.java

public class A {
     private final String test;

    public A(String test) {
        this.test = test;
    }

    public String check() {
        return "checked " + this.test;
    }
}

MockA.java

import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;

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

@RunWith(PowerMockRunner.class)
@PrepareForTest(A.class)
public class MockA {
    @Test
    public void test_not_mocked() throws Throwable {
        assertThat(new A("random string").check(), equalTo("checked random string"));
    }
    @Test
    public void test_mocked() throws Throwable {
         A a = mock(A.class); 
         when(a.check()).thenReturn("test");
         PowerMockito.whenNew(A.class).withArguments(Mockito.anyString()).thenReturn(a);
         assertThat(new A("random string").check(), equalTo("test"));
    }
}

Both tests should pass with mockito 1.9.0, powermockito 1.4.12 and junit 4.8.2

This question is ancient, but Mockito v2.1.0+ now has a built-in feature for this.

verify(mock, description("This will print on failure")).someMethod("some arg");

More examples included from @Lambart's comment below:

verify(mock, times(10).description("This will print if the method isn't called 10 times")).someMethod("some arg");
verify(mock, never().description("This will print if someMethod is ever called")).someMethod("some arg");
verify(mock, atLeastOnce().description("This will print if someMethod is never called with any argument")).someMethod(anyString());

You can check for more properties using one matcher by combining matchers with allOf:

    Matcher<Class> matcherName = allOf(
        hasProperty("propertyName", equalTo(expected1)),
        hasProperty("propertyName2", equalTo(expected2)));

But I guess that what you are actually looking for is the samePropertyValuesAs one, that checks if a bean has the same property values as another one by checking the properties itself instead of the equals method:

    assertThat(yourBean, samePropertyValuesAs(expectedBean));

I stumbled upon this too and the answer is buried quite deep in the docs, so here it is.

Mockito optionally offers advanced mocking features like mocking final classes. For this to work, they use a different mechanism ("mock maker") that is considered experimental and therefore turned off by default. But:

As a convenience, the Mockito team provides an artifact where this mock maker is preconfigured. Instead of using the mockito-core artifact, include the mockito-inline artifact in your project.

Mocking static methods is available since Mockito 3.4.

See pull request: Mockito #1013: Defines and implements API for static mocking.

Please note that the fact that this feature is available is not equivalent with recommendation to use it. It is aimed at legacy apps where you cannot refactor the source code.

Having said that:

Test when static method takes no arguments:

try (MockedStatic<SomePublicClass> dummyStatic = Mockito.mockStatic(SomePublicClass.class)) {
    dummyStatic.when(SomePublicClass::myPublicStaticFunc)
               .thenReturn(5);
    // when
    System.out.println(SomePublicClass.myPublicStaticFunc());
    //then
    dummyStatic.verify(
            times(1),
            SomePublicClass::myPublicStaticFunc
    );
}

Test when static methods takes arguments:

try (MockedStatic<SomePublicClass> dummyStatic = Mockito.mockStatic(SomePublicClass.class)) {
    dummyStatic.when(() -> SomePublicClass.myPublicStaticFunc(anyInt()))
               .thenReturn(5);
    // when
    System.out.println(SomePublicClass.myPublicStaticFunc(7));
    //then
    dummyStatic.verify(
            times(1), 
            () -> SomePublicClass.myPublicStaticFunc(anyInt())
    );
}