According to the Mockito documentation, you can make a mock serializable:

List serializableMock = mock(List.class, withSettings().serializable());

the easiest way is this:

when(stmt.executeUpdate())
     .thenThrow(new SQLException("I have failed."))
     .thenReturn(1);

But a single method in a unit test should verify a single expectation about the codes behavior. Therefore the better way is to writ two separate test methods.

I was able to completely answer my own question.

In this example an address with the Locality of Louisville is generated while the other fields look like "address.getStreet1();".

private Address createAddress(){
    Address address = mock(Address.class, new StringAnswer() );

    when(address.getLocality()).thenReturn("Louisville");

    ISOCountry isoCountry = mock(ISOCountry.class);
    when(isoCountry.getIsocode()).thenReturn("US");
    when(address.getCountry()).thenReturn(isoCountry);

    return address;
}

private class StringAnswer implements Answer<Object> {
    @Override
    public Object answer(InvocationOnMock invocation) throws Throwable {
           if( invocation.getMethod().getReturnType().equals(String.class)){
               return invocation.toString();
           }
           else{
               return Mockito.RETURNS_DEFAULTS.answer(invocation);
           }
       }
}

If you really don't have a choice for refactoring you can mock/stub everything in the super method call e.g.

    class BaseService {

        public void validate(){
            fail(" I must not be called");
        }

        public void save(){
            //Save method of super will still be called.
            validate();
        }
    }

    class ChildService extends BaseService{

        public void load(){}

        public void save(){
            super.save();
            load();
        }
    }

    @Test
    public void testSave() {
        ChildService classToTest = Mockito.spy(new ChildService());

        // Prevent/stub logic in super.save()
        Mockito.doNothing().when((BaseService)classToTest).validate();

        // When
        classToTest.save();

        // Then
        verify(classToTest).load();
    }

You should also mock the next() method to have it return true the first time it's called, as mockito will return false by default.

Mockito.when(resultSetMock.next()).thenReturn(true).thenReturn(false);

As you noted, act is not a mock, and therefore you cannot record behavior on it. You could use Mockito.spy to, well, spy (or partially mock) the act object so that you only record the behavior of secondMethod and execute the actual code for firstMethod.

Note, however, that matchers can't be used in doReturn calls regardles of how you're mocking or spying your object. A return value must be a concrete object.

class ActivityTest() {

  Activity act;

  @Before
  public void setup(){
     act = Mockito.spy(new Activity()); // Here!
  }

  @Test
  public void testFirstMethod(){

      Mockito.doReturn("someString").when(act).secondMethod();
      act.firstMethod();
      verify(act).secondMethod();
  }
} 

A slightly more elegant syntax allows you to use annotations instead of explicitly calling Mockito.spy, but it's a matter of taste really:

@RunWith(MockitoJUnitRunner.class)
class ActivityTest() {

  @Spy
  Activity act = new Activity();

  @Test
  public void testFirstMethod(){

      Mockito.doReturn("someString").when(act).secondMethod();
      act.firstMethod();
      verify(act).secondMethod();
  }
} 

The sample works if you remove the PowerMock dependencies. The issue is that the versions of Mockito and PowerMock used are incompatible with each other. For PowerMock 2.x you need at least Mockito 2.8.9+. PowerMock provides a compatibility list that shows what version of PowerMock is compatible with what version of Mockito. Fix up the versions to be compatible with each other and your sample will start to work.

There are two options I'd advise here.

Option 1 (separate unit tests suite for service and mapper)

If you want to unit test then mock your mapper in the service (other dependencies as well OFC) and test service logic only. For the mapper write a separate unit test suite. I created a code example here: https://github.com/jannis-baratheon/stackoverflow--mapstruct-mapper-testing-example.

Excerpts from the example:

Service class:

public class AService {
    private final ARepository repository;
    private final EntityMapper mapper;

    public AService(ARepository repository, EntityMapper mapper) {
        this.repository = repository;
        this.mapper = mapper;
    }

    public ADto getResource(int id) {
        AnEntity entity = repository.getEntity(id);
        return mapper.toDto(entity);
    }
}

Mapper:

import org.mapstruct.Mapper;

@Mapper
public interface EntityMapper {
    ADto toDto(AnEntity entity);
}

Service unit test:

import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;

import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Test;

public class AServiceTest {

    private EntityMapper mapperMock;

    private ARepository repositoryMock;

    private AService sut;

    @Before
    public void setup() {
        repositoryMock = mock(ARepository.class);
        mapperMock = mock(EntityMapper.class);

        sut = new AService(repositoryMock, mapperMock);
    }

    @Test
    public void shouldReturnResource() {
        // given
        AnEntity mockEntity = mock(AnEntity.class);
        ADto mockDto = mock(ADto.class);

        when(repositoryMock.getEntity(42))
                .thenReturn(mockEntity);
        when(mapperMock.toDto(mockEntity))
                .thenReturn(mockDto);

        // when
        ADto resource = sut.getResource(42);

        // then
        assertThat(resource)
                .isSameAs(mockDto);
    }
}

Mapper unit test:

import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;

import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Test;

public class EntityMapperTest {

    private EntityMapperImpl sut;

    @Before
    public void setup() {
        sut = new EntityMapperImpl();
    }

    @Test
    public void shouldMapEntityToDto() {
        // given
        AnEntity entity = new AnEntity();
        entity.setId(42);

        // when
        ADto aDto = sut.toDto(entity);

        // then
        assertThat(aDto)
            .hasFieldOrPropertyWithValue("id", 42);
    }
}

Option 2 (integration tests for service and mapper + mapper unit tests)

The second option is to make an integration test where you inject a real mapper to the service. I'd strongly advise not to put too much effort into validating the mapping logic in integration tests though. It's very likely to get messy. Just smoke test the mappings and write unit tests for the mapper separately.

Summary

To sum up:

• unit tests for the service (using a mocked mapper) + unit tests for the mapper
• integration tests for the service (with real mapper) + unit tests for the mapper

I usually choose option number two where I test main application paths with MockMvc and write complete unit tests for smaller units.

Use PowerMockito on top of Mockito.

Example code:

@RunWith(PowerMockRunner.class)
@PrepareForTest(DriverManager.class)
public class Mocker {

    @Test
    public void shouldVerifyParameters() throws Exception {

        //given
        PowerMockito.mockStatic(DriverManager.class);
        BDDMockito.given(DriverManager.getConnection(...)).willReturn(...);

        //when
        sut.execute(); // System Under Test (sut)

        //then
        PowerMockito.verifyStatic();
        DriverManager.getConnection(...);

    }

More information:

• Why doesn't Mockito mock static methods?