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How to Mock Optional Autowired field

I am trying to make a unit test with Mockito and I cannot find any way to mock my constructor's optional autowired field.
Here is my constructor:
#Autowired
public BatchInputManager(
BatchInputContentRepository batchInputContentRepository,
Optional<List<BatchInputExecutor>> batchInputExecutors) {
// ...
}
And here is how I try to mock these fields :
#InjectMocks
BatchInputManager batchInputManager;
#Mock
BatchInputContentRepository batchInputContentRepository;
#Mock
List<BatchInputExecutor> executors;
For the record, the BatchInputExecutor class is an abstract class and I defined a class that extends it in my test.
When I run my code, the optional that should contains all the extended classes of BatchInputExecutor is not empty, it is null; and the repository is not null.
How am I supposed to mock the value of the optional field in my constructor ?

I'd setup the mocks in the #BeforeEach/#BeforeAll method of the JUnit test.
#BeforeEach
public void mocking(){
var repoMock = ... mock repo ..
var executorMock = mock(BatchInputExecutor.class)
// configure executorMock here
var batchInputExecutors = Optional.of(List.of(executorMock))
var batchInputManager = new BatchInputManager()
... set the class level fields here ..
}

If you really want to use Mockito's annotations in this case:
Change this
#Mock
List<BatchInputExecutor> executors;
To this
#Mock
Optional<List<BatchInputExecutor>> executors;
And configure mockito to supports final classes and methods. See this https://stackoverflow.com/a/40018295/10744129

Difference between #Autowired final setter and non-final setter in spring

Assuming:
abstract class CommonService {
protected VipMapper vipMapper;
#Autowired
public final void setVipMapper(VipMapper vipMapper) {
this.vipMapper = vipMapper;
}
}
#Service
public class BookService extends CommonService {
public int find() {
return vipMapper.findVip(); // return 100
}
}
#SpringBootTest
class BookServiceTest {
#Autowired
private BookService bookService;
#Test
void find() {
VipMapper v = new VipMapper() {
#Override
public int findVip() { // This method will not execute
return 10;
}
};
bookService.setVipMapper(v);
int find = bookService.find(); // find = 100 (not 10)
}
}
1. What is the reason I cannot inject VipMapper when setVipMapper method is final and I can inject when setVipMapper method is not final?
2. How can I inject VipMapper in runtime but still use #Autowired final setter?
Update
I'm using Spring + Mybatis
Source code:
https://bitbucket.org/nguyentanh/stackoverflow
Using the above code, when run that test for findVipCustomerTop3, I get an error connection. But when to remove final in CommonService.java (or #Transactional in BookService.java), the test is success

You issue is not with autowiring. VipMapper get autowired correctly and you are trying to replace the mapper manually via bookService.setVipMapper(v); in your test. It does not replace the vipMapper you passed. To Check this behaviour, define a getter in your service to get the vipMapper and it will return the original vipMapper which was autowired by spring.
Just remember you are not working with an instance of your original BookService class, you are working with a sub class of BookService which is run time generated .
Your original question missed an important piece of info which is #Transactional annotation in your service. As soon as #Transactional annotation is there, Spring actually need to create a proxy. Now spring will choose JDK dynamic proxy or CGLIB proxy to create the proxy for your book service. Since your Service does not have an interface, JDK dynamic proxy choice is not possible so spring is left with CGLIB proxy.
CGLIB proxy has its limitations.
With CGLIB, final methods cannot be advised, as they cannot be overridden in runtime-generated subclasses
Here is technique if you want to actually replace it. Add the following in your test class instead of the line bookService.setVipMapper(v);
((BookService)AopProxyUtils.getSingletonTarget(bookService))
.setVipMapper(v);
The above option is doing it hardcore way but good for understanding the concept. There is another option telling spring to create BookService in your test with a mock vipMapper autowired when it creates BookService.
#SpringBootTest
class BookServiceTest {
#Autowired
private BookService bookService;
#MockBean
private VipMapper vipMapper;
#Test
void find() {
when(vipMapper.findVip()).thenReturn(10);
bookService.setVipMapper(v);
int find = bookService.find();
}
}
Reference
https://docs.spring.io/spring/docs/5.2.8.RELEASE/spring-framework-reference/core.html#aop-proxying

From my understanding, you are using #autowired for setVipMapper() so it already injected VipMapper with default findVip() returing 100. Therefore, defining setVipMapper() as final won't change the value you pass through anymore

How to mock only one method of one injected dependency and inject the rest normally?

I'm writing tests for a project with a heavy use of dependency injection.
So normally I would just inject the object that I'm testing:
public class RegistrationTest
extends WithApplication {
private RegistrationController controller;
#Before
public void setUp() throws Exception {
Injector injector = app.injector();
controller = injector.instanceOf(RegistrationController.class);
}
#Test
public void openRegistrationView() {
Result result = controller.registrationForm();
assertEquals(OK, result.status());
}
}
Now I need to mock a return value of a method of one of the dependencies of the class under test.
To do this I can use #InjectMocks and #RunWith(MockitoJUnitRunner.class) to inject mocked dependencies.
#RunWith(MockitoJUnitRunner.class)
public class RegistrationTest
extends WithApplication {
#InjectMocks
private RegistrationController controller;
#Mock
private FormFactory formFactory;
#Mock
private RegistrationIpCache registrationIpCache;
#Test
public void openRegistrationView() {
doReturn("test").when(registrationIpCache).getLast();
Result result = controller.registrationForm();
assertEquals(OK, result.status());
}
}
But while I only want to mock one method call of RegistrationIpCache I need to mock the whole class and also I need to mock all other dependencies of RegistrationController like FormFactory in my example. Now every method of all mocked classes doesn't work as expected.
Sure I can use doCallRealMethod() to mock every method of all dependencies
doCallRealMethod().when(formFactory).form(Registration.class);
But as you already can imagine the work and the amount of boilerplate code needed for this to work is extreme.
Isn't it possible to inject my class normally and then only spy one dependency or mock one method of one dependency?

You need to use #Spy instead of a #Mock.
#InjectMocks
private RegistrationController controller;
#Mock
private FormFactory formFactory;
#Spy
private RegistrationIpCache registrationIpCache;
But be aware that in this case #Spy will try to use default constructor.
If the default constructor is not available use explicit constructor call:
#Spy
private RegistrationIpCache registrationIpCache = new RegistrationIpCache(dependencies);
Here is the cases when Mockito isn't able to instantiate your class from #Spy javadoc:
Mockito will try to find zero argument constructor (even private) and
create an instance for you. But Mockito cannot instantiate inner
classes, local classes, abstract classes and interfaces.
Here is the example of manually injecting dependencies:
#RunWith(MockitoJUnitRunner.class)
public class RegistrationTest {
private RegistrationController controller;
private RegistrationIpCache spyRegistrationIpCache; //this is the dependencies that you need to spy
#Before
public void setUp() throws Exception {
spyRegistrationIpCache = spy(realInstanceOfregistrationIpCache);
controller = new RegistrationController(registrationIpCache, realInstanceOfFormFactory);
}
}
In this case there is much more code that you have to write, but this give you much more control over the object instantiation and dependency injection.
Note that using constructor instantiation is not required. Since you do it manually you can instantiate it however you want.

Injecting a String property with #InjectMocks

I have a Spring MVC #Controller with this constructor:
#Autowired
public AbcController(XyzService xyzService, #Value("${my.property}") String myProperty) {/*...*/}
I want to write a standalone unit test for this Controller:
#RunWith(MockitoJUnitRunner.class)
public class AbcControllerTest {
#Mock
private XyzService mockXyzService;
private String myProperty = "my property value";
#InjectMocks
private AbcController controllerUnderTest;
/* tests */
}
Is there any way to get #InjectMocks to inject my String property? I know I can't mock a String since it's immutable, but can I just inject a normal String here?
#InjectMocks injects a null by default in this case. #Mock understandably throws an exception if I put it on myProperty. Is there another annotation I've missed that just means "inject this exact object rather than a Mock of it"?

You can't do this with Mockito, but Apache Commons actually has a way to do this using one of its built in utilities. You can put this in a function in JUnit that is run after Mockito injects the rest of the mocks but before your test cases run, like this:
#InjectMocks
MyClass myClass;
#Before
public void before() throws Exception {
FieldUtils.writeField(myClass, "fieldName", fieldValue, true);
}

Since you're using Spring, you can use the org.springframework.test.util.ReflectionTestUtils from the spring-test module. It neatly wraps setting a field on a object or a static field on a class (along with other utility methods).
#RunWith(MockitoJUnitRunner.class)
public class AbcControllerTest {
#Mock
private XyzService mockXyzService;
#InjectMocks
private AbcController controllerUnderTest;
#Before
public void setUp() {
ReflectionTestUtils.setField(controllerUnderTest, "myProperty",
"String you want to inject");
}
/* tests */
}

You cannot do this with Mockito, because, as you mentioned yourself, a String is final and cannot be mocked.
There is a #Spy annotation which works on real objects, but it has the same limitations as #Mock, thus you cannot spy on a String.
There is no annotation to tell Mockito to just inject that value without doing any mocking or spying. It would be a good feature, though. Perhaps suggest it at the Mockito Github repository.
You will have to manually instantiate your controller if you don't want to change your code.
The only way to have a pure annotation based test is to refactor the controller. It can use a custom object that just contains that one property, or perhaps a configuration class with multiple properties.
#Component
public class MyProperty {
#Value("${my.property}")
private String myProperty;
...
}
This can be injected into the controller.
#Autowired
public AbcController(XyzService xyzService, MyProperty myProperty) {
...
}
You can mock and inject this then.
#RunWith(MockitoJUnitRunner.class)
public class AbcControllerTest {
#Mock
private XyzService mockXyzService;
#Mock
private MyProperty myProperty;
#InjectMocks
private AbcController controllerUnderTest;
#Before
public void setUp(){
when(myProperty.get()).thenReturn("my property value");
}
/* tests */
}
This is not pretty straight forward, but at least you will be able to have a pure annotation based test with a little bit of stubbing.

Just don't use #InjectMocks in that case.
do:
#Before
public void setup() {
controllerUnderTest = new AbcController(mockXyzService, "my property value");
}

Solution is simple: You should put constructor injection for the object type while for primitive/final dependencies you can simply use setter injection and that'll be fine for this scenario.
So this:
public AbcController(XyzService xyzService, #Value("${my.property}") String myProperty) {/*...*/}
Would be changed to:
#Autowired
public AbcController(XyzService xyzService) {/*...*/}
#Autowired
public setMyProperty(#Value("${my.property}") String myProperty){/*...*/}
And the #Mock injections in test would be as simple as:
#Mock
private XyzService xyzService;
#InjectMocks
private AbcController abcController;
#BeforeMethod
public void setup(){
MockitoAnnotations.initMocks(this);
abcController.setMyProperty("new property");
}
And that'll be enough. Going for Reflections is not advisable!
PLEASE AVOID THE USAGE OF REFLECTIONS IN PRODUCTION CODE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE!!
For the solution of Jan Groot I must remind you that it will become very nasty since you will have to remove all the #Mock and even #InjectMocks and would have to initialize and then inject them manually which for 2 dependencies sound easy but for 7 dependencies the code becomes a nightmare (see below).
private XyzService xyzService;
private AbcController abcController;
#BeforeMethod
public void setup(){ // NIGHTMARE WHEN MORE DEPENDENCIES ARE MOCKED!
xyzService = Mockito.mock(XyzService.class);
abcController = new AbcController(xyzService, "new property");
}

What you can use is this :
org.mockito.internal.util.reflection.Whitebox
Refactor your "AbcController" class constructor
In your Test class "before" method, use Whitebox.setInternalState method to specify whatever string you want
#Before
public void setUp(){
Whitebox.setInternalState(controllerUnderTest, "myProperty", "The string that you want"); }

If you want to have no change in your code then use ReflectionTestUtils.setField method
How do I mock an autowired #Value field in Spring with Mockito?

Difference between #Mock and #InjectMocks

What is the difference between #Mock and #InjectMocks in Mockito framework?

#Mock creates a mock. #InjectMocks creates an instance of the class and injects the mocks that are created with the #Mock (or #Spy) annotations into this instance.
Note you must use #RunWith(MockitoJUnitRunner.class) or Mockito.initMocks(this) to initialize these mocks and inject them (JUnit 4).
With JUnit 5, you must use #ExtendWith(MockitoExtension.class).
#RunWith(MockitoJUnitRunner.class) // JUnit 4
// #ExtendWith(MockitoExtension.class) for JUnit 5
public class SomeManagerTest {
#InjectMocks
private SomeManager someManager;
#Mock
private SomeDependency someDependency; // this will be injected into someManager
// tests...
}

This is a sample code on how #Mock and #InjectMocks works.
Say we have Game and Player class.
class Game {
private Player player;
public Game(Player player) {
this.player = player;
}
public String attack() {
return "Player attack with: " + player.getWeapon();
}
}
class Player {
private String weapon;
public Player(String weapon) {
this.weapon = weapon;
}
String getWeapon() {
return weapon;
}
}
As you see, Game class need Player to perform an attack.
#RunWith(MockitoJUnitRunner.class)
class GameTest {
#Mock
Player player;
#InjectMocks
Game game;
#Test
public void attackWithSwordTest() throws Exception {
Mockito.when(player.getWeapon()).thenReturn("Sword");
assertEquals("Player attack with: Sword", game.attack());
}
}
Mockito will mock a Player class and it's behaviour using when and thenReturn method. Lastly, using #InjectMocks Mockito will put that Player into Game.
Notice that you don't even have to create a new Game object. Mockito will inject it for you.
// you don't have to do this
Game game = new Game(player);
We will also get same behaviour using #Spy annotation. Even if the attribute name is different.
#RunWith(MockitoJUnitRunner.class)
public class GameTest {
#Mock Player player;
#Spy List<String> enemies = new ArrayList<>();
#InjectMocks Game game;
#Test public void attackWithSwordTest() throws Exception {
Mockito.when(player.getWeapon()).thenReturn("Sword");
enemies.add("Dragon");
enemies.add("Orc");
assertEquals(2, game.numberOfEnemies());
assertEquals("Player attack with: Sword", game.attack());
}
}
class Game {
private Player player;
private List<String> opponents;
public Game(Player player, List<String> opponents) {
this.player = player;
this.opponents = opponents;
}
public int numberOfEnemies() {
return opponents.size();
}
// ...
That's because Mockito will check the Type Signature of Game class, which is Player and List<String>.

In your test class, the tested class should be annotated with #InjectMocks. This tells Mockito which class to inject mocks into:
#InjectMocks
private SomeManager someManager;
From then on, we can specify which specific methods or objects inside the class, in this case, SomeManager, will be substituted with mocks:
#Mock
private SomeDependency someDependency;
In this example, SomeDependency inside the SomeManager class will be mocked.

#Mock annotation mocks the concerned object.
#InjectMocks annotation allows to inject into the underlying object the different (and relevant) mocks created by #Mock.
Both are complementary.

#Mock creates a mock implementation for the classes you need.
#InjectMock creates an instance of the class and injects the mocks that are marked with the annotations #Mock into it.
For example
#Mock
StudentDao studentDao;
#InjectMocks
StudentService service;
#Before
public void setUp() throws Exception {
MockitoAnnotations.initMocks(this);
}
Here we need the DAO class for the service class. So, we mock it and inject it in the service class instance.
Similarly, in Spring framework all the #Autowired beans can be mocked by #Mock in jUnits and injected into your bean through #InjectMocks.
MockitoAnnotations.initMocks(this) method initialises these mocks and injects them for every test method so it needs to be called in the setUp() method.
This link has a good tutorial for Mockito framework

A "mocking framework", which Mockito is based on, is a framework that gives you the ability to create Mock objects ( in old terms these objects could be called shunts, as they work as shunts for dependend functionality )
In other words, a mock object is used to imitate the real object your code is dependend on, you create a proxy object with the mocking framework.
By using mock objects in your tests you are essentially going from normal unit testing to integrational testing
Mockito is an open source testing framework for Java released under the MIT License, it is a "mocking framework", that lets you write beautiful tests with clean and simple API. There are many different mocking frameworks in the Java space, however there are essentially two main types of mock object frameworks, ones that are implemented via proxy and ones that are implemented via class remapping.
Dependency injection frameworks like Spring allow you to inject your proxy objects without modifying any code, the mock object expects a certain method to be called and it will return an expected result.
The #InjectMocks annotation tries to instantiate the testing object instance and injects fields annotated with #Mock or #Spy into private fields of the testing object.
MockitoAnnotations.initMocks(this) call, resets testing object and re-initializes mocks, so remember to have this at your #Before / #BeforeMethod annotation.

Though the above answers have covered, I have just tried to add minute detail s which i see missing. The reason behind them(The Why).
Illustration:
Sample.java
---------------
public class Sample{
DependencyOne dependencyOne;
DependencyTwo dependencyTwo;
public SampleResponse methodOfSample(){
dependencyOne.methodOne();
dependencyTwo.methodTwo();
...
return sampleResponse;
}
}
SampleTest.java
-----------------------
#RunWith(PowerMockRunner.class)
#PrepareForTest({ClassA.class})
public class SampleTest{
#InjectMocks
Sample sample;
#Mock
DependencyOne dependencyOne;
#Mock
DependencyTwo dependencyTwo;
#Before
public void init() {
MockitoAnnotations.initMocks(this);
}
public void sampleMethod1_Test(){
//Arrange the dependencies
DependencyResponse dependencyOneResponse = Mock(sampleResponse.class);
Mockito.doReturn(dependencyOneResponse).when(dependencyOne).methodOne();
DependencyResponse dependencyTwoResponse = Mock(sampleResponse.class);
Mockito.doReturn(dependencyOneResponse).when(dependencyTwo).methodTwo();
//call the method to be tested
SampleResponse sampleResponse = sample.methodOfSample()
//Assert
<assert the SampleResponse here>
}
}
Reference

One advantage you get with the approach mentioned by #Tom is that you don't have to create any constructors in the SomeManager, and hence limiting the clients to instantiate it.
#RunWith(MockitoJUnitRunner.class)
public class SomeManagerTest {
#InjectMocks
private SomeManager someManager;
#Mock
private SomeDependency someDependency; // this will be injected into someManager
//You don't need to instantiate the SomeManager with default contructor at all
//SomeManager someManager = new SomeManager();
//Or SomeManager someManager = new SomeManager(someDependency);
//tests...
}
Whether its a good practice or not depends on your application design.

#Mock is used to declare/mock the references of the dependent beans, while #InjectMocks is used to mock the bean for which test is being created.
For example:
public class A{
public class B b;
public void doSomething(){
}
}
test for class A:
public class TestClassA{
#Mocks
public class B b;
#InjectMocks
public class A a;
#Test
public testDoSomething(){
}
}

#InjectMocks annotation can be used to inject mock fields into a test object automatically.
In below example #InjectMocks has used to inject the mock dataMap into the dataLibrary .
#Mock
Map<String, String> dataMap ;
#InjectMocks
DataLibrary dataLibrary = new DataLibrary();
#Test
public void whenUseInjectMocksAnnotation_() {
Mockito.when(dataMap .get("aData")).thenReturn("aMeaning");
assertEquals("aMeaning", dataLibrary .getMeaning("aData"));
}

Many people have given a great explanation here about #Mock vs #InjectMocks. I like it, but I think our tests and application should be written in such a way that we shouldn't need to use #InjectMocks.
Reference for further reading with examples: https://tedvinke.wordpress.com/2014/02/13/mockito-why-you-should-not-use-injectmocks-annotation-to-autowire-fields/

#Mock is for creating and injecting mock instances without having to call Mockito.mock manually. In this example the instance would be ClassB.
Whereas, #InjectMocks is for injecting mock fields into the tested object automatically. In this case it would be ClassA

Notice that that #InjectMocks are about to be deprecated
deprecate #InjectMocks and schedule for removal in Mockito 3/4
and you can follow #avp answer and link on:
Why You Should Not Use InjectMocks Annotation to Autowire Fields