unit testing - Junit5 mock a static method

Question

I want to mock a static method in junit5. But unfortunately, Junit5 does'nt support Powermockito. Is there any other methods to achieve the same other than reverting back to Junit4

Answer 1

From Mockito 3.4.0 (Jul 10, 2020), it is possible to mock static methods out of the box even in JUnit 5, without any extension.

In the documentation, you can find an example: https://javadoc.io/static/org.mockito/mockito-core/3.4.6/org/mockito/Mockito.html#static_mocks

Important note: You need to use inline mock maker. So the dependency to use is not the core one:

        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
            <artifactId>mockito-inline</artifactId>
            <version>3.4.6</version>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>

Example: Class under test:

package teststatics;

public class FooWithStatics {
    public static Long noParameters() {
        return System.currentTimeMillis();
    }
    public static String oneParameter(String param1) {
        return param1.toUpperCase();
    }
}

Test class:

package teststatics;

import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
import org.mockito.MockedStatic;

import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;

public class FooWithStaticsTest {

    @Test
    void testStatic() {
        // before mock scope, usual behavior.
        assertNotEquals(0L, FooWithStatics.noParameters());
        assertNotEquals("yyy", FooWithStatics.oneParameter("xxx"));

        // Mock scope
        try (MockedStatic mocked = mockStatic(FooWithStatics.class)) {

            // Mocking
            mocked.when(FooWithStatics::noParameters).thenReturn(0L);
            mocked.when(() -> FooWithStatics.oneParameter("xxx")).thenReturn("yyy");

            // Mocked behavior
            assertEquals(0L, FooWithStatics.noParameters());
            assertEquals("yyy", FooWithStatics.oneParameter("xxx"));

            // Verifying mocks.
            mocked.verify(times(1), FooWithStatics::noParameters);
            mocked.verify(times(1), () -> FooWithStatics.oneParameter("xxx"));
        }

        // After mock scope returns to usual behavior.
        assertNotEquals(0L, FooWithStatics.noParameters());
        assertNotEquals("yyy", FooWithStatics.oneParameter("xxx"));
    }
}