Mockito cannot capture static methods, but since Mockito 2.14.0 you can simulate it by creating invocation instances of static methods.
Example (extracted from their tests):
public class StaticMockingExperimentTest extends TestBase {
Foo mock = Mockito.mock(Foo.class);
MockHandler handler = Mockito.mockingDetails(mock).getMockHandler();
Method staticMethod;
InvocationFactory.RealMethodBehavior realMethod = new InvocationFactory.RealMethodBehavior() {
@Override
public Object call() throws Throwable {
return null;
}
};
@Before
public void before() throws Throwable {
staticMethod = Foo.class.getDeclaredMethod("staticMethod", String.class);
}
@Test
public void verify_static_method() throws Throwable {
//register staticMethod call on mock
Invocation invocation = Mockito.framework().getInvocationFactory().createInvocation(mock, withSettings().build(Foo.class), staticMethod, realMethod,
"some arg");
handler.handle(invocation);
//verify staticMethod on mock
//Mockito cannot capture static methods so we will simulate this scenario in 3 steps:
//1. Call standard 'verify' method. Internally, it will add verificationMode to the thread local state.
// Effectively, we indicate to Mockito that right now we are about to verify a method call on this mock.
verify(mock);
//2. Create the invocation instance using the new public API
// Mockito cannot capture static methods but we can create an invocation instance of that static invocation
Invocation verification = Mockito.framework().getInvocationFactory().createInvocation(mock, withSettings().build(Foo.class), staticMethod, realMethod,
"some arg");
//3. Make Mockito handle the static method invocation
// Mockito will find verification mode in thread local state and will try verify the invocation
handler.handle(verification);
//verify zero times, method with different argument
verify(mock, times(0));
Invocation differentArg = Mockito.framework().getInvocationFactory().createInvocation(mock, withSettings().build(Foo.class), staticMethod, realMethod,
"different arg");
handler.handle(differentArg);
}
@Test
public void stubbing_static_method() throws Throwable {
//register staticMethod call on mock
Invocation invocation = Mockito.framework().getInvocationFactory().createInvocation(mock, withSettings().build(Foo.class), staticMethod, realMethod,
"foo");
handler.handle(invocation);
//register stubbing
when(null).thenReturn("hey");
//validate stubbed return value
assertEquals("hey", handler.handle(invocation));
assertEquals("hey", handler.handle(invocation));
//default null value is returned if invoked with different argument
Invocation differentArg = Mockito.framework().getInvocationFactory().createInvocation(mock, withSettings().build(Foo.class), staticMethod, realMethod,
"different arg");
assertEquals(null, handler.handle(differentArg));
}
static class Foo {
private final String arg;
public Foo(String arg) {
this.arg = arg;
}
public static String staticMethod(String arg) {
return "";
}
@Override
public String toString() {
return "foo:" + arg;
}
}
}
Their goal is not to directly support static mocking, but to improve its public APIs so that other libraries, like Powermockito, don't have to rely on internal APIs or directly have to duplicate some Mockito code. (source)
Disclaimer: Mockito team thinks that the road to hell is paved with static methods. However, Mockito's job is not to protect your code from static methods. If you don’t like your team doing static mocking, stop using Powermockito in your organization. Mockito needs to evolve as a toolkit with an opinionated vision on how Java tests should be written (e.g. don't mock statics!!!). However, Mockito is not dogmatic. We don't want to block unrecommended use cases like static mocking. It's just not our job.
staticmethods, but by accident. This limitation (along with no support for mockingfinalclasses/methods, ornew-ed objects) is a natural (but unintended) consequence of the approach employed to implement mocking, where new classes are dynamically created that implement/extend the type to be mocked; other mocking libraries use other approaches which avoid these limitations. This happened in the .NET world as well. – Rogério