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How to mock static methods using UnitilsJUnit4?

I have method getAllCustomers inside CustomerService class. Inside this method I call another static method from CustomerDao class. Now when I am writing the junit for method getAllCustomers inside customerService class, where I want to mock the call to static method of CustomerDao i.e. getAllCustomers. Here is the brief code snippet of method getAllCustomers inside CustomerService class. Is it possible to mock the static method call using unitils?

Public static List<CustomerDate> getAllCustomers()
{
//some operations
List<CustomerDate> customers=CustomerDao.getAllCustomers();// static method inside CustomerDao
//some operations
}

Above code is just an example I am trying to put. Please avoid the discussion why these methods are designed as static methods. That's a separate story .)

Solution

  • I doubt whether it can be achieved with unitils. But please consider using PowerMock instead which seems to be capable of handling what you need. It can mock static methods,private methods and more (Ref: PowerMock)