How to verify that a specific method was not called using Mockito?

Question

How to verify that a method is not called on an object's dependency?

For example:

public interface Dependency {     void someMethod(); }  public class Foo {     public bar(final Dependency d) {         ...     } } 

With the Foo test:

public class FooTest {     @Test     public void dependencyIsNotCalled() {         final Foo foo = new Foo(...);         final Dependency dependency = mock(Dependency.class);         foo.bar(dependency);         **// verify here that someMethod was not called??**     } } 

Answer 1

Even more meaningful :

import static org.mockito.Mockito.never; import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;  // ...  verify(dependency, never()).someMethod(); 

The documentation of this feature is there §4 "Verifying exact number of invocations / at least x / never", and the never javadoc is here.

Answer 2

Use the second argument on the Mockito.verify method, as in:

Mockito.verify(dependency, Mockito.times(0)).someMethod()