Mockito: InvalidUseOfMatchersException

Question

The error message outlines the solution. The line

doNothing().when(cmd).dnsCheck(HOST, any(InetAddressFactory.class))

uses one raw value and one matcher, when it's required to use either all raw values or all matchers. A correct version might read

doNothing().when(cmd).dnsCheck(eq(HOST), any(InetAddressFactory.class))

I had the same problem for a long time now, I often needed to mix Matchers and values and I never managed to do that with Mockito.... until recently ! I put the solution here hoping it will help someone even if this post is quite old.

It is clearly not possible to use Matchers AND values together in Mockito, but what if there was a Matcher accepting to compare a variable ? That would solve the problem... and in fact there is : eq

when(recommendedAccessor.searchRecommendedHolidaysProduct(eq(metas), any(List.class), any(HotelsBoardBasisType.class), any(Config.class)))
            .thenReturn(recommendedResults);

In this example 'metas' is an existing list of values

It might help some one in the future: Mockito doesn't support mocking of 'final' methods (right now). It gave me the same InvalidUseOfMatchersException.

The solution for me was to put the part of the method that didn't have to be 'final' in a separate, accessible and overridable method.

Review the Mockito API for your use case.

For my case, the exception was raised because I tried to mock a package-access method. When I changed the method access level from package to protected the exception went away. E.g. inside below Java class,

public class Foo {
    String getName(String id) {
        return mMap.get(id);
    }
}

the method String getName(String id) has to be AT LEAST protected level so that the mocking mechanism (sub-classing) can work.