Mockito. Verify method arguments

Question

An alternative to ArgumentMatcher is ArgumentCaptor.

Official example:

ArgumentCaptor<Person> argument = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(Person.class);
verify(mock).doSomething(argument.capture());
assertEquals("John", argument.getValue().getName());

A captor can also be defined using the @Captor annotation:

@Captor ArgumentCaptor<Person> captor;
//... MockitoAnnotations.initMocks(this);
@Test public void test() {
    //...
    verify(mock).doSomething(captor.capture());
    assertEquals("John", captor.getValue().getName());
}

Are you trying to do logical equality utilizing the object's .equals method? You can do this utilizing the argThat matcher that is included in Mockito

import static org.mockito.Matchers.argThat

Next you can implement your own argument matcher that will defer to each objects .equals method

private class ObjectEqualityArgumentMatcher<T> extends ArgumentMatcher<T> {
    T thisObject;

    public ObjectEqualityArgumentMatcher(T thisObject) {
        this.thisObject = thisObject;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean matches(Object argument) {
        return thisObject.equals(argument);
    }
}

Now using your code you can update it to read...

Object obj = getObject();
Mockeable mock= Mockito.mock(Mockeable.class);
Mockito.when(mock.mymethod(obj)).thenReturn(null);

Testeable obj = new Testeable();
obj.setMockeable(mock);
command.runtestmethod();

verify(mock).mymethod(argThat(new ObjectEqualityArgumentMatcher<Object>(obj)));

If you are just going for EXACT equality (same object in memory), just do

verify(mock).mymethod(obj);

This will verify it was called once.

argThat plus lambda

that is how you can fail your argument verification:

    verify(mock).mymethod(argThat(
                            x -> false ));

where

import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.argThat;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;

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argThat plus asserts

the above test will "say" Expected: lambda$... Was: YourClass.toSting.... You can get a more specific cause of the failure if to use asserts in the the lambda:

    verify(mock).mymethod(argThat( x -> {
      assertThat(x).isNotNull();
      assertThat(x.description).contains("KEY");
      return true;
    }));

❗️BUT❗️: THIS ONLY WORKS WHEN

• THE CALL IS EXPECTED 1 TIME, or
• the call is expected 2+ times, but all the times the verifier matches (returns true).

If the verified method called 2+ times, mockito passes all the called combinations to each verifier. So mockito expects your verifier silently returns true for one of the argument set, and false (no assert exceptions) for other valid calls. That expectation is not a problem for 1 method call - it should just return true 1 time.

import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.argThat;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;

Now the failed test will say: Expected: Obj.description to contain 'KEY'. Was: 'Actual description'. NOTE: I used assertJ asserts, but it's up to you which assertion framework to use.

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direct argument

Mokito compares direct arguments using equals():

verify(mock).mymethod(expectedArg);
// NOTE:   ^ where the parentheses must be closed.

---

eq matcher

• Never use eq for a single arg. Use the aforementioned direct argument.
• Mokito compares direct arguments using equals()
• Reason: eq would be a SonarQube / SonarClound violation: https://rules.sonarsource.com/java/tag/mockito/RSPEC-6068

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argThat with multiple arguments.

If you use argThat, all arguments must be provided with matches. E.g. if, in a different case, you had another method with 2 arguments:

    verify(mock).mymethod2(eq("VALUE_1"), argThat((x)->false));
    // above is correct as eq() is also an argument matcher.

verify(mock).mymethod2("VALUE_1", argThat((x)->false));

// above is incorrect; an exception will be thrown, as the first arg. is given without an argument matcher.

where:

import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.argThat;
import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.eq;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;

---

THE ROOT CAUSE of original question failure was the wrong place of the parentheses:

• verify(mock.mymethod.... That was wrong. The right would be:
• verify(mock).*

• You don't need the eq matcher if you don't use other matchers.
• You are not using the correct syntax - your method call should be outside the .verify(mock). You are now initiating verification on the result of the method call, without verifying anything (not making a method call). Hence all tests are passing.

You code should look like:

Mockito.verify(mock).mymethod(obj);
Mockito.verify(mock).mymethod(null);
Mockito.verify(mock).mymethod("something_else");

I have used Mockito.verify in this way

@UnitTest
public class JUnitServiceTest
{
    @Mock
    private MyCustomService myCustomService;


    @Test
    public void testVerifyMethod()
    {
       Mockito.verify(myCustomService, Mockito.never()).mymethod(parameters); // method will never call (an alternative can be pick to use times(0))
       Mockito.verify(myCustomService, Mockito.times(2)).mymethod(parameters); // method will call for 2 times
       Mockito.verify(myCustomService, Mockito.atLeastOnce()).mymethod(parameters); // method will call atleast 1 time
       Mockito.verify(myCustomService, Mockito.atLeast(2)).mymethod(parameters); // method will call atleast 2 times
       Mockito.verify(myCustomService, Mockito.atMost(3)).mymethod(parameters); // method will call at most 3 times
       Mockito.verify(myCustomService, Mockito.only()).mymethod(parameters); //   no other method called except this
    }
}

Have you checked the equals method for the mockable class? If this one returns always true or you test the same instance against the same instance and the equal method is not overwritten (and therefor only checks against the references), then it returns true.