Mocked method still calls the real method

Question

I have mocked the request and the response using the easymock, but its still going through each line in the request method and getting exception.

Eg:

public class helper{

public String getCB(){
  Response response = serviceImpl.getDefaultMethod(request);
  return response.getString();
}

Test:

expect(MockServiceImpl.getDefaultMethod(mockRequest)).andReturn(mockResponse);

Getting an exception, Its going inside the getDefaultMethod().

I'm not understanding why its going through the code in that method. Can anyone please help me?

Answer 1

AFAIK easymock is not able to mock static method calls.

You should move the line

Response response = ServiceImpl.getDefaultMethod(request);

out of the method and mock request.

The other approach was to use PowerMock, but IMHO that's a surrender to bad design.

Answer 2

If the method is not static and not final, it should work.

If it doesn't, it means you are not calling this method on a mock but on an real instance of the class. Showing us the mock creation and injection will help us confirm that.