Response is NULL when calling response.getStatus, is client not targeting what's in the webservice?

Question

My webservice resource that expects a GET:

 @GET
 @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
 @Path("/status")
 public Response checkNode() {
        boolean status = !NlpHandler.getHandlerQueue().isEmpty();
        status = status || !NlpFeeder.getInstance().getFiles().isEmpty();

        int statusCode = status ? 200 : 420;
        LOG.debug(
            "checking status - status: " + statusCode
            + ", node: " + this.context.getAbsolutePath()
        );

        return Response.status(statusCode).build();
}

The associated client:

public class NodeClient {
    private final Client client;
    private final WebTarget webTarget;

    public NodeClient(String uri) {
        this.uri = "some uri";
        client = ClientBuilder.newCLient();
        webTarget = client.target(uri);

    public synchronized boolean checkNode() throws IOException {
        String path = "status";
        Response response = webTarget
            .path(path)
            .request(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
            .get(Response.class);

        int responseCode = response.getStatus();

        boolean success = responseCode == 200;
        if (!success && responseCode != 420) {
            checkResponse(response);
        }

        return success;
    }
}

In my test, I get a nullpointer at int responseCode = response.getStatus() and I'm fairly sure i'm not getting the response in the right way with webTarget. It looks like i'm able to do so correctly with POST responses but not when it's expecting a GET.

    @Test
    public void testCheckNode() throws Exception {
        Response response = Mockito.mock(Response.class);
        Mockito
            .doReturn(response)
            .when(builder)
            .get();

        NodeClient nodeClient;

        Mockito
            .doReturn(200)
            .when(response)
            .getStatus();

        try {
            boolean success = nodeClient.checkNode();

            Assert.assertTrue(success);
        } catch (IOException ex) {
            Assert.fail("No exception should have been thrown");
        }
    }

Any ideas why i'm getting a null response?

Answer 1

I think my client clode is fine apparently, the test was wrong. Originally I was mocking the Response class, now I spied it instead and made the mock return the spy of Response.ok().build()) and that fixed my problem.

    @Test
    public void testCheckNode() throws Exception {
        response = Mockito.spy(Response.class);
        Mockito
            .doReturn(Mockito.spy(Response.ok().build()))
            .when(builder)
            .get(Response.class);

        NodeClient nodeClient;
        PowerMockito
            .doNothing()
            .when(nodeClient, "handleResponse", Mockito.any());

        try {
            boolean success = nodeClient.checkNode();

            Assert.assertTrue(success);
        } catch (IOException ex) {
            Assert.fail("No exception should have been thrown");
        }
    }