Added a junit test file to the test package in eclipse but it will not run

Question

I am using JUnit4 in an Eclipse IDE. I have one test file with 7 tests that run fine by selecting Run As JUnit . I added another file for another set of tests. I have 1 test in the file. I believe I created the test correctly... This the file / test

@RunWith(MockitoJUnitRunner.class)
public class CloseSummaryOrCloseTrailerResponseTest {

    @InjectMocks
    XMLTransaction xmlTransaction;

    @Before
    public void initMocks() {
        MockitoAnnotations.initMocks(this);
    }

    @Test
    public void whenCloseSummaryResponseNoErrorExpectCorrectXmlMsgProduced ()
{
..code to run the test
}
}

When I select the file and chose 'Run As Junit' nothing happens. What am I missing?

UPDATE Sorry for the incomplete information...

The project tree is as follows: src/java/...source files src/test/com/javaserver/transaction/RequestTest.java /com/javaserver/transaction/ResponseTest.java

I can run the RequestTest file and all tests pass. When I try to run the ResponseTest file, there was no output initially. I restarted Eclipse and when I run the response test, I get the error:

org.mockito.exceptions.base.MockitoException: Cannot instantiate @InjectMocks field named 'xmlTransaction' of type 'class...

I imported the XMLTransaction class. Yet it cannot be instantiated. I don't have a main method. I thought by adding @RunWith(MockitoJUnitRunner.class) it runs the class. It runs the other class file.

UPDATE It looks like the object that I want to mock needs a 1 argument constructor. The constructor would look like this:

XMLTransaction xmlTrans = new XMLTransaction(URL)

The URL is just a text string and not an actual URL. But how do I instantiate the object? If I put it under the @InjectMocks, I get the compile error:

Default constructor cannot handle exception type Exception thrown by implicit super constructor. Must define an explicit constructor

UPDATE I need to use a PropertyManager class in order to create the XMLTransaction class. I use this code under the @InjectMocks to do that:

String wlUrl = PropertyManager.getInstance().getProperty(URL);

But then I get the error: Cannot handle Property exception.

UPDATE I tried replacing @MockInjects to @Mock and used the init() to create the class:

 public final static String URL="WL_APPSERVER";  
    @Mock
    XMLTransaction xmlTransaction;  
    @Before
    public void initMocks() throws Exception {
        XMLTransaction xmlTransaction = new XMLTransaction(URL);
    }

I get the error: Mockito cannot mock this class: class

com.fedex.ground.tms.javaserver.dock.transaction.XMLTransaction. Mockito can only mock non-private & non-final classes. Underlying exception : java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Could not create type

If I add a default constructor without an argument, I get the same error. This is a public class and not final.

UPDATE I solved the problem above by adding an instance of the PropertyManager. This object needs a property file.
The error now is that it can't find the property file. I have this now.

@RunWith(MockitoJUnitRunner.class)
public class CloseSummaryOrCloseTrailerResponseTest {

     public final static String URL="WL_APPSERVER";
     public final static String PROP_FILE = "src/config/tms20.properties";

    @Mock
    XMLTransaction xmlTransaction; 

    @Mock
    PropertyManager propertyManager;

    @Before
    public void initMocks() throws Exception {
        MockitoAnnotations.initMocks(this);
        Properties p = new Properties();
        p.load(new FileReader(new File(PROP_FILE)));
        propertyManager.getInstance(PROP_FILE);
        XMLTransaction xmlTransaction = new XMLTransaction(URL);
    }

What do I need to identify the property file?

Answer 1

Place your Tests in hierarchy like this:

project
    src
        main
             java      // source files
             resources // xml, properties etc
        test
             java      // source files
             resources // xml, properties etc

Code must be something like this:

 @RunWith(MockitoJUnitRunner.class)
 public class ExampleTest {

     @Mock
     private List list;

     @Test
     public void shouldDoSomething() {
         list.add(100);
     }
 }

https://static.javadoc.io/org.mockito/mockito-core/2.6.8/org/mockito/junit/MockitoJUnitRunner.html

Answer 2

The problem was that the constructor was calling a private method to initialize the class. Since Mockito can't deal with private methods, I solved the problem by using PowerMock.