Mockito mock objects returns null

I try to implement some tests for my JSF application and for the mocks I am using mockito. (I also use spring)

@RunWith(MockitoJUnitRunner.class)
public class GeneralConfigServiceImplTest  {

    private GeneralConfigService generalConfigService;

    @Mock
    private GeneralConfigDAO generalConfigDAO;

    @Mock
    private GeneralConfig gen;

    @Before
    public void setUp() {
        MockitoAnnotations.initMocks(this);
        generalConfigService = new GeneralConfigService();
        ReflectionTestUtils.setField(generalConfigService, "generalConfigDAO", generalConfigDAO);                  
    }

    @Test
    public void testAddGeneralConfigCallDAOSuccess() throws DAOException, EntityNullException, IllegalEntityArgumentException, ParseException, EntityPersistException {
        gen = createGeneralConfigs("label", "value");

        generalConfigService.setInstance(gen);
        generalConfigService.persist();
        log.info(generalConfigService.getInstance().toString());
    }
}

The test succeeds, but when I want to retrieve the instance with the getInstance method. All Parameters which I have set before (via the constructor before) are null. I am new to mocked objects, so is this behavior normal, or is there a mistake in my code?

Answer

It really depends on GeneralConfigService#getInstance() implementation. Also you can simplify your test code a lot if you use @InjectMocks annotation.

When using MockitoJUnitRunner you don’t need to initialize mocks and inject your dependencies manually:

@RunWith(MockitoJUnitRunner.class)
public class GeneralConfigServiceImplTest  {

    @InjectMocks
    private GeneralConfigService generalConfigService;

    @Mock
    private GeneralConfigDAO generalConfigDAO;

    @Test
    public void testAddGeneralConfigCallDAOSuccess() {
       // generalConfigService is already instantiated and populated with dependencies here
       ...
    }
}