Mock final class with Mockito 2

I’m removing Powermock from the project I’m currently working on, so I’m trying to rewrite some existing unitary test only with Mockito (mockito-core-2.2.28).

When I run the test, I have the following error:

org.mockito.exceptions.base.MockitoException:

Cannot mock/spy class com.ExternalpackagePath.Externalclass

Mockito cannot mock/spy because :

• final class

I know that this question has already been asked (How to mock a final class with mockito, Mock objects calling final classes static methods with Mockito), but I didn’t find the answer I’m looking for.

Here is an extract of my code :

public class MyClassToTest extends TestCase {
    private MyClass myClass;
    @Mock private Externalclass ext;  // This class is final, I would like to mock it

    @Override
    protected void setUp() throws Exception {
        MockitoAnnotations.initMocks(this); // <<<< The exception is thrown here
        ext = Mockito.mock(Externalclass.class);
    }
}

As mentioned in the Mockito documentation (https://github.com/mockito/mockito/wiki/What%27s-new-in-Mockito-2, §Mock the unmockable), I added the org.mockito.plugins.MockMaker file. This is the tree of my project :

• project
  • src
    • com.packagePath.myPackage
      • myClass
  • test
    • com.packagePath.myPackage
      • myClassToTest
    • resources
      • mockito-extensions
        • org.mockito.plugins.MockMaker

I also tries to put the “resources” directory in “src”, in a subdir called “test”, but the result is still the same.

I thought that mocking a final was possible with Mockito v2. Does someone have an idea of what is missing here ?

Thanks!

Answer

Well, I found what’s wrong here, it maybe useful for other people. My project tree is wrong, I put the org.mockito.plugins.MockMaker in a directory “mockito-extension” directly in “src”. This is my tree now:

• projet
  • src
    • com.packagePath.myPackage
      • myClass
    • mockito-extensions
      • org.mockito.plugins.MockMaker
• test
  • com.packagePath.myPackage
    • myClassToTest