Mockito How to mock and assert a thrown exception?

I'm using mockito in a junit test. How do you make an exception happen and then assert that it has (generic pseudo-code)

To answer your second question first. If you're using JUnit 4, you can annotate your test with

@Test(expected=MyException.class)

to assert that an exception has occured. And to "mock" an exception with mockito, use

when(myMock.doSomething()).thenThrow(new MyException());

BDD Style Solution (Updated to Java 8)

Mockito alone is not the best solution for handling exceptions, use Mockito with Catch-Exception

Mockito + Catch-Exception + AssertJ

given(otherServiceMock.bar()).willThrow(new MyException());

when(() -> myService.foo());

then(caughtException()).isInstanceOf(MyException.class);

Sample code

• Mockito + Catch-Exception + Assertj full sample

Dependencies

• eu.codearte.catch-exception:catch-exception:2.0
• org.assertj:assertj-core:3.12.2

Updated answer for 06/19/2015 (if you're using java 8)

Just use assertj

Using assertj-core-3.0.0 + Java 8 Lambdas

@Test
public void shouldThrowIllegalArgumentExceptionWhenPassingBadArg() {
assertThatThrownBy(() -> myService.sumTingWong("badArg"))
							      .isInstanceOf(IllegalArgumentException.class);
}

Reference: http://blog.codeleak.pl/2015/04/junit-testing-exceptions-with-java-8.html

If you want to test the exception message as well you can use JUnit's ExpectedException with Mockito:

@Rule
public ExpectedException expectedException = ExpectedException.none();

@Test
public void testExceptionMessage() throws Exception {
    expectedException.expect(AnyException.class);
    expectedException.expectMessage("The expected message");

    given(foo.bar()).willThrow(new AnyException("The expected message"));
}

If you're using JUnit 4, and Mockito 1.10.x Annotate your test method with:

@Test(expected = AnyException.class)

and to throw your desired exception use:

Mockito.doThrow(new AnyException()).when(obj).callAnyMethod();

Make the exception happen like this:

when(obj.someMethod()).thenThrow(new AnException());

Verify it has happened either by asserting that your test will throw such an exception:

@Test(expected = AnException.class)

Or by normal mock verification:

verify(obj).someMethod();

The latter option is required if your test is designed to prove intermediate code handles the exception (i.e. the exception won't be thrown from your test method).

Use Mockito's doThrow and then catch the desired exception to assert it was thrown later.

@Test
public void fooShouldThrowMyException() {
    // given
    val myClass = new MyClass();
    val arg = mock(MyArgument.class);
    doThrow(MyException.class).when(arg).argMethod(any());
    Exception exception = null;

    // when
    try {
        myClass.foo(arg);
    } catch (MyException t) {
        exception = t;
    }
    
    // then
    assertNotNull(exception);
}

Using mockito, you can make the exception happen.

when(testingClassObj.testSomeMethod).thenThrow(new CustomException());

Using Junit5, you can assert exception, asserts whether that exception is thrown when testing method is invoked.

@Test
@DisplayName("Test assert exception")
void testCustomException(TestInfo testInfo) {
	final ExpectCustomException expectEx = new ExpectCustomException();
	
	 InvalidParameterCountException exception = assertThrows(InvalidParameterCountException.class, () -> {
	        expectEx.constructErrorMessage("sample ","error");
	    });
	assertEquals("Invalid parametercount: expected=3, passed=2", exception.getMessage());
}

Find a sample here: assert exception junit

I think this should do it for you.

assertThrows(someException.class, ()-> mockedServiceReference.someMethod(param1,parme2,..));

Or if your exception is thrown from the constructor of a class:

@Rule
public ExpectedException exception = ExpectedException.none();

@Test
public void myTest() {    

    exception.expect(MyException.class);
    CustomClass myClass= mock(CustomClass.class);
    doThrow(new MyException("constructor failed")).when(myClass);  
  
}

Unrelated to mockito, one can catch the exception and assert its properties. To verify that the exception did happen, assert a false condition within the try block after the statement that throws the exception.

Assert by exception message:

    try {
        MyAgent.getNameByNode("d");
    } catch (Exception e) {
        Assert.assertEquals("Failed to fetch data.", e.getMessage());
    }