Spring MVC Test with Mockito

MockMvc

Test Get Method

Test case A (unit test)

VetController

@Controller
public class VetController {

    private final ClinicService clinicService;

    @Autowired
    public VetController(ClinicService clinicService) {
        this.clinicService = clinicService;
    }

    @RequestMapping(value = { "/vets.html"})
    public String showVetList(Map model) {
        // Here we are returning an object of type 'Vets' rather than a collection of Vet objects
        // so it is simpler for Object-Xml mapping
        Vets vets = new Vets();
        vets.getVetList().addAll(this.clinicService.findVets());
        model.put("vets", vets);
        return "vets/vetList";
    }
}

VetControllerTest

//...
import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyString;
import static org.mockito.BDDMockito.given;
import static org.mockito.BDDMockito.then;
import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.request.MockMvcRequestBuilders.get;
import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.result.MockMvcResultMatchers.*;

@ExtendWith(MockitoExtension.class)
class VetControllerTest {

    @Mock
    ClinicService clinicService;

    @Mock
    Map model;

    @InjectMocks
    VetController controller;

    List vetsList = new ArrayList<>();

    MockMvc mockMvc;

    @BeforeEach
    void setUp() {
        vetsList.add(new Vet());

        given(clinicService.findVets()).willReturn(vetsList);

        mockMvc = MockMvcBuilders.standaloneSetup(controller).build();
    }

    @Test
    void testControllerShowVetList() throws Exception {
        mockMvc.perform(get("/vets.html"))
            .andExpect(status().isOk())
            .andExpect(model().attributeExists("vets"))
            .andExpect(view().name("vets/vetList"));
    }
}

Test case B (integration test)

OwnerController

@Controller
public class OwnerController {

    private static final String VIEWS_OWNER_CREATE_OR_UPDATE_FORM = "owners/createOrUpdateOwnerForm";
    private final ClinicService clinicService;

    @RequestMapping(value = "/owners/new", method = RequestMethod.GET)
    public String initCreationForm(Map model) {
        Owner owner = new Owner();
        model.put("owner", owner);
        return VIEWS_OWNER_CREATE_OR_UPDATE_FORM;
    }
}

OwnerControllerTest

// ...
import org.springframework.test.context.junit.jupiter.web.SpringJUnitWebConfig;
import org.springframework.test.web.servlet.MockMvc;
import org.springframework.test.web.servlet.setup.MockMvcBuilders;
import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.request.MockMvcRequestBuilders.get;
import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.result.MockMvcResultMatchers.*;

@SpringJUnitWebConfig(locations = {"classpath:spring/mvc-test-config.xml", 
                                   "classpath:spring/mvc-core-config.xml"})
// @SpringJUnitWebConfig({Abc.class, Uvw.class})
class OwnerControllerTest {

    @Autowired
    OwnerController ownerController;

    @Autowired
    ClinicService clinicService;

    MockMvc mockMvc;

    @BeforeEach
    void setUp() {
        mockMvc = MockMvcBuilders.standaloneSetup(ownerController).build();
    }

    @Test
    void initCreationFormTest() throws Exception {
        mockMvc.perform(get("/owners/new"))
            .andExpect(status().isOk())
            .andExpect(model().attributeExists("owner"))
            .andExpect(view().name("owners/createOrUpdateOwnerForm"));
    }
}

Test case C (integration test)

OwnerController

@Controller
public class OwnerController {
    @RequestMapping(value = "/owners", method = RequestMethod.GET)
    public String processFindForm(Owner owner, BindingResult result, Map model) {

        // allow parameterless GET request for /owners to return all records
        if (owner.getLastName() == null) {
            owner.setLastName(""); // empty string signifies broadest possible search
        }

        // find owners by last name
        Collection results = this.clinicService.findOwnerByLastName(owner.getLastName());
        if (results.isEmpty()) {
            // no owners found
            result.rejectValue("lastName", "notFound", "not found");
            return "owners/findOwners";
        } else if (results.size() == 1) {
            // 1 owner found
            owner = results.iterator().next();
            return "redirect:/owners/" + owner.getId();
        } else {
            // multiple owners found
            model.put("selections", results);
            return "owners/ownersList";
        }
    }
}

OwnerControllerTest

// ...
import static org.assertj.core.api.Java6Assertions.assertThat;
import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyString;
import static org.mockito.BDDMockito.given;
import static org.mockito.BDDMockito.then;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.reset;
import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.request.MockMvcRequestBuilders.get;
import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.result.MockMvcResultMatchers.*;

// Enable Mockito to run for the annotation processing, i.e., @Captor
@ExtendWith(MockitoExtension.class)
@SpringJUnitWebConfig(locations = {"classpath:spring/mvc-test-config.xml",
                                   "classpath:spring/mvc-core-config.xml"})
class OwnerControllerTest {

    @Autowired
    OwnerController ownerController;

    @Autowired
    ClinicService clinicService;

    MockMvc mockMvc;

    // Enabled by @ExtendWith(MockitoExtension.class)
    @Captor
    ArgumentCaptor stringArgumentCaptor;

    @BeforeEach
    void setUp() {
        mockMvc = MockMvcBuilders.standaloneSetup(ownerController).build();
    }

    // Mockito mock is managed by Spring context, the mock is getting reused 
    // and picked up mulitiple times between the tests
    @AfterEach
    void tearDown() {
        reset(clinicService);
    }

    @Test
    void testReturnListOfOwners() throws Exception {
        given(clinicService.findOwnerByLastName("")).willReturn(Lists.newArrayList(new Owner(), new Owner()));

        // Takes care of the section of
        // else { model.put("selections", results);
        //        return "owners/ownersList"; }
        mockMvc.perform(get("/owners"))
                .andExpect(status().isOk())
                .andExpect(view().name("owners/ownersList"));

        // Takes care of the section of
        // if (owner.getLastName() == null) { owner.setLastName(""); }
        then(clinicService).should().findOwnerByLastName(stringArgumentCaptor.capture());

        // Verifying that empty string is passed in using the stringArgumentCaptor
        assertThat(stringArgumentCaptor.getValue()).isEqualToIgnoringCase("");
    }
}

Test case D (integration test)

OwnerControllerTest

// Enable Mockito to run for the annotation processing, i.e., @Captor
@ExtendWith(MockitoExtension.class)
@SpringJUnitWebConfig(locations = {"classpath:spring/mvc-test-config.xml",
                                   "classpath:spring/mvc-core-config.xml"})
class OwnerControllerTest {
    @Autowired
    OwnerController ownerController;

    @Autowired
    ClinicService clinicService;

    MockMvc mockMvc;

    @Captor
    ArgumentCaptor stringArgumentCaptor;

    @BeforeEach
    void setUp() {
        mockMvc = MockMvcBuilders.standaloneSetup(ownerController).build();
    }

    @AfterEach
    void tearDown() {
        reset(clinicService);
    }

    @Test
    void testFindOwnerOneResult() throws Exception {
        Owner justOne = new Owner();
        justOne.setId(1);
        final String findJustOne = "FindJustOne";

        justOne.setLastName(findJustOne);

        given(clinicService.findOwnerByLastName(findJustOne)).willReturn(Lists.newArrayList(justOne));

        mockMvc.perform(get("/owners")
                    .param("lastName", findJustOne))
                .andExpect(status().is3xxRedirection())
                .andExpect(view().name("redirect:/owners/1"));

        then(clinicService).should().findOwnerByLastName(anyString());
    }
}

Test Post Method

Test case E (integration test)

OwnerControllerTest

@ExtendWith(MockitoExtension.class)
@SpringJUnitWebConfig(locations = {"classpath:spring/mvc-test-config.xml", 
                                   "classpath:spring/mvc-core-config.xml"})
class OwnerControllerTest {

    @Autowired
    OwnerController ownerController;

    @Autowired
    ClinicService clinicService;

    MockMvc mockMvc;

    @Captor
    ArgumentCaptor stringArgumentCaptor;

    @BeforeEach
    void setUp() {
        mockMvc = MockMvcBuilders.standaloneSetup(ownerController).build();
    }

    @AfterEach
    void tearDown() {
        reset(clinicService);
    }

    @Test
    void testNewOwnerPostValid() throws Exception {
        mockMvc.perform(post("/owners/new")
                    .param("firstName", "Jimmy")
                    .param("lastName", "Buffett")
                    .param("address", "123 Duval St ")
                    .param("city", "Key West")
                    .param("telephone", "3151231234"))
                .andExpect(status().is3xxRedirection());
    }

    @Test
    void testNewOwnerPostNotValid() throws Exception {
        mockMvc.perform(post("/owners/new")
                .param("firstName", "Jimmy")
                .param("lastName", "Buffett")
                .param("city", "Key West"))
            .andExpect(status().isOk())
            .andExpect(model().attributeHasErrors("owner"))
            .andExpect(model().attributeHasFieldErrors("owner", "address"))
            .andExpect(model().attributeHasFieldErrors("owner", "telephone"))
            .andExpect(view().name("owners/createOrUpdateOwnerForm"));
    }
}