Spring + Mockito – Unable to mock save method?

Try to mock a repository save() method, but it is always returning null?

P.S Tested with Spring Boot 2 + Spring Data JPA

	@Test
    public void save_book_OK() throws Exception {

        Book newBook = new Book(1L, "Mockito Guide", "mkyong");
        when(mockRepository.save(newBook)).thenReturn(newBook);

		mockMvc.perform(post("/books")
			.content("{json}")
			.header(HttpHeaders.CONTENT_TYPE, MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON))
			.andExpect(status().isCreated());
				
    }

Solution

1. Mockito uses the equals for argument matching, try using ArgumentMatchers.any for the save method.

import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;

	@Test
    public void save_book_OK() throws Exception {

        Book newBook = new Book(1L, "Mockito Guide", "mkyong");
        when(mockRepository.save(any(Book.class))).thenReturn(newBook);

		//...
				
    }

2. Alternatively, implements both equals and hashCode for the Model.

package com.mkyong;

import javax.persistence.Entity;
import javax.persistence.GeneratedValue;
import javax.persistence.Id;
import java.math.BigDecimal;

@Entity
public class Book {

    @Id
    @GeneratedValue
    private Long id;
    private String name;
    private String author;
   
    //...

    @Override
    public boolean equals(Object o) {
        if (this == o) return true;
        if (o == null || getClass() != o.getClass()) return false;

        Book book = (Book) o;

        if (id != null ? !id.equals(book.id) : book.id != null) return false;
        if (name != null ? !name.equals(book.name) : book.name != null) return false;
        return author != null ? author.equals(book.author) : book.author == null;
    }

    @Override
    public int hashCode() {
        int result = id != null ? id.hashCode() : 0;
        result = 31 * result + (name != null ? name.hashCode() : 0);
        result = 31 * result + (author != null ? author.hashCode() : 0);
        return result;
    }
}

References

• Mockito docs
• Testing Spring Boot Applications