Want to Mock ValidationofToken in restcontroller junit testing - spring

Question

Need to skip a Validation of token id login in controller for unit testing
Not sure what to use Mock or spy since i'm testing the controller itself
public class TestController extends BaseController {
#Autowired
TestService service;
#RequestMapping(value = "/test")
public #ResponseBody TestResponse getAll(#RequestBody TestRequest request) {
validateToken(request);
TestResponse response = service.getall(request);
response.setTokenID(request.getTokenID());
return response;
}
}
public class BaseController {
protected void validateToken(IRequest request) {
TokenResponse tokenresponse = restTemplate.exchange(TokenServiceURL, HttpMethod.GET, null, TokenResponse .class, tokenId).getBody();
User user = new user()
user.setUserRole(tokenresponse.getUser()));
request.setUser(user);
}
}
public class TestControllerTest {
private MockMvc mockMvc;
#Autowired
private WebApplicationContext wac;
#Autowired
private TestController testControlller;
#MockBean
private TestService testService;
BaseController baseControllerSpy = Mockito.spy(BaseController.class);
#Before
public void setUp(){
MockitoAnnotations.initMocks(this);
mockMvc = MockMvcBuilders.webAppContextSetup(wac).build();
}
#Test
public void verifygetAll() throws Exception {
TestRequest request = new TestRequest();
TestResponse response = new Response();
**Mockito.doNothing().when(baseControllerSpy).validateTokenID(request);**
when(testService.get(request)).thenReturn(response);
mockMvc.perform(MockMvcRequestBuilders.post("/test")
.contentType(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
.content(requestString)
.accept(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON))
.andExpect(status().isOk())
}
}
Base controller being spy doesn't seem to work, is there any other way i can approach this scenrio. please help

Answer 1

I can advice you two solutions:
I assume that if you are in the same package then you have to inject a spy of TestController in the mockMvc when you do the build() then you can create the validateToken mockMvc
doNothing().when((BaseController)testController).validateTokenID(any());
If the previous solution is not compliant then you can extend the TestController class with the TestControllerForTest and you can make the override of the validateTokenID method where you do nothing.