Spring/MongoDB/Junit: Unit test with Fongo is giving the Null Pointer Exception - spring

Question

I am fairly new to unit testing and trying to test a simple function that returns a query. In my unit test, I am getting the NullPointerException after calling the method. I assume mongoOperations is null, and guessing that is the reason why it is returning NPE. I am using fongo to mock the mongoDB and I configured the spring context in testConfigurationContext.xml file.
This is the class I want to test:
#Repository
public class DataVersionDaoMongo extends MongoBaseDao<DataVersion> implements DataVersionDao {
public DataVersionDaoMongo() {
initType();
}
#Override
public DataVersion
findByDBAndCollection(String dbName, String collectionName) {
//below is the line 27 on error console
return mongoOperations.findOne(Query.query(Criteria.where("dbName").is(dbName).and("collectionName").is(collectionName)), DataVersion.class);
}
}
This is my unit test:
#RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
#ContextConfiguration("classpath:/testApplicationContext.xml")
public class DataVersionDaoMongoTest {
private DataVersionDaoMongo dataVersionDaoMongo = new DataVersionDaoMongo();
private MongoOperations mongoOperations;
private DataVersion dataVersion;
#Rule
public FongoRule fongoRule = new FongoRule();
#Test
public void findByDBAndCollection() {
String dbname = "mydb";
String collectionName = "mycollection";
DB db = fongoRule.getDB(dbname);
DBCollection collection = db.getCollection(collectionName);
Mongo mongo = fongoRule.getMongo();
collection.insert(new BasicDBObject("name", "randomName"));
//below is the line 63 on error console
assertThat(dataVersionDaoMongo.findByDBAndCollection(dbname, collectionName)).isNotNull();
}
}
This is the applicationContext file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xmlns:mongo="http://www.springframework.org/schema/data/mongo"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd http://www.springframework.org/schema/data/mongo http://www.springframework.org/schema/data/mongo/spring-mongo.xsd">
<bean name="fongo" class="com.github.fakemongo.Fongo">
<constructor-arg value="InMemoryMongo" />
</bean>
<bean id="mongo" factory-bean="fongo" factory-method="getMongo" />
<mongo:db-factory id="mongoDbFactory" mongo-ref="mongo" />
<!-- localhost settings for mongo -->
<!--<mongo:db-factory id="mongoDbFactory" />-->
<bean id="mongoTemplate" class="org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.MongoTemplate">
<constructor-arg ref="mongoDbFactory"/>
</bean>
</beans>
This is the error on console:
java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.absolute.common.repository.mongodb.springdata.DataVersionDaoMongo.findByDBAndCollection(DataVersionDaoMongo.java:27)
at com.absolute.common.repository.mongodb.springdata.DataVersionDaoMongoTest.findByDBAndCollection(DataVersionDaoMongoTest.java:63)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at org.junit.runners.model.FrameworkMethod$1.runReflectiveCall(FrameworkMethod.java:50)
at org.junit.internal.runners.model.ReflectiveCallable.run(ReflectiveCallable.java:12)
at org.junit.runners.model.FrameworkMethod.invokeExplosively(FrameworkMethod.java:47)
at org.junit.internal.runners.statements.InvokeMethod.evaluate(InvokeMethod.java:17)
at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.statements.RunBeforeTestMethodCallbacks.evaluate(RunBeforeTestMethodCallbacks.java:75)
at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.statements.RunAfterTestMethodCallbacks.evaluate(RunAfterTestMethodCallbacks.java:86)
at org.junit.rules.ExternalResource$1.evaluate(ExternalResource.java:48)
at org.junit.rules.RunRules.evaluate(RunRules.java:20)
at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.statements.SpringRepeat.evaluate(SpringRepeat.java:84)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.runLeaf(ParentRunner.java:325)
at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.runChild(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.java:252)
at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.runChild(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.java:94)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$3.run(ParentRunner.java:290)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$1.schedule(ParentRunner.java:71)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.runChildren(ParentRunner.java:288)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.access$000(ParentRunner.java:58)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$2.evaluate(ParentRunner.java:268)
at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.statements.RunBeforeTestClassCallbacks.evaluate(RunBeforeTestClassCallbacks.java:61)
at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.statements.RunAfterTestClassCallbacks.evaluate(RunAfterTestClassCallbacks.java:70)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.run(ParentRunner.java:363)
at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.run(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.java:191)
at org.junit.runner.JUnitCore.run(JUnitCore.java:137)
at com.intellij.junit4.JUnit4IdeaTestRunner.startRunnerWithArgs(JUnit4IdeaTestRunner.java:68)
at com.intellij.rt.execution.junit.IdeaTestRunner$Repeater.startRunnerWithArgs(IdeaTestRunner.java:47)
at com.intellij.rt.execution.junit.JUnitStarter.prepareStreamsAndStart(JUnitStarter.java:242)
at com.intellij.rt.execution.junit.JUnitStarter.main(JUnitStarter.java:70)
I am guessing I am missing something. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Answer 1

I have never used Fongo, but usually I mock the mongo server with flapdoodle. This is easy to implements.
I would like to recommend it.
https://github.com/flapdoodle-oss/de.flapdoodle.embed.mongo
<dependency>
<groupId>de.flapdoodle.embed</groupId>
<artifactId>de.flapdoodle.embed.mongo</artifactId>
<version>2.1.1</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>

Answer 2

You are not auto-wiring DataVersionDaoMongo in you unit test, also mongoOperations bean either need to be auto-wired or injected via constructor.
In you Repo class
#Repository
public class DataVersionDaoMongo extends MongoBaseDao<DataVersion> implements DataVersionDao {
#Autowire MongoOperations mongoOperations;
public DataVersionDaoMongo() {
initType();
}
#Override
public DataVersion findByDBAndCollection(String dbName, String collectionName) {
//below is the line 27 on error console
return mongoOperations.findOne(Query.query(Criteria.where("dbName").is(dbName).and("collectionName").is(collectionName)), DataVersion.class);
}
}
and in your unit test, you no need to use new for bean creation.
#RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
#ContextConfiguration("classpath:/testApplicationContext.xml")
public class DataVersionDaoMongoTest {
#Autowire
private DataVersionDaoMongo dataVersionDaoMongo;
#Autowire
private MongoOperations mongoOperations; // you can remove this, if not using it
private DataVersion dataVersion;
#Rule
public FongoRule fongoRule = new FongoRule();
#Test
public void findByDBAndCollection() {
String dbname = "mydb";
String collectionName = "mycollection";
DB db = fongoRule.getDB(dbname);
DBCollection collection = db.getCollection(collectionName);
Mongo mongo = fongoRule.getMongo();
collection.insert(new BasicDBObject("name", "randomName"));
//below is the line 63 on error console
assertThat(dataVersionDaoMongo.findByDBAndCollection(dbname, collectionName)).isNotNull();
}
}