Bean variable not loading during unit test - spring-boot

Question

I am trying to test some dao code in Spring Boot. Here is my class under test:
#Repository
public class AreaDao
{
#Setter private JdbcTemplate jdbcTemplate;
#Setter private AreaMapper areaMapper;
#Getter #Setter private String sql;
public List getArea(String studioId)
{
String query = String.join(this.getSql(),studioId); // its throwing a NPE here
List areaList = jdbcTemplate.query(query, areaMapper);
return areaList;
}
}
The variable sql is loading from the bean xml:
<bean id="AreaDao" class="com.studio.dao.AreaDao">
<property name="sql" value="SELECT DISTINCT(rGrp.GRP_N) AS AreaName
FROM DB.S_GRP rGrp
WHERE rGrp.STR_I = " />
<property name="jdbcTemplate" ref="JdbcTemplate" />
<property name="areaMapper" ref="AreaMapper" />
</bean>
<bean id="AreaMapper" class="com.studio.mapper.AreaMapper" />
<bean id="JdbcTemplate" class="org.springframework.jdbc.core.JdbcTemplate">
<property name="dataSource" ref="DMDataSource" />
</bean>
And here is my test class:
#RunWith(SpringRunner.class)
#SpringBootTest
public class AreaDaoTest {
#Mock
JdbcTemplate jdbcTemplateMock;
#Mock
AreaMapper areaMapper;
#InjectMocks
#Spy
AreaDao areaDao;
private List areas;
#Before
public void setup(){
areas = new ArrayList();
}
#Test
public void testGetArea() throws SQLException {
String studioId = "12345";
when(jdbcTemplateMock.query(any(String.class), any(RowMapper.class))).thenReturn(areas);
List areas = areaDao.getArea(studioId);
Assert.assertNotNull(areas);
Assert.assertTrue(areaDao.getSql().contains(studioId));
}
}
Whenever I try to run the test its throwing a NPE in loading the sql var from the bean xml. I tried adding #ContextConfiguration or just #Autowired on the dao in the test but it didn't work. Also how can I verify in the test if its loading a value?
Appreciate your help.