Spring JUnit: How to Mock autowired component in autowired component

Question

I\'ve got a Spring component I\'d like to test and this component has an autowired attribute which I need to change for the purpose of unit testing. The problem is, that the

Answer 1

You could use Mockito. I am not sure with PostConstruct specifically, but this generally works:

// Create a mock of Resource to change its behaviour for testing
@Mock
private Resource resource;

// Testing instance, mocked `resource` should be injected here 
@InjectMocks
@Resource
private TestedClass testedClass;

@Before
public void setUp() throws Exception {
    // Initialize mocks created above
    MockitoAnnotations.initMocks(this);
    // Change behaviour of `resource`
    when(resource.getSomething()).thenReturn("Foo");   
}