JUnit tests for AspectJ

Question

I am trying to write Junit tests for Custom Aspect. Here is the Aspect Class Snippet:

@Aspect
@Component
public class SampleAspect {

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Answer 1

I think what you are trying to test is aspect weaving and pointcut matching. Please note that that would be an integration rather than a unit test. If you really want to unit test your aspect logic and because you have tagged the question by "mockito" anyway, I suggest you do just that: Write a unit test and mock the aspect's joinpoint and maybe its other parameters, if any. Here is a slightly more complex example with some intra-aspect logic:

Java class to be targeted by aspect:

package de.scrum_master.app;

public class Application {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        new Application().doSomething(11);
        new Application().doSomething(-22);
        new Application().doSomething(333);
    }

    public void doSomething(int number) {
        System.out.println("Doing something with number " + number);
    }
}

Aspect under test:

package de.scrum_master.aspect;

import org.aspectj.lang.ProceedingJoinPoint;
import org.aspectj.lang.annotation.Around;
import org.aspectj.lang.annotation.Aspect;

@Aspect
public class SampleAspect {
    @Around("execution(* doSomething(int)) && args(number)")
    public Object intercept(final ProceedingJoinPoint thisJoinPoint, int number) throws Throwable {
        System.out.println(thisJoinPoint + " -> " + number);
        if (number < 0)
            return thisJoinPoint.proceed(new Object[] { -number });
        if (number > 99)
            throw new RuntimeException("oops");
        return thisJoinPoint.proceed();
    }
}

Console log when running Application.main(..):

As you can see, the aspect passes on 11, negates -22 and throws an exception for 333:

execution(void de.scrum_master.app.Application.doSomething(int)) -> 11
Doing something with number 11
execution(void de.scrum_master.app.Application.doSomething(int)) -> -22
Doing something with number 22
execution(void de.scrum_master.app.Application.doSomething(int)) -> 333
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.RuntimeException: oops
    at de.scrum_master.aspect.SampleAspect.intercept(SampleAspect.aj:15)
    at de.scrum_master.app.Application.doSomething(Application.java:10)
    at de.scrum_master.app.Application.main(Application.java:7)

Unit test for aspect:

Now we really want to verify that the aspect does what it should and cover all execution paths:

package de.scrum_master.aspect;

import org.aspectj.lang.ProceedingJoinPoint;
import org.junit.Rule;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.mockito.Mock;
import org.mockito.junit.MockitoJUnit;
import org.mockito.junit.MockitoRule;

import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;

public class SampleAspectTest {
    @Rule
    public MockitoRule mockitoRule = MockitoJUnit.rule();

    @Mock
    private ProceedingJoinPoint proceedingJoinPoint;

    private SampleAspect sampleAspect = new SampleAspect();

    @Test
    public void testPositiveSmallNumber() throws Throwable {
        sampleAspect.intercept(proceedingJoinPoint, 11);
        // 'proceed()' is called exactly once
        verify(proceedingJoinPoint, times(1)).proceed();
        // 'proceed(Object[])' is never called
        verify(proceedingJoinPoint, never()).proceed(null);
    }

    @Test
    public void testNegativeNumber() throws Throwable {
        sampleAspect.intercept(proceedingJoinPoint, -22);
        // 'proceed()' is never called
        verify(proceedingJoinPoint, never()).proceed();
        // 'proceed(Object[])' is called exactly once
        verify(proceedingJoinPoint, times(1)).proceed(new Object[] { 22 });
    }

    @Test(expected = RuntimeException.class)
    public void testPositiveLargeNumber() throws Throwable {
        sampleAspect.intercept(proceedingJoinPoint, 333);
    }
}

Now run this simple JUnit + Mockito test in order to test the aspect logic in isolation, not the wiring/weaving logic. For the latter you would need another type of test.

P.S.: Only for you I used JUnit and Mockito. Usually I just use Spock and its built-in mocking capabilities. ;-)