If we need to mock static methods like now() we can use multiple alternatives like PowerMock:
@RunWith(PowerMockRunner.class)
@PrepareForTest({ LocalDateTime.class })
public class LocalDateTimeUnitTest {
@Test
public void givenLocalDateTimeMock_whenNow_thenGetFixedLocalDateTime() {
Clock clock = Clock.fixed(Instant.parse("2014-12-22T10:15:30.00Z"), ZoneId.of("UTC"));
LocalDateTime dateTime = LocalDateTime.now(clock);
mockStatic(LocalDateTime.class);
when(LocalDateTime.now()).thenReturn(dateTime);
String dateTimeExpected = "2014-12-22T10:15:30";
LocalDateTime now = LocalDateTime.now();
assertThat(now).isEqualTo(dateTimeExpected);
}
}
Or JMockit, indeed with JMockit we can use the MockUp class:
@Test
public void givenLocalDateTimeWithJMock_whenNow_thenGetFixedLocalDateTime() {
Clock clock = Clock.fixed(Instant.parse("2014-12-21T10:15:30.00Z"), ZoneId.of("UTC"));
new MockUp() {
@Mock
public LocalDateTime now() {
return LocalDateTime.now(clock);
}
};
String dateTimeExpected = "2014-12-21T10:15:30";
LocalDateTime now = LocalDateTime.now();
assertThat(now).isEqualTo(dateTimeExpected);
}
Or the Expectations class:
@Test
public void givenLocalDateTimeWithExpectations_whenNow_thenGetFixedLocalDateTime() {
Clock clock = Clock.fixed(Instant.parse("2014-12-23T10:15:30.00Z"), ZoneId.of("UTC"));
LocalDateTime dateTimeExpected = LocalDateTime.now(clock);
new Expectations(LocalDateTime.class) {
{
LocalDateTime.now();
result = dateTimeExpected;
}
};
LocalDateTime now = LocalDateTime.now();
assertThat(now).isEqualTo(dateTimeExpected);
}
We can find more examples here.
Another simple alternative is to use the now() method with a fixed Clock instance. Certainly, most of the classes in java.time package have a now() method with a Clock parameter:
@Test
public void givenFixedClock_whenNow_thenGetFixedLocalDateTime() {
Clock clock = Clock.fixed(Instant.parse("2014-12-22T10:15:30.00Z"), ZoneId.of("UTC"));
String dateTimeExpected = "2014-12-22T10:15:30";
LocalDateTime dateTime = LocalDateTime.now(clock);
assertThat(dateTime).isEqualTo(dateTimeExpected);
}