Mockito mockStatic cannot resolve symbol

Question

I'm using Spring Boot and in a unit test, I'm trying to mock the Files.delete(myFile.toPath()) method.
To do so I'm trying to use the Mockito.mockStatic() method. But when I try to use it my IDE (IntelliJ IDEA) indicate me that this method does not exist. I read this article : https://asolntsev.github.io/en/2020/07/11/mockito-static-methods/ but it didn't help me.

In my POM.xml file there is:

        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
            <artifactId>mockito-inline</artifactId>
            <version>3.5.15</version>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
            <artifactId>mockito-junit-jupiter</artifactId>
            <version>3.5.15</version>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
            <scope>test</scope>
            <version>2.2.6.RELEASE</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-security-test</artifactId>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>

Note that I only put test related dependency, this is not my whole POM.xml file

In my test file, I put the following imports:

import org.junit.Test;
import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
import org.mockito.Mockito;
import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
import org.springframework.boot.test.mock.mockito.MockBean;
import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringRunner;

Again, this is only the test related imports.

A screenshot of what my IDE is displaying:

Do you have any idea why the Mockito.mockStatic() method can't be resolved ?

score 17 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 21 '20 at 11:32

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Make sure you have the following dependency in your pom file

        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
            <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
            <version>3.5.15</version>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>

answered Oct 21 '20 at 11:32

Enrico Trentin

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Thank you ! It worked ! The article was saying to replace `mockito-core` by `mockito-inline`, I should have tried to put both. – Ehrakis Oct 21 '20 at 11:41
Yep, i got the same thing. Thanks – djangofan Feb 26 '21 at 21:40
Adding this dependency, now I can't resolve `Mockito.Matchers` – Christian Vincenzo Traina Jun 04 '22 at 20:09
use Mockito.ArgumentMatchers – Mustapha Ghannouchi Nov 23 '22 at 16:49

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 25 '22 at 12:47

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Probably the method is inside your class scope, move the static method call mockStatic to method scope.

Also be sure you're importing from this class org.powermock.api.mockito.PowerMockito.mockStatic

answered May 25 '22 at 12:47

Abdullah Ismail

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Thank you for your answer, the question was about the Mockito framework which is different from PowerMockito. – Ehrakis May 26 '22 at 13:30

Mockito mockStatic cannot resolve symbol

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