Tag: Testing

If you are looking for a mock framework for Kotlin tests, Mockk is definitely on first on the list. I wrote my first test following a simple example on the official website (https://mockk.io/#dsl-examples). In my case, I am testing an export class using a parser to deserialize a file into an object:

@Test
fun `test export excluding sub-folders`() {
    // given
    val path = "my/new/path"
    val parser = mockk()
    every { parser.buildObject("$path/data.xml") } returns MyObject("first name", "last name", "title", "manager")

    // when
    var myObject = exporter.parse(
            parser,
            getResourceFile(path),
            mutableListOf()
        )

    // then
    verify { parser.buildObject("$path/data.xml") }
    confirmVerified(parser) // verifies all the verify calls were made
    assertEquals("first name", myObject.firstName)
    assertEquals("last name", myObject.lastName)
    assertEquals("title", myObject.title)
    assertEquals("manager", myObject.manager)

}

Wunderbar! I ran my test… and it failed:

java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class io.mockk.impl.JvmMockKGateway

What in the world is that?! I checked my pom file and verified I had the latest version:

<dependency>
  <groupId>io.mockk</groupId>
  <artifactId>mockk</artifactId>
  <version>1.9.3</version>
  <scope>test</scope>
</dependency>

After a while, I figured out the issue resides in the IDE (https://github.com/mockk/mockk/issues/254). Mockk has issue when running on JDK 11. I went to Intellij IDEA -> File -> Project Structure, and changed the Project SDK to JDK 8 (which I use for my current project). You can probably find another version that would work for your own project.