compilation error at thenReturn method. - please advise.

[Raaz Sekhar]

Getting compilation error as - "The method thenReturn(Boolean) in the type OngoingStubbing<Boolean> is not applicable for the arguments (String)"

Code:

public  AvailabilityCheckerImpl(String postCode){

this.postCode=postCode;

}

public String isPostCodeIn3DTVServiceArea(String postCode)

throws TechnicalFailureException {

// TODO Auto-generated method stub

AvailabilityCheckerImpl mockedList = mock(AvailabilityCheckerImpl.class);

when(mockedList.postCode.startsWith("TW3")).thenReturn("SERVICE_AVAILABLE");  // compilation error at the bold text

}

}

Please advise

Thanks

[Marcin Grzejszczak]

Hi!

You're doing a set of method invocations:

mockedList.postCode.startsWith("TW3")

startsWith returns a boolean so that's why thenReturn should also return a boolean. I guess you wanted to write

when(mockedList.postCode).thenReturn("SERVICE_AVAILABLE");

Btw why do you want to mock that AvailabilityCheckerImpl ? Why not pass a real instance like this new AvailabilityCheckerImpl("TW3") or sth. I don't know the real context though.

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[Marcin Grzejszczak]

Now I see that postCode is a field. I'm working with Groovy and I thought that you're using a getter :) anyway you can't mock a string and you shouldn't do that. Can you write what you want to achieve?