How to mock a String using mockito?

Question

I need to simulate a test scenario in which I call the getBytes() method of a String object and I get an UnsupportedEncodingException.

I have tried to achie

Answer 1

If you have a block of code that can never actually be run, and a managerial requirement to have 100% test coverage, then something's going to have to change.

What you could do is make the character encoding a member variable, and add a package-private constructor to your class that lets you pass it in. In your unit test, you could call the new constructor, with a nonsense value for the character encoding.