Mocking FacesContext

Question

I am trying to add some unit tests to a JSF application. This application didnt rely heavily on any best practices, so many service methods use the FacesContext to

Answer 1

You can return a mock context via FacesContext.getCurrentInstance by invoking setCurrentInstance(FacesContext) before running the test. The method is protected, but you can access it either via reflection or by extending FacesContext. There is a sample implementation using Mockito here.