Mockito bypass static method for testing

Question

I need to test handleIn() method using Mockito.

However the code need to call this legacy code Util.getContextPDO which is a static method.

Note that in test

Answer 1

when(handler2.getIPDO()).thenReturn(pdo);

Will actually call the method and then return pdo regardless.

Whereas:

doReturn(pdo).when(handler2).getIPDO();

Will return pdo without calling the getIPDO() method.