Mock database driver

Question

Is there some kind of JDBC driver which simply ignores database calls?

For the development I am migrating an application to a virtual machine. Here I want to work on

Answer 1

If you want to do unit tests, not an integration tests, than you can use a very basic and simple approach, using Mockito only, like this:

public class JDBCLowLevelTest {

    private TestedClass tested;
    private Connection connection;
    private static Driver driver;

    @BeforeClass
    public static void setUpClass() throws Exception {
        // (Optional) Print DriverManager logs to system out
        DriverManager.setLogWriter(new PrintWriter((System.out)));

        // (Optional) Sometimes you need to get rid of a driver (e.g JDBC-ODBC Bridge)
        Driver configuredDriver = DriverManager.getDriver("jdbc:odbc:url");

        System.out.println("De-registering the configured driver: " + configuredDriver);
        DriverManager.deregisterDriver(configuredDriver);

        // Register the mocked driver
        driver = mock(Driver.class);
        System.out.println("Registering the mock driver: " + driver);
        DriverManager.registerDriver(driver);
    }

    @AfterClass
    public static void tearDown() throws Exception {
        // Let's cleanup the global state
        System.out.println("De-registering the mock driver: " + driver);
        DriverManager.deregisterDriver(driver);
    }

    @Before
    public void setUp() throws Exception {
        // given
        tested = new TestedClass();

        connection = mock(Connection.class);

        given(driver.acceptsURL(anyString())).willReturn(true);
        given(driver.connect(anyString(), Matchers.any()))
                .willReturn(connection);

    }
}

Than you can test various scenarios, like in any other Mockito test e.g.

@Test
public void shouldHandleDoubleException() throws Exception {
    // given
    SomeData someData = new SomeData();

    given(connection.prepareCall(anyString()))
            .willThrow(new SQLException("Prepare call"));
    willThrow(new SQLException("Close exception")).given(connection).close();

    // when
    SomeResponse response = testClass.someMethod(someData);

    // then
    assertThat(response, is(SOME_ERROR));
}