PowerMock, Mockito and mocking final class from the reflection api - unit-testing

Question

I'm trying to mock the java.lang.reflect.Method, here my code:
#RunWith(PowerMockRunner.class)
#PrepareForTest(Method.class)
public class AuditDataTest {
#Test
public void testStartAudit() {
Object[] args = new Object[1];
args[0] = "bla";
Method method = PowerMockito.mock(Method.class);
when(method.getAnnotation(Audit.class).value()).thenReturn("audit");
auditData.startAudit(method, args);
}
}
When i run the test, i get following error message:
java.lang.IllegalAccessError: java.lang.Class
at sun.reflect.GeneratedSerializationConstructorAccessor10.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:513)
at org.objenesis.instantiator.sun.SunReflectionFactoryInstantiator.newInstance(SunReflectionFactoryInstantiator.java:40)
at org.powermock.reflect.internal.WhiteboxImpl.newInstance(WhiteboxImpl.java:257)
at org.powermock.reflect.Whitebox.newInstance(Whitebox.java:139)
at org.powermock.core.DefaultFieldValueGenerator.instantiateFieldType(DefaultFieldValueGenerator.java:74)
at org.powermock.core.DefaultFieldValueGenerator.fillWithDefaultValues(DefaultFieldValueGenerator.java:51)
at org.powermock.api.mockito.internal.mockcreation.MockCreator.mock(MockCreator.java:60)
at org.powermock.api.mockito.PowerMockito.mock(PowerMockito.java:138)
at my.package.audit.AuditDataTest.testStartAudit(AuditDataTest.java:52)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
at org.junit.internal.runners.TestMethod.invoke(TestMethod.java:59)
at org.powermock.modules.junit4.internal.impl.PowerMockJUnit44RunnerDelegateImpl$PowerMockJUnit44MethodRunner.runTestMethod(PowerMockJUnit44RunnerDelegateImpl.java:322)
at org.junit.internal.runners.MethodRoadie$2.run(MethodRoadie.java:79)
at org.junit.internal.runners.MethodRoadie.runBeforesThenTestThenAfters(MethodRoadie.java:87)
at org.powermock.modules.junit4.internal.impl.PowerMockJUnit44RunnerDelegateImpl$PowerMockJUnit44MethodRunner.executeTest(PowerMockJUnit44RunnerDelegateImpl.java:309)
at org.powermock.modules.junit4.internal.impl.PowerMockJUnit44RunnerDelegateImpl$PowerMockJUnit44MethodRunner.runBeforesThenTestThenAfters(PowerMockJUnit44RunnerDelegateImpl.java:297)
at org.junit.internal.runners.MethodRoadie.runTest(MethodRoadie.java:77)
at org.junit.internal.runners.MethodRoadie.run(MethodRoadie.java:42)
at org.powermock.modules.junit4.internal.impl.PowerMockJUnit44RunnerDelegateImpl.invokeTestMethod(PowerMockJUnit44RunnerDelegateImpl.java:222)
at org.powermock.modules.junit4.internal.impl.PowerMockJUnit44RunnerDelegateImpl.runMethods(PowerMockJUnit44RunnerDelegateImpl.java:161)
at org.powermock.modules.junit4.internal.impl.PowerMockJUnit44RunnerDelegateImpl$1.run(PowerMockJUnit44RunnerDelegateImpl.java:135)
at org.junit.internal.runners.ClassRoadie.runUnprotected(ClassRoadie.java:27)
at org.junit.internal.runners.ClassRoadie.runProtected(ClassRoadie.java:37)
at org.powermock.modules.junit4.internal.impl.PowerMockJUnit44RunnerDelegateImpl.run(PowerMockJUnit44RunnerDelegateImpl.java:133)
at org.powermock.modules.junit4.common.internal.impl.JUnit4TestSuiteChunkerImpl.run(JUnit4TestSuiteChunkerImpl.java:112)
at org.powermock.modules.junit4.common.internal.impl.AbstractCommonPowerMockRunner.run(AbstractCommonPowerMockRunner.java:57)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit4.runner.JUnit4TestReference.run(JUnit4TestReference.java:50)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.TestExecution.run(TestExecution.java:38)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.runTests(RemoteTestRunner.java:467)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.runTests(RemoteTestRunner.java:683)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.run(RemoteTestRunner.java:390)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.main(RemoteTestRunner.java:197)
Can someone explain me, what i'm doing wrong?

Answer 1

From the Powermock FAQ:
I cannot mock classes in from java.lang, java.net, java.io or other
system classes, why?
This is because they're loaded by Java's bootstrap classloader and cannot be
byte-code manipulated by PowerMock's classloader. Since
PowerMock 1.2.5 there's a work-around, please have a look at this
simple example to see how it's done.