Spring MVC 5 ResultMatcher jsonPath null value

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After upgrading my rest service from Spring Boot 1.5.10 to 2.0.0 I encountered my tests failing which passed before.

Following Scenario:

import org.mockito.internal.matchers.Null;
import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.result.MockMvcResultMatchers.jsonPath;

...

.andExpect(jsonPath("img").value(Null.NULL))

Fails now in Spring MVC 5 with following message:

java.lang.AssertionError: JSON path "img"
Expected :isNull() Actual :null

What is the correct way in Spring MVC 5 to assert that the value of the jsonPath is null?

Are you using jayway lib for jsonpath? Can you please show the name package name for jsonpath ? — notionquest
– notionquest, Commented Mar 14, 2018 at 14:12
I am using org.springframework.test.web.servlet.result.MockMvcResultMatchers.jsonPath; — mrkernelpanic
– mrkernelpanic, Commented Mar 14, 2018 at 14:16
alternate way is to use new JsonPathExpectationsHelper("$.img").assertValueIsEmpty(jsonContent); — notionquest
– notionquest, Commented Mar 14, 2018 at 14:52

mrkernelpanic · Accepted Answer · 2018-03-14 14:46:23Z

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Answering my own question as I found the solution by myself.

You have to use the correct Matcher, in my case org.hamcrest.core.IsNull

So I had to change to

import org.hamcrest.core.IsNull;
...
andExpect(jsonPath("img").value(IsNull.nullValue()))

answered Mar 14, 2018 at 14:46

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4javier · Accepted Answer · 2022-04-25 11:01:47Z

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April 2022, Hamcrest 2.2

nullValue() is a standalone static method importable by org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.nullValue.

So, updated solution resolves to

static import org.hamcrest.core.nullValue;
...
andExpect(jsonPath("img").value(nullValue()))

edited Apr 25, 2022 at 11:01

answered Apr 25, 2022 at 10:40

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barrenaedu · Accepted Answer · 2018-05-19 21:04:25Z

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You can use content().srtring(Matcher matcher) and then use IsEmptyString matcher

result.andDo(print())
      .andExpect(status().isNoContent())
      .andExpect(content().string(IsEmptyString.isEmptyOrNullString()));

answered May 19, 2018 at 21:04

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provisota Over a year ago

It's not the same. Your solution will verify that response doesn't have any content at all, but the required solution, which was provided by @mrkernelpanic himself, should verify that only one field from the response Json object is NULL. It's two definitely different checks.

Falcon Over a year ago

isEmptyOrNullString() was deprecated you should use emptyOrNullString()

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