Kotlin Spring boot JpaRepository save method throwing NullPointerException

Question

Whereas saving a ProductCategory from PostMan works fine, saving the same object using from a JUnitTest throws a NullPointerException.

here is my entity class

@Entity
 data class ProductCategory(
    @Id
    @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.SEQUENCE, generator = "category_seq")
    @SequenceGenerator(name ="category_seq", sequenceName="category_seq")
    val id: Int,
    var categoryName: String,
    @OneToMany(mappedBy = "productCategory", fetch = FetchType.LAZY)
    var products: List<Product>?
)

The DTO

data class ProductCategoryDTO(
    var id: Int,
    var categoryName: String,
    var products: ArrayList<ProductDTO>?
)

The Repository

 @Repository
 interface ProductCategoryRepository: JpaRepository<ProductCategory, Int> {
 }

The Service

 @Service
 interface ProductCategoryService{
fun save(productDTO: ProductCategoryDTO)
  }

The service Impl

  @Service
  class ProductCategoryServiceImpl (

    private val productCategoryRepository: ProductCategoryRepository,
    private  val productCategoryMapper: ProductCategoryMapper

 ): ProductCategoryService {

override fun save(productCategoryDTO: ProductCategoryDTO){
        var productCategory = ProductCategory(
            productCategoryDTO.id,
            productCategoryDTO.categoryName,
            emptyList()
        )
       productCategoryRepository.save(productCategory)

     }

The Test Class

 @DataJpaTest
 @ExtendWith(MockitoExtension::class)
 internal class ProductCategoryServiceImplTest
    {
@Mock
private lateinit var productCategoryMapper: ProductCategoryMapper

@Mock
private lateinit var productCategoryService: ProductCategoryService

lateinit var productCategoryServiceTest: ProductCategoryServiceImpl
@Autowired
private lateinit var entityManager: TestEntityManager
@Mock
private lateinit var  productCategoryRepository: ProductCategoryRepository
@BeforeEach
fun setUp() {
   productCategoryServiceTest = ProductCategoryServiceImpl(productCategoryRepository, productCategoryMapper)

}

@AfterEach
fun tearDown() {
}

@Test
fun save() {
   //given
    val pcDTO = ProductCategoryDTO(0, "Fruits", null)
  // var pc = productCategoryMapper.toEnitity(pcDTO)
  //when
   productCategoryServiceTest.save(pcDTO)
  verify (productCategoryRepository).save(productCategoryMapper.toEnitity(pcDTO))
 then
  assertThat(pc!!.categoryName==pcDTO.categoryName)
}
}

The Error

java.lang.NullPointerException: productCategoryRepository.save(productCategory) must not be null at com.store.retail.service.impl.ProductCategoryServiceImpl.save(ProductCategoryServiceImpl.kt:27) at com.store.retail.service.ProductCategoryServiceImplTest.save(ProductCategoryServiceImplTest.kt:53) at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:77) at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:568) at org.junit.platform.commons.util.ReflectionUtils.invokeMethod(ReflectionUtils.java:725) at org.junit.jupiter.engine.execution.MethodInvocation.proceed(MethodInvocation.java:60) at org.junit.jupiter.engine.execution.InvocationInterceptorChain$ValidatingInvocation.proceed(InvocationInterceptorChain.java:131) at org.junit.jupiter.engine.extension.TimeoutExtension.intercept(TimeoutExtension.java:149) at org.junit.jupiter.engine.extension.TimeoutExtension.interceptTestableMethod(TimeoutExtension.java:140) at org.junit.jupiter.engine.extension.TimeoutExtension.interceptTestMethod(TimeoutExtension.java:84) at org.junit.jupiter.engine.execution.ExecutableInvoker$ReflectiveInterceptorCall.lambda$ofVoidMethod$0(ExecutableInvoker.java:115) at org.junit.jupiter.engine.execution.ExecutableInvoker.lambda$invoke$0(ExecutableInvoker.java:105) at org.junit.jupiter.engine.execution.InvocationInterceptorChain$InterceptedInvocation.proceed(InvocationInterceptorChain.java:106) at org.junit.jupiter.engine.execution.InvocationInterceptorChain.proceed(InvocationInterceptorChain.java:64) at org.junit.jupiter.engine.execution.InvocationInterceptorChain.chainAndInvoke(InvocationInterceptorChain.java:45) at org.junit.jupiter.engine.execution.InvocationInterceptorChain.invoke(InvocationInterceptorChain.java:37) at org.junit.jupiter.engine.execution.ExecutableInvoker.invoke(ExecutableInvoker.java:104) at org.junit.jupiter.engine.execution.ExecutableInvoker.invoke(ExecutableInvoker.java:98) at org.junit.jupiter.engine.descriptor.TestMethodTestDescriptor.lambda$invokeTestMethod$7(TestMethodTestDescriptor.java:214) at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.ThrowableCollector.execute(ThrowableCollector.java:73) at org.junit.jupiter.engine.descriptor.TestMethodTestDescriptor.invokeTestMethod(TestMethodTestDescriptor.java:210) at org.junit.jupiter.engine.descriptor.TestMethodTestDescriptor.execute(TestMethodTestDescriptor.java:135) at org.junit.jupiter.engine.descriptor.TestMethodTestDescriptor.execute(TestMethodTestDescriptor.java:66) at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.NodeTestTask.lambda$executeRecursively$6(NodeTestTask.java:151) at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.ThrowableCollector.execute(ThrowableCollector.java:73) at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.NodeTestTask.lambda$executeRecursively$8(NodeTestTask.java:141) at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.Node.around(Node.java:137) at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.NodeTestTask.lambda$executeRecursively$9(NodeTestTask.java:139) at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.ThrowableCollector.execute(ThrowableCollector.java:73) at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.NodeTestTask.executeRecursively(NodeTestTask.java:138) at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.NodeTestTask.execute(NodeTestTask.java:95) at java.base/java.util.ArrayList.forEach(ArrayList.java:1511) at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.SameThreadHierarchicalTestExecutorService.invokeAll(SameThreadHierarchicalTestExecutorService.java:41) at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.NodeTestTask.lambda$executeRecursively$6(NodeTestTask.java:155) at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.ThrowableCollector.execute(ThrowableCollector.java:73) at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.NodeTestTask.lambda$executeRecursively$8(NodeTestTask.java:141) at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.Node.around(Node.java:137) at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.NodeTestTask.lambda$executeRecursively$9(NodeTestTask.java:139) at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.ThrowableCollector.execute(ThrowableCollector.java:73) at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.NodeTestTask.executeRecursively(NodeTestTask.java:138) at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.NodeTestTask.execute(NodeTestTask.java:95) at java.base/java.util.ArrayList.forEach(ArrayList.java:1511) at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.SameThreadHierarchicalTestExecutorService.invokeAll(SameThreadHierarchicalTestExecutorService.java:41) at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.NodeTestTask.lambda$executeRecursively$6(NodeTestTask.java:155) at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.ThrowableCollector.execute(ThrowableCollector.java:73) at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.NodeTestTask.lambda$executeRecursively$8(NodeTestTask.java:141) at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.Node.around(Node.java:137) at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.NodeTestTask.lambda$executeRecursively$9(NodeTestTask.java:139) at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.ThrowableCollector.execute(ThrowableCollector.java:73) at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.NodeTestTask.executeRecursively(NodeTestTask.java:138) at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.NodeTestTask.execute(NodeTestTask.java:95) at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.SameThreadHierarchicalTestExecutorService.submit(SameThreadHierarchicalTestExecutorService.java:35) at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.HierarchicalTestExecutor.execute(HierarchicalTestExecutor.java:57) at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.HierarchicalTestEngine.execute(HierarchicalTestEngine.java:54) at org.junit.platform.launcher.core.EngineExecutionOrchestrator.execute(EngineExecutionOrchestrator.java:107) at org.junit.platform.launcher.core.EngineExecutionOrchestrator.execute(EngineExecutionOrchestrator.java:88) at org.junit.platform.launcher.core.EngineExecutionOrchestrator.lambda$execute$0(EngineExecutionOrchestrator.java:54) at org.junit.platform.launcher.core.EngineExecutionOrchestrator.withInterceptedStreams(EngineExecutionOrchestrator.java:67) at org.junit.platform.launcher.core.EngineExecutionOrchestrator.execute(EngineExecutionOrchestrator.java:52) at org.junit.platform.launcher.core.DefaultLauncher.execute(DefaultLauncher.java:114) at org.junit.platform.launcher.core.DefaultLauncher.execute(DefaultLauncher.java:86) at org.junit.platform.launcher.core.DefaultLauncherSession$DelegatingLauncher.execute(DefaultLauncherSession.java:86) at org.junit.platform.launcher.core.SessionPerRequestLauncher.execute(SessionPerRequestLauncher.java:53) at com.intellij.junit5.JUnit5IdeaTestRunner.startRunnerWithArgs(JUnit5IdeaTestRunner.java:71) at com.intellij.rt.junit.IdeaTestRunner$Repeater$1.execute(IdeaTestRunner.java:38) at com.intellij.rt.execution.junit.TestsRepeater.repeat(TestsRepeater.java:11) at com.intellij.rt.junit.IdeaTestRunner$Repeater.startRunnerWithArgs(IdeaTestRunner.java:35) at com.intellij.rt.junit.JUnitStarter.prepareStreamsAndStart(JUnitStarter.java:235) at com.intellij.rt.junit.JUnitStarter.main(JUnitStarter.java:54)

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