我是第一次用mockmvc进行单元测试，我还没有弄清楚如何正确地使用它。我正在尝试测试一个简单的post方法。我的代码（类代码）工作得很好，我用postman测试了它，所以很明显问题出在测试代码上。
控制器：

@Controller
@RequestMapping("/employees")
public class EmployeeController {

    private final EmployeeService employeeService;
    private final EmployeeModelAssembler assembler;

    @Autowired
    public EmployeeController(EmployeeService employeeService, EmployeeModelAssembler assembler){
        this.employeeService = employeeService;
        this.assembler = assembler;
    }

    @PostMapping()
    public ResponseEntity<?> addEmployee(@RequestBody Employee employee, UriComponentsBuilder builder){
        EntityModel<Employee> entityModel = this.assembler.toModel(this.employeeService.addEmployee(employee));
        return ResponseEntity.created(entityModel.getRequiredLink(IanaLinkRelations.SELF).toUri()).body(entityModel);
    }
...

上面有更多的方法，但是addemployee是我尝试测试的方法。
测试：

@ExtendWith(SpringExtension.class)
@WebMvcTest(EmployeeController.class)
@AutoConfigureMockMvc
public class EmployeeControllerTest {

    @Autowired
    private MockMvc mockMvc;

    @MockBean
    private EmployeeService employeeService;

    @MockBean
    private EmployeeModelAssembler assembler;

    @InjectMocks
    private EmployeeController employeeController;

    @Before
    public void setUp(){
        MockitoAnnotations.openMocks(this);
    }

    @Test
    public void testAddEmployee() throws Exception {
        String mockEmployeeJson =
                "    \"firstName\": \"new\",\n" +
                "    \"lastName\": \"Employee\",\n" +
                "    \"emailAddress\": \"new@Employee.com\",\n" +
                "    \"roll\": \"Software Engineer\",\n" +
                "    \"team\": \n" +
                "    {\n" +
                "        \"teamId\": 1\n" +
                "    }\n" +
                "}";

        mockMvc.perform(MockMvcRequestBuilders.post("/employees")
                .contentType(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
                .content(mockEmployeeJson)
                .accept(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON))
                .andExpect(status().isOk());
    }

输出：

MockHttpServletRequest:
      HTTP Method = POST
      Request URI = /employees
       Parameters = {}
          Headers = [Content-Type:"application/json;charset=UTF-8", Accept:"application/json", Content-Length:"171"]
             Body =     "firstName": "new",
    "lastName": "Employee",
    "emailAddress": "new@Employee.com",
    "roll": "Software Engineer",
    "team": 
    {
        "teamId": 1
    }
}
    Session Attrs = {}

Handler:
             Type = com.Ventura.Notifier.controller.EmployeeController
           Method = com.Ventura.Notifier.controller.EmployeeController#addEmployee(Employee, UriComponentsBuilder)

Async:
    Async started = false
     Async result = null

Resolved Exception:
             Type = org.springframework.http.converter.HttpMessageNotReadableException

ModelAndView:
        View name = null
             View = null
            Model = null

FlashMap:
       Attributes = null

MockHttpServletResponse:
           Status = 400
    Error message = null
          Headers = []
     Content type = null
             Body = 
    Forwarded URL = null
   Redirected URL = null
          Cookies = []

java.lang.AssertionError: Status expected:<200> but was:<400>
Expected :200
Actual   :400
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编辑1将测试更改为：

private Employee employee;

    @BeforeEach
    public void setUpEmployee(){
        Team team = new Team();
        team.setTeamId(1);

        employee = new Employee();
        employee.setTeam(team);
        employee.setRoll("software developer");
        employee.setLastName("Levi");
        employee.setEmailAddress("a@a.com");
        employee.setFirstName("David");
    }

    @Test
    public void testAddEmployee() throws Exception {
        ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();

        mockMvc.perform(MockMvcRequestBuilders.post("/employees")
                .contentType(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
                .content(objectMapper.writeValueAsString(employee))
                .accept(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON))
                .andExpect(status().isOk());
    }

但是我得到一个空指针异常。
编辑2
我解决了空指针异常，但不知道为什么。如果有人对解决方案感兴趣：
测试：

@Test
public void testAddEmployee() throws Exception {

    ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();

    mockMvc.perform(MockMvcRequestBuilders.post("/employees")
            .contentType(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
            .content(objectMapper.writeValueAsString(employee))
            .accept(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON))
            .andExpect(status().is2xxSuccessful());
}

我把addemployee方法中的return语句改为：

return new ResponseEntity<>(entityModel, HttpStatus.CREATED);