@BeforeMethod
  public void setUp() throws Exception {
    _service = mock(MemcachedSessionService.class);
    _request = mock(Request.class);
    _response = mock(Response.class);

    final Context _contextContainer = mock(Context.class);
    final Host _hostContainer = mock(Host.class);
    final SessionManager _manager = mock(SessionManager.class);

    when(_service.getManager()).thenReturn(_manager);
    when(_manager.getContainer()).thenReturn(_contextContainer);
    when(_contextContainer.getParent()).thenReturn(_hostContainer);
    when(_contextContainer.getPath()).thenReturn("/");

    _sessionTrackerValve = createSessionTrackerValve();
    _nextValve = mock(Valve.class);
    _sessionTrackerValve.setNext(_nextValve);
    _sessionTrackerValve.setContainer(_hostContainer);
    _memcachedNodesManager = mock(MemcachedNodesManager.class);
    _sessionIdFormat = mock(SessionIdFormat.class);

    when(_request.getRequestURI()).thenReturn("/someRequest");
    when(_request.getMethod()).thenReturn("GET");
    when(_request.getQueryString()).thenReturn(null);
    when(_request.getContext()).thenReturn(_contextContainer);

    when(_request.getNote(eq(RequestTrackingHostValve.REQUEST_PROCESSED))).thenReturn(Boolean.TRUE);
    when(_request.getNote(eq(RequestTrackingHostValve.SESSION_ID_CHANGED)))
        .thenReturn(Boolean.FALSE);

    when(_sessionIdFormat.extractMemcachedId(anyString())).thenReturn(PRIMARY_NODE_IDENTIFIER);
    when(_service.getMemcachedNodesManager()).thenReturn(_memcachedNodesManager);
    when(_memcachedNodesManager.isNodeAvailable(PRIMARY_NODE_IDENTIFIER))
        .thenReturn(IS_PRIMARY_MEMCACHED_NODE_OPERATIONAL);
    when(_memcachedNodesManager.getSessionIdFormat()).thenReturn(_sessionIdFormat);
  }