public DBConnection(DBSource dbSource) {   // <--- Constructor only required for test purposes :(
        this.dbSource = dbSource;
    }

    public final void createCompsDB() {
        Connection conn = null;
        Statement statement = null;
        try {
            if(dbSource==null){
                conn = DBSource.getInstance().getConnection();
            }else{
                conn = dbSource.getConnection(); /** Likely bad design, since dbSource is only NOT null for tests, so that you can inject the mocked datasource :(  */
            }
            statement = conn.createStatement();
            statement.executeUpdate("CREATE DATABASE placesdb");
            System.out.println("Database created...");
        } catch (SQLException e) {
              // ...
            }
        } finally {
            // Close Resources...
        }
    }
 }

public class DBConnectionTest {
        final Statement statement = mock(Statement.class);
        final Connection connection = mock(Connection.class);
        final DBSource dataSource = mock(DBSource.class);

    @Before
    public void setUp() throws SQLException, IOException, PropertyVetoException {
        when(dataSource.getConnection()).thenReturn(connection);
        when(connection.createStatement()).thenReturn(statement);
    }

    @Test
    public void testCreateCompDBIfNotAlready() throws Exception {
        DBConnection dbConnection = new DBConnection(localDB, dataSource); /** This constructor is only needed for testing :( . How do I avoid it since all the classes I need to test don't require the dependency to be injected? */
        dbConnection.createCompsDB();
        verify(statement).executeUpdate("CREATE DATABASE PLACES");
    }
}

protected DBSource() throws IOException, SQLException, PropertyVetoException {
        ds = new BasicDataSource();
        ds.setDriverClassName("org.postgresql.Driver");
        ds.setUsername("user");
        ds.setPassword("pass");
        ds.setUrl("jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/placesdb");
    }

    public static DBSource getInstance() {   // <--- Static method means dependent classes don't need to accept injections
        if (datasource == null) {
            datasource = new DBSource();
            return datasource;
        } else {
            return datasource;
        }
    }

    public Connection getConnection() throws SQLException {
        return this.ds.getConnection();
    }
}