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Locked. This question and its answers are locked because the question is off-topic but has historical significance. It is not currently accepting new answers or interactions. anti-pattern : there must be at least two key elements present to formally distinguish an actual anti-pattern from a simple bad habit, bad practice, or bad idea: Some repeated … Read more
I’m building a class library that will have some public & private methods. I want to be able to unit test the private methods (mostly while developing, but also it could be useful for future refactoring). What is the correct way to do this? 3Best Answer 31
I’m new to unit testing and I’m trying to figure out if I should start using more of internal access modifier. I know that if we use internal and set the assembly variable InternalsVisibleTo, we can test functions that we don’t want to declare public from the testing project. This makes me think that I … Read more
This question’s answers are a community effort. Edit existing answers to improve this post. It is not currently accepting new answers or interactions. I’ve looked into and considered many JavaScript unit tests and testing tools, but have been unable to find a suitable option to remain fully TDD compliant. So, is there a JavaScript unit … Read more
How to verify that a method is not called on an object’s dependency? For example: public interface Dependency { void someMethod(); } public class Foo { public bar(final Dependency d) { … } } With the Foo test: public class FooTest { @Test public void dependencyIsNotCalled() { final Foo foo = new Foo(…); final Dependency … Read more
How do I use JUnit to test a class that has internal private methods, fields or nested classes? It seems bad to change the access modifier for a method just to be able to run a test. 5 58
Update: Some 10 years later perhaps the best way to test a private method, or any inaccessible member, is via @Jailbreak from the Manifold framework. @Jailbreak Foo foo = new Foo(); // Direct, *type-safe* access to *all* foo’s members foo.privateMethod(x, y, z); foo.privateField = value; This way your code remains type-safe and readable. No design compromises, no overexposing methods … Read more