Can anyone advise if it is possible to use an expectations/verifications to test that private methods are being called the-right-number-of-times/right-parameters.
The Class under test has been Mocked-Up – with one private method overridden.
Am Testing a public method which calls into a number of private methods.
I wish to know if it is possible to verify the calls to other private methods which will be called when the public method is being executed ?
Some idea of the code/class under test;
public class UnderTest {
public void methodPublic(arg 1){
.....
methodPrivate1(var1);
....
methodPrivate2(var2);
}
private void methodPrivate1(var1){
//do stuff
}
private void methodPrivate2(var1){
//do stuff
}
}
In my test case
@Test
public void stateBasedTestMethod()
{
UnderTest underTest;
new MockUp<UnderTest>() {
@Mock(invocations = 1)
private void methodPrivate2(var1) {
//do nothing in the mocked case
}
};
underTest = new UnderTest();
underTest.methodPublic(arg1);
new Verifications() {{
// Is there a way to test that methodPrivate1 has been called-once/with-expected-arguments
}};
}
Edited in response to the answer from Rogério.
I am using jmockit 1.12
and the Verifications is FAILING as the method using the provided solution is invoking the method twice as I thought from the JMockit documentation.
Failure Trace;
mockit.internal.UnexpectedInvocation: Expected exactly 1 invocation(s) of MyHelperTest$1#method3…, but was invoked 2 time(s)
Included is the full code I am using for this.
As described above – my goal is to mock one of the private methods to do nothing.
And ensure that I can verify that the other private method is called only once.
Thanks in advance and hopefully will get a better understanding if this is possible with Jmockit.
Test Code.
public class MyHelperTest {
@Test
public void testHelper(@Mocked final MyDependent myDependent) {
final MyHelper myHelper;
new MockUp<MyHelper>() {
@Mock(invocations = 1)
private void method3(MyDependent myTable) {
System.out.println("In Mocked Method");
//do nothing in the mocked case
}
};
myHelper = new MyHelper();
myHelper.method1(myDependent);
new Verifications() {{
invoke(myHelper, "method2", myDependent); times = 1;
}};
}
}
Class under test.
public class MyHelper {
public void method1(MyDependent myDependent){
method2(myDependent);
}
private void method2(MyDependent myDependent) {
myDependent.setValue(1);
method3(myDependent);
}
private void method3(MyDependent myDependent) {
myDependent.setValue(2);
}
}
Dependent Class
public class MyDependent {
private int value;
public int getValue() {
return value;
}
public void setValue(int value) {
this.value = value;
}
}
Best Answer
It's possible, though not recommended to mock
private
methods.Using the Expectations API:
... where the
invoke(...)
method is statically imported from classmockit.Deencapsulation
.