How to unit test a method that reads a given file

Question

I know this is a bit naive. How to unit test this piece of code without giving physical file as input. I am new to mockito and unit testing. So I am not sure. Please help.

Answer 1

you could use combination of ByteArrayInputStream and BufferedReader class, to make your required file within your code. So there wouldn't be any need to create a real File on your system. What would happen if you don't have enough permission --based of some specific circumstances -- to create a file. On the code below, you create your own desirable content of your file:

public static void main(String a[]){

    String str = "converting to input stream"+
                    "\n and this is second line";
    byte[] content = str.getBytes();
    InputStream is = null;
    BufferedReader bfReader = null;
    try {
        is = new ByteArrayInputStream(content);
        bfReader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(is));
        String temp = null;
        while((temp = bfReader.readLine()) != null){
            System.out.println(temp);
        }
    } catch (IOException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    } finally {
        try{
            if(is != null) is.close();
        } catch (Exception ex){

        }
    }

}