EasyMock and testing Protected Methods

Question

Trying to use EasyMock to test if a protected method gets called, not sure if this is the best way to do it ... but given the below, how can I tell that didIgetCalled() actually was called when callMe() was called?

public Class testMe(){
    public int callMe(){
        if(true){
            didIgetCalled();
        }
        return 1;
    }
    protected int didIgetCalled(){
        return 2;
    }
}

Answer 1

This is a way you can test the method without using EasyMock, however my recommendation is that: If it's not public, don't write a test for it

Method method = testMe.class.getDeclaredMethod("didIgetCalled", new Class[]{});
method.setAccessible(true);
testMe testClass = new testMe();
int invoke = (Integer) method.invoke(testClass);
assertEquals(2,invoke);

I know that this will not entirely solve your problem but it's a start :)

Answer 2

How about this:

You could keep the same package name for your test class as that of the class under test. That way if your class under test say MyClass.java is in src directory with package name com.abc.mypackage then you your test class say MyClassTest.java could be in test directory with same package name. See image below: