How to mock private getters?

Question

I have a class that I want to test. It looks similar to this:

public class ClassUnderTest
{
    private Dependency1 dep1;

    private Dependency1 getDependency1()
    {
       if (dep1 == null)
          dep1 = new Dependency1();
       return dep1;
     }

    public void methodUnderTest()
    {
       .... do something
       getDependency1().InvokeSomething(..);
    }
}

Class Dependency1 is complex and I would like to mock it out when writing a unit test for methodUnderTest().

How do I do that?

Answer 1

It's very easy, and there is no need to mock a private method or change the class under test:

@Test
public void exampleTest(@Mocked final Dependency dep) {
    // Record results for methods called on mocked dependencies, if needed:
    new Expectations() {{ dep.doSomething(); result = 123; }}

    new ClassUnderTest().methodUnderTest();

    // Verify another method was called, if desired:
    new Verifications() {{ dep.doSomethingElse(); }}
}