Mockito: Mock private field initialization

Question

How I can mock a field variable which is being initialized inline?

class Test {
    private Person person = new Person();
    ...
    public void testMethod() {
        person.someMethod();
        ...
    }
}

Here I want to mock person.someMethod() while testing the Test.testMethod() method for which I need to mock initialization of person variable. Any clue?

Edit: I'm not allowed to modify Person class.

Answer 1

I already found the solution to this problem which I forgot to post here.

@RunWith(PowerMockRunner.class)
@PrepareForTest({ Test.class })
public class SampleTest {

@Mock
Person person;

@Test
public void testPrintName() throws Exception {
    PowerMockito.whenNew(Person.class).withNoArguments().thenReturn(person);
    Test test= new Test();
    test.testMethod();
    }
}

Key points to this solution are:

1. Running my test cases with PowerMockRunner: @RunWith(PowerMockRunner.class)

2. Instruct Powermock to prepare Test.class for manipulation of private fields: @PrepareForTest({ Test.class })

3. And finally mock the constructor for Person class:

   PowerMockito.mockStatic(Person.class); PowerMockito.whenNew(Person.class).withNoArguments().thenReturn(person);