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/**
 * Class with a private method that you want to test.
 * @author Xuan Ngo
 *
 */
public class ClassExample
{
  private String privateFoo(int a, String b)
  {
    return a+b;
  }
}

/**
 * Here is the code showing how to access the private method
 *  using reflection.
 * @author Xuan Ngo
 */
import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 
import org.testng.annotations.Test;
import static org.testng.Assert.assertEquals;
 
@Test(sequential=true)
public class ClassExampleTest
{
  @Test
  public void privateFooTest() throws NoSuchMethodException, IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException
  {
    // Get the class of the private method.
    ClassExample oClassExample = new ClassExample();
    Class<?> cNewClassExample = oClassExample.getClass();
 
    // Change the property of the private method to be accessible.
    Method newPrivateFoo = cNewClassExample.getDeclaredMethod("privateFoo", int.class, String.class);
    newPrivateFoo.setAccessible(true);
 
    // Run the private method.
    Object oActual = newPrivateFoo.invoke(oClassExample, new Integer(169), new String("_ABC"));
 
    // Test the private method
    String sActual = oActual.toString();
    String sExpected = "169_ABC";
    assertEquals(sActual, sExpected);
 
  }
}
 
/*
Note: When calling, watch out for the exceptions, especially InvocationTargetException:
 
IllegalAccessException: You're not allowed to call this method
 
IllegalArgumentException: You can call this method, but not with the supplied arguments
 
InvocationTargetException(Anything the invoked method throws is wrapped by InvocationTargetException.): You called the method just fine, but it threw an exception
 
*/