Mockito for Spring

Using ReflectionTestUtils

The org.springframework.test.util package contains ReflectionTestUtils, which is a collection of reflection-based utility methods to set a non-public field or invoke a private/protected setter method when testing the application code, as follows:

• ORM frameworks, such as JPA and Hibernate, condone private or protected field access as opposed to public setter methods for properties in a domain entity
• Spring's support for annotations such as @Autowired, @Inject, and @Resource, which provide dependency injections for private or protected fields, setter methods, and configuration methods

The following example demonstrates the capabilities of ReflectionUtils:

1. Create a Secret class in the com.packt.testutils package with a private ...