Making use of ReflectionTestUtils to mock a static class

Question

I am writing unit test for a class which makes use of the static class ProcessTimer . To be precise, ProcessTimer.startTimer() .

I am looking for a way to mock this call. I have used plain ReflectionUtils and PowerMock before, but I am wondering if I could do this with ReflectionTestUtils which comes from Spring.

If possible, I could remove the PowerMock dependencies and rewrite few other tests too. Any help is greatly appreciated!

Answer 1

ReflectionTestUtils is not for mocking. Rather, it is only for setting/reading non-public fields and invoking non-public methods.

If you want to mock what is returned by a static method you will have to use a dedicated mocking framework for that -- for example, something like PowerMock as you mentioned.

Regards,

Sam ( author of ReflectionTestUtils )