Not able to acess package private methods in junit test class

Question

So right now I have the following standard package name setup in my project:

src/main/java/model/SampleClass.java which you can view @ https://github.com/quinnliu/WalnutiQ/blob/master/src/main/java/model/SampleClass.java
src/test/java/model/SampleClassTest.java which you can view @ https://github.com/quinnliu/WalnutiQ/blob/master/src/test/java/model/SampleClassTest.java

SampleClass.java looks like this:

package main.java.model;

public class SampleClass {
    int packagePrivateMethod() {
    return -1;
    }
}

And SampleClassTest.java looks like this:

package test.java.model;

import main.java.model.SampleClass;

public class SampleClassTest extends junit.framework.TestCase {
    private SampleClass sampleClass;

    public void setUp() {
    this.sampleClass = new SampleClass();
    }

    public void test_packagePrivateMethod() {
    // this method can't be called right now why?
    //this.sampleClass.packagePrivateMethod();
    }
}

Why can't the method packagePrivateMethod() be called???

You do know that *package private* (default) access means that only other classes in the same package can access it? — Raedwald, Apr 24 '14 at 11:55

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 21 '14 at 04:59

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It can't be called because the two classes are not in the same package. One is in main.java.model the other in test.java.model.

answered Apr 21 '14 at 04:59

Henry

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But what about the best answer here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3004710/what-is-the-advantage-of-the-src-main-java-convention – letter Q Apr 21 '14 at 16:49
In this answer (i.e. a conventional maven project setup), two source folders are used `src/main/java` and `src/test/java`. The two classes are therefore in the same package (in this case the root or default package). – Henry Apr 23 '14 at 22:46

Not able to acess package private methods in junit test class

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