Cascading mock does not work for non-public classes

[harish-prakash]

Cascading mock does not work for non-public classes

In a test class, I mocked a static factory and expected its methods to return a non-null mocked object. However, the result of the method was....

.... you guessed it, null.

Test Class

public class TheTestClass {

    @Tested
    TheClassUnderTest test;
    
    @Mocked
    TheStaticFactory mockTheStaticFactory;
    
    @Test
    public void theTestedMethod_doesNotReturnNull() {
        TheDependentService service = test.theTestedMethod();
        assertNotNull(service);
    }
}

Class Under Test

public class TheClassUnderTest {

    public TheDependentService theTestedMethod() {
        TheDependentService service = TheStaticFactory.getTheDependentService();
        return service;
    }
}

Static Factory

public class TheStaticFactory {

    public static TheDependentService getTheDependentService() {
        return new TheDependentService();
    }
}

The Dependent Service

class TheDependentService {
}

Note TheDependentService is not public

Other Information

JMockit Version 1.43
JDK Version 11