Re: test cases with private vars/methods

You convert private to protected and then create a test class extend
the model/controller you want to test, letting your extended model
call parent::method and return its value.

HTH,
Nick

On Jun 13, 5:15 pm, euromark <dereurom...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> some of my classes are already php5 like
> with private variables and methods
>
> if i would like to test them via simple test cases
> how could i do that. usually you cant just echo the content of the var
> or the return value of this private method (if would throw an error)
>
> private $someVar;
>
> private function foo() { return true; }
>
> test case:
>
> assertTrue($this->Object->someVar === null);
>
> assertTrue($this->Object->foo());
>
> etc
>
> are there some test case methods i am not aware of?
> usually there is a good reason for those vars/methods to be private
> but if you want to test internal functions, it might be very useful to
> be able to test private ones

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