junit for getter method code example

Example: how junit test getter and setter

public class PlainOldJavaObjectTest {

    @Test
    public void testSetter_setsProperly() throws NoSuchFieldException, IllegalAccessException {
        //given
        final PlainOldJavaObject pojo = new PlainOldJavaObject();

        //when
        pojo.setValue("foo");

        //then
        final Field field = pojo.getClass().getDeclaredField("value");
        field.setAccessible(true);
        assertEquals("Fields didn't match", field.get(pojo), "foo");
    }

    @Test
    public void testGetter_getsValue() throws NoSuchFieldException, IllegalAccessException {
        //given
        final PlainOldJavaObject pojo = new PlainOldJavaObject();
        final Field field = pojo.getClass().getDeclaredField("value");
        field.setAccessible(true);
        field.set(pojo, "magic_values");

        //when
        final String result = pojo.getValue();

        //then
        assertEquals("field wasn't retrieved properly", result, "magic_values");
    }

}

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