[java] Test class with a new() call in it with Mockito

In situations where the class under test can be modified and when it's desirable to avoid byte code manipulation, to keep things fast or to minimise third party dependencies, here is my take on the use of a factory to extract the new operation.

public class TestedClass {

    interface PojoFactory { Pojo getNewPojo(); }

    private final PojoFactory factory;

    /** For use in production - nothing needs to change. */
    public TestedClass() {
        this.factory = new PojoFactory() {
            @Override
            public Pojo getNewPojo() {
                return new Pojo();
            }
        };
    }

    /** For use in testing - provide a pojo factory. */
    public TestedClass(PojoFactory factory) {
        this.factory = factory;
    }

    public void doSomething() {
        Pojo pojo = this.factory.getNewPojo();
        anythingCouldHappen(pojo);
    }
}

With this in place, your testing, asserts and verify calls on the Pojo object are easy:

public  void testSomething() {
    Pojo testPojo = new Pojo();
    TestedClass target = new TestedClass(new TestedClass.PojoFactory() {
                @Override
                public Pojo getNewPojo() {
                    return testPojo;
                }
            });
    target.doSomething();
    assertThat(testPojo.isLifeStillBeautiful(), is(true));
}

The only downside to this approach potentially arises if TestClass has multiple constructors which you'd have to duplicate with the extra parameter.

For SOLID reasons you'd probably want to put the PojoFactory interface onto the Pojo class instead, and the production factory as well.

public class Pojo {

    interface PojoFactory { Pojo getNewPojo(); }

    public static final PojoFactory productionFactory = 
        new PojoFactory() {
            @Override 
            public Pojo getNewPojo() {
                return new Pojo();
            }
        };

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