PowerMock testing - set static field of class

Question

I'm having difficulty finding a way to set a static field of a class. It's basically like this:

public class Foo{
    // ...
    private static B b = null;
}

where B is another class.

Is there any way to do this in PowerMock other than with setInternalStateFromContext()? Using the context class method seems a bit of overkill for setting one field.

Thanks.

score 109 · Answer 1 · edited Feb 21 '12 at 23:48

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Whitebox.setInternalState(Foo.class, b);

Works as long as you set a non-null value, and if theres only one field with the class of B. If you can't rely on that luxury, you have to provide the field-name and cast the null to the type you want to set. In that case you would need to write something like this:

 Whitebox.setInternalState( Foo.class, "b", (B)null );

edited Feb 21 '12 at 23:48

Sled

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answered Jan 18 '12 at 14:09

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score 23 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 29 '13 at 19:13

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Try this:

@RunWith(PowerMockRunner.class)
@PrepareForTest({Foo.class})
public class FooTest {

    @Test
    public void shouldMockPrivateStaticField() throws IllegalAccessException {
        // given
        Foo foo = new Foo();
        Field field = PowerMockito.field(Foo.class, "b");
        field.set(Foo.class, mock(B.class));

Don't work for primitives and primitives wrappers.

answered Sep 29 '13 at 19:13

Marcin Stachniuk

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This actually worked for me, the only change I suggest is: `field.set(foo, mock(B.class));` – Marco Viegas Apr 07 '20 at 16:30

score 5 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 22 '11 at 19:24

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You simply do:

Whitebox.setInternalState(Foo.class, b);

where b is the instance of B that you want to set.

answered Mar 22 '11 at 19:24

Johan

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Is the value you want to set for 'b' just another parameter of setInternalState()? – Craig Anderson Mar 22 '11 at 21:05
Yes it's the second parameter. E.g. B new = B(); Whitebox.setInternalState(Foo.class, b); – Johan May 26 '11 at 09:47
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this works as long as you set a non-null value. And if theres only one field with the class of b. – cproinger Jan 18 '12 at 14:03

score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 24 '18 at 13:40

here I am going to set value for "android.os.Build.VERSION.RELEASE", where VERSION is the class name and RELEASE is the final static string value.

If the underlying field is final, the method throws an IllegalAccessException unless setAccessible(true) has succeeded for this field and this field is non-static, NoSuchFieldException needs to be added when you use field.set() method

@RunWith(PowerMockRunner.class)
@PrepareForTest({Build.VERSION.class})
public class RuntimePermissionUtilsTest {
@Test
public void hasStoragePermissions() throws IllegalAccessException, NoSuchFieldException {
    Field field = Build.VERSION.class.getField("RELEASE");
    field.setAccessible(true);
    field.set(null,"Marshmallow");
 }
}

now the value of String RELEASE will return "Marshmallow".

score 2 · Answer 5 · answered Jun 23 '20 at 15:33

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Whitebox.setInternalState(Foo.class, "FIELD_NAME", "value");

answered Jun 23 '20 at 15:33

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score 1 · Answer 6 · answered Sep 02 '13 at 09:22

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You can use getAllStaticFields and try to set them

Example:

YourFieldClass newValue;
final Set<Field> fields = Whitebox.getAllStaticFields(YourClass.class);
        for (final Field field : fields) {
            if (YourFieldClass.class.equals(field.getType())) { // or check by field name
                field.setAccessible(true);
                field.set(YourClass.class, newValue);
            }       }

answered Sep 02 '13 at 09:22

Tomasz Przybylski

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Isn't it supposed to be `field.set(YourFieldClass.class, newValue);`?? – Arun Jun 21 '16 at 15:53
Nope. You can check api: [link](http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/reflect/Field.html#set(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object)) where it says _obj - the object whose field should be modified_ – Tomasz Przybylski Jun 21 '16 at 23:10

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