Not able to acess package private methods in junit test class

Question

So right now I have the following standard package name setup in my project:

• src/main/java/model/SampleClass.java which you can view @ https://github.com/quinnliu/WalnutiQ/blob/master/src/main/java/model/SampleClass.java

• src/test/java/model/SampleClassTest.java which you can view @ https://github.com/quinnliu/WalnutiQ/blob/master/src/test/java/model/SampleClassTest.java

SampleClass.java looks like this:

package main.java.model;

public class SampleClass {
    int packagePrivateMethod() {
    return -1;
    }
}

And SampleClassTest.java looks like this:

package test.java.model;

import main.java.model.SampleClass;

public class SampleClassTest extends junit.framework.TestCase {
    private SampleClass sampleClass;

    public void setUp() {
    this.sampleClass = new SampleClass();
    }

    public void test_packagePrivateMethod() {
    // this method can't be called right now why?
    //this.sampleClass.packagePrivateMethod();
    }
}

Why can't the method packagePrivateMethod() be called???

Answer 1

It can't be called because the two classes are not in the same package. One is in main.java.model the other in test.java.model.