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# Whitebox.invokeMethod()

Used to call an private method, just a wrapper on Java Reflection API's

```java
// Example Source Class
public class ExampleClass {
    private int getHeight() {
        // Lets say we have a generic method which provides different result base on the provided id
        final CustomClass customClassInstance = new CustomClass();
        return customClass.getHeight();
    }
}
```

We can use `Whitebox.invokeMethod()` to execute that method, here an example:

```java
@RunWith(PowerMockRunner.class)
@PrepareForTest({
    ExampleClass.class
})
public class ExampleClassTest {

    private ExampleClass classUnderTest;

    @Before
    public void setUp() throws Exception {
        // Create constructor of ExampleClass
        classUnderTest = new ExampleClass();
    }

    @Test
    public void getHeight_shoudReturnHeightOfView() throws NoSuchMethodException {
        final int expectedHeight = 100;
        // Given
        final CustomClass mckCustomClass = Mockito.mock(CustomClass.class);
        Mockito.when(mckCustomClass.getHeight()).theReturn(expectedHeight);
        // Make sure you match exact parameters while mocking (same as we do for Mockito.mock statements).
        // There is also withArguments(first, second, ....)
        // and withAnyArguments() for cases when you dont care for arguments passed.
        PowerMockito.whenNew(CustomClass.class).withNoArguments().thenReturn(mckCustomClass);

        final int actualResult = Whitebox.invokeMethod(classUnderTest, "getHeight");;

        Assert.assertEquals(expectedHeight, actualResult);
    }
}
```

**Note:** you should not call `invokeMethod()` unnecessarily, try to follow code execution flow to get to any private method.


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