how to use mockito to mock final classes (Java in General forum at Coderanch)

I am trying MockIto to mock Field class and when I try to do it as below.

I want my program to throw IllegalAccessException so that I can test the library ( that I am testing for my project).

//java.lang.reflect.Field
Field mockIT = Mockito.mock(Field.class);
Mockito.doThrow(new IllegalAccessException()).when(mockIT).getInt(String.class);
mockIT.getInt(str);

output:

Exception in thread "main" org.mockito.exceptions.base.MockitoException:
Cannot mock/spy class java.lang.reflect.Field
Mockito cannot mock/spy following:
- final classes
- anonymous classes
- primitive types

does any one know how can I mock the Final class

According to their documentation, Mockito doesn't support mocking a final class. You'll need to choose another mocking framework.

A quick google search says Powermock will do it, but I've not used it so I don't know if it works well/as expected.

Also remember that if you're testing a method as a whole, you might mock out something else inside your try logic that you can make throw the same exception. This will exercise the same catch logic if that's where you're trying to go.

When you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all.

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