How to mock a static final variable using JUnit, EasyMock or PowerMock

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Is there something like mocking a variable? I would call that re-assign. I don’t think EasyMock or PowerMock will give you an easy way to re-assign a static final field (it sounds like a strange use-case).

If you want to do that there probably is something wrong with your design: avoid static final (or more commonly global constants) if you know a variable may have another value, even for test purpose.

Anyways, you can achieve that using reflection (from: Using reflection to change static final File.separatorChar for unit testing?):

static void setFinalStatic(Field field, Object newValue) throws Exception {
    field.setAccessible(true);

    // remove final modifier from field
    Field modifiersField = Field.class.getDeclaredField("modifiers");
    modifiersField.setAccessible(true);
    modifiersField.setInt(field, field.getModifiers() & ~Modifier.FINAL);

    field.set(null, newValue);
}

Use it as follows:

setFinalStatic(MyClass.class.getField("myField"), "newValue"); // For a String

Don’t forget to reset the field to its original value when tearing down.

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