Companion object that facilitates the importing of PrivateMethodTester members as an alternative to mixing it in. One use case is to import PrivateMethodTester members so you can use them in the Scala interpreter:
$scala -classpath scalatest.jar
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scala> import org.scalatest.PrivateMethodTester._
import org.scalatest.PrivateMethodTester._
scala> class Example {
| private def addSesame(prefix: String) = prefix + " sesame"
| }
defined class Example
scala> val example = new Example
example: Example = Example@d8b6fe
scala> val addSesame = PrivateMethod[String]('addSesame)
addSesame: org.scalatest.PrivateMethodTester.PrivateMethod[String] = org.scalatest.PrivateMethodTester$PrivateMethod@5cdf95
scala> example invokePrivate addSesame("open")
res0: String = open sesame
final class Invocation[T](val methodName: Symbol, val args: Any*)
Class whose instances represent an invocation of a private method. Instances of this class contain the name of the private method (methodName) and the arguments to pass to it during the invocation (args). The type parameter, T, is the return type of the private method.
Class whose instances represent an invocation of a private method. Instances of this class contain the name of the private method (methodName) and the arguments to pass to it during the invocation (args). The type parameter, T, is the return type of the private method.
Value parameters
args
zero to many arguments to pass to the private method when invoked
methodName
a Symbol representing the name of the private method to invoke
Represent a private method, whose apply method returns an Invocation object that records the name of the private method to invoke, and any arguments to pass to it when invoked. The type parameter, T, is the return type of the private method.
Represent a private method, whose apply method returns an Invocation object that records the name of the private method to invoke, and any arguments to pass to it when invoked. The type parameter, T, is the return type of the private method.
Value parameters
methodName
a Symbol representing the name of the private method to invoke