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Kihwal Lee commented on HADOOP-7537:
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We should still discuss alternative ways of design/testing, but I am looking
for a brave soul who can put the last nail on the coffin. If someone -1 the
idea/patch, I will close it as "won't fix". Scott? Todd?
> Add PowerMock for the development of better tests
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> Key: HADOOP-7537
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-7537
> Project: Hadoop Common
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: build
> Affects Versions: 0.23.0
> Reporter: Kihwal Lee
> Assignee: Kihwal Lee
> Priority: Minor
> Fix For: 0.23.0
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> Attachments: powermock.patch
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> We already have Mockito, but PowerMock extends its capabilties so that we can
> mock constructors and static methods. I find that it is extremely difficult,
> if not impossible, to properly test some of the low-level features without
> this.
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