Github user sebbASF commented on the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/commons-lang/pull/141#issuecomment-219006770
Note that an alternative solution for testing private methods is to make
them package-protected.
(and document why they are not private!)
The test code needs to access it from the same package, but that is not
usually a problem.
If necessary create a public method in the same package which can be used
by all the test code.
A similar approach can be used for private fields; create a
package-protected getter.
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