From DanFabul...@gmail.com on May 26, 2010 20:18:33

To reproduce: Apply the attached patch to add a test to PowerMock.

The patch adds new public static methods to StaticExample:

publicObjectMethod (which returns new Object())

publicObjectMethodCaller (which calls the first method).

We then spy on StaticExample and attempt to mock out publicObjectMethod,
returning "Hello Static" instead of new Object().

Expected: The test should pass

Actual: Failure: java.lang.AssertionError: expected: but
was:java.lang.Object@2927fa12

ALTERNATE REPRO: Apply this one-line patch to StaticExample.java:

Index: StaticExample.java

--- StaticExample.java ( revision 1319 )
+++ StaticExample.java (working copy)
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
return privateObjectMethod();
}

•   private static Object privateObjectMethod() {
  

•   public static Object privateObjectMethod() {
          return new Object();
  } 
  

Actual:
StaticPartialMockingTest#partialMockingOfStaticMethodReturningObjectWorks
fails java.lang.AssertionError: expected: but
was:java.lang.Object@7b2884e0

Expected: The test should continue to pass.

I'm using PowerMock 1.3.8 on OSX 10.6.3

Attachment: public-static-method.patch

Original issue: http://code.google.com/p/powermock/issues/detail?id=261