Is there a Java unit-test framework that auto-tests getters and setters? [closed]

Question

There is a well-known debate in Java (and other communities, I'm sure) whether or not trivial getter/setter methods should be tested. Usually, this is with respect to code coverage. Let's agree that this is an open debate, and not try to answer it here.

There have been several blog posts on using Java reflection to auto-test such methods.

Does any framework (e.g. jUnit) provide such a feature? e.g. An annotation that says "this test T should auto-test all the getters/setters on class C, because I assert that they are standard".

It seems to me that it would add value, and if it were configurable, the 'debate' would be left as an option to the user.

Answer 1

I created the OpenPojo project for solving this exact problem.

The project allows you to validate:

• Enforce Pojo coding standard (i.e. All fields private, or no native variables, ...etc)
• Enforce Pojo behaviour (i.e. setter does JUST setting, no transformation, etc)
• Validate Pojo Identity (i.e. Use annotation based equality & hashcode generation)

See Tutorial