Override protected method with anonymous class to stub

During unit testing, the method I wanted to test called a protected method, but the protected method was difficult to decipher (ancient heritage) and the implementation of test cases was difficult.

So I came up with the idea of overriding the protected method with an anonymous class and stubbing it.

JUnit used 4.

<dependency>
　　<groupId>junit</groupId>
    <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
    <version>4.12</version>
    <scope>test</scope>
</dependency>

Target.java

public class Target {

  //The method you want to test
  public int wantTesting(int x) {
    return getNum(x);
  }

  //Protected method called by the method you want to test
  protected int getNum(int x) {
    return x + 100;
  }

}

TargetTest.java

import org.junit.Assert;
import org.junit.Test;

public class TargetTest {

  @Test
  public void testWantTesting() {

    Target target = new Target();
    Assert.assertEquals(101, target.wantTesting(1));

    Target target2 = new Target() {

      @Override
      protected int getNum(int x) {
        return 9999;
      }

    };

    Assert.assertEquals(9999, target2.wantTesting(1));
  }

}