Anal Probe

Definition:

• A test which has to use insane, illegal or otherwise unhealthy ways to perform its task like: Reading private fields using Java’s setAccessible(true) or extending a class to access protected fields/methods or having to put the test in a certain package to access package global fields/methods.

References:

Quality attributes

• - Code Example

• - Cause and Effect

• - Frequency

• - Refactoring

• Categorising Test Smells

• Unit Testing Anti-Patterns, Full List

• Unit testing Anti-patterns catalogue