are most of the JUnit test written for public methods or private methods? Which do I need to focus on if I have not so much time?
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are most of the JUnit test written for public methods or private methods? Which do I need to focus on if I have not so much time?
You should to test everything that forms part of the API. Unless you’re using reflection, this means the public/protected and package level methods.
Clearly, this is opinion. But it is one based on experience. Let me take my opinion further.
Ideally, you should practice test-driven development. In this practice you:
Until you get to the refactoring stage, you probably won’t even have any private methods.