JUnit.org Resources for Test Driven Development

The Java Reflection API allows the program to introspect arbitrary classes at runtime, accessing members at will. Most competent Java programmers should know this much, but what many don't know is that the security layer preventing you from accessing private members is only optional, and can be turned off. This allows the system code to be written without explicitly planning the unit tests, and if the unit tests really do need to access a private or protected member, they can. [Article Text]