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@MustBeDocumented
@Retention(value = AnnotationRetention.BINARY)
public annotation VisibleForTesting
Denotes that the class, method, or field has its visibility relaxed so that it is more widely visible than otherwise necessary to make code testable.
You can optionally specify what the visibility should have been if not for testing; this allows tools to catch unintended access from within production code.
Example:
@VisibleForTesting(otherwise = VisibleForTesting.PROTECTED)
public String printDiagnostics() { ... }
If not specified, the intended visibility is assumed to be private.
Summary
Constants |
static final int |
The annotated element should never be called from production code, only from tests.
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static final int |
The annotated element would have package private visibility.
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static final int |
The annotated element would have private visibility.
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static final int |
The annotated element would have protected visibility.
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Public methods |
final int |
The visibility the annotated element would have if it did not need to be made visible for testing.
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Constants
public static final int NONE = 5
The annotated element should never be called from production code, only from tests.
This is equivalent to RestrictTo.Scope.TESTS.
public static final int PACKAGE_PRIVATE = 3
The annotated element would have package private visibility.
public static final int PRIVATE = 2
The annotated element would have private visibility.
public static final int PROTECTED = 4
The annotated element would have protected visibility.
Public methods
public final int getOtherwise()
The visibility the annotated element would have if it did not need to be made visible for testing.
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Last updated 2026-10-26 UTC.
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