How to stub a method which is called from within the 'method under test' ?

[srgiri]

Hi,
I have a question on method stubbing. Let's say I want to generate test cases for a method 'testMe(int x, int y)'. And 'testMe()' calls another method 'halfValue(int x)'. I do not want JDart to go inside 'halfValue()' method. Is there anything in JDart which can stub 'halfValue()' ?

public void testMe(int x, int y){
  //do something
  int z = halfValue(y);
  if(z > 10  /* && few more conditions */){
    //do something
  }else{
    //do something
  }
  //do something
}

public int halfValue(int x){
  return x/2;
}

Please note: the halfValue() method works on the input 'y' and the condition in testMe() is based on the returned value from halfValue() method.

Thanks,
S. R. Giri

[srgiri]

In continuation to the above question, Is there any way to by pass the execution of the method 'halfValue()' ? Means without executing the definition of 'halfValue()' can I be able to generate test cases for the calling method i.e. 'testMe()'.
This kind of situation may arise when the method 'halfValue()' would be inside an external jar file.