Issue with code coverage in get & set methods in apex

Question

The problem while covering the code is that the get method is not covering, while the set method covers.

Example, below code covers (that's in blue):

public void setselectedPlanRouteId(string SelectedPlanRouteId)
{
    this.selectedPlanRouteId = SelectedPlanRouteId;
}

And the below of this line doesn't (that's in red):

public String getselectedPlanRouteId()
{
    return this.selectedPlanRouteId;
}

What goes wrong that it does not cover the code? Thanks

Answer 1

Nothing. it depends on your functionality if you want to cover these lines or not. but as a best practices if your line is not covered in test class then you should check if you actually need those lines.

Or another solution you can try what @croperdy suggest. Use assert to validate.

Answer 2

Well, you could write the above logic in a more compact fashion

public selectedPlanRouteId {get; set;}

and test coverage is obtained by (assuming ctlr is a reference to the controller object)

ctlr.selectedPlanRouteId = 'foo';  // tests setter
system.assertEquals('foo',ctlr.selectedPlanRouteId);  // tests getter

Answer 3

call like a normal method. it cover the code

classname cn = new classname();

cn.getselectedPlanRouteId();

cn.setselectedPlanRouteId('pass string value');