How to modify a method from another class

Question

I have the following class called A, with the method getValue():

public class A {
    public final int getValue() {
        return 3;
    }
}

The method getValue() always returns 3, then i have another class called B, i need to implement something to access to the method getValue() in the class A, but i need to return 4 instead 3.

Class B:

public class B {
  public static A getValueA() {
    return new A();
  }
}

The main class ATest:

import org.junit.Test;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
import org.junit.runners.JUnit4;

public class ATest {

    @Test
    public void testA() {
        A a = B.getValueA();
        assertEquals(
            a.getValue() == 4,
            Boolean.TRUE
        );
    }
}

I tried to override the method, but really i dont know how to get what i want. Any question post in comments.

Answer 1

You cannot override the method, because it is final. Had it not been final, you could do this:

public static A getValueA() {
    return new A() {
        // Will not work with getValue marked final
        @Override
        public int getValue() {
            return 4;
        }
    };
}

This approach creates an anonymous subclass inside B, overrides the method, and returns an instance to the caller. The override in the anonymous subclass returns 4, as required.