How to differentiate public methods and private methods during api testing?

Question

Is it possible to test private methods of a web service, during api testing? If yes, how to differentiate public methods and private methods? I am using the object browser in VSTS to see the list of methods available.

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Answer 1

When you write private method, it means that this method will be used by public methods of your service. And when you test public methods you automaticly test private methods.

I think you should not test private methods because you should test only bahaviour (API) of library/web service, and it is enough for full coverage of work cases. But may be it will be more difficult for debug.

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