Fix TestRestTemplate#patchFor methods visibility

Closes gh-7742

spring-boot-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/test/web/client/TestRestTemplate.java

@@ -575,10 +575,10 @@ public class TestRestTemplate {
 	 * @param <T> the type of the return value
 	 * @return the converted object
 	 * @throws RestClientException on client-side HTTP error
+	 * @since 1.4.4
 	 * @see HttpEntity
-	 * @since 1.4.3
 	 */
-	<T> T patchForObject(String url, Object request, Class<T> responseType,
+	public <T> T patchForObject(String url, Object request, Class<T> responseType,
 			Object... uriVariables) throws RestClientException {
 		return this.restTemplate.patchForObject(url, request, responseType, uriVariables);
 	}
@@ -598,10 +598,10 @@ public class TestRestTemplate {
 	 * @param <T> the type of the return value
 	 * @return the converted object
 	 * @throws RestClientException on client-side HTTP error
+	 * @since 1.4.4
 	 * @see HttpEntity
-	 * @since 1.4.3
 	 */
-	<T> T patchForObject(String url, Object request, Class<T> responseType,
+	public <T> T patchForObject(String url, Object request, Class<T> responseType,
 			Map<String, ?> uriVariables) throws RestClientException {
 		return this.restTemplate.patchForObject(url, request, responseType, uriVariables);
 	}
@@ -618,10 +618,10 @@ public class TestRestTemplate {
 	 * @param <T> the type of the return value
 	 * @return the converted object
 	 * @throws RestClientException on client-side HTTP error
+	 * @since 1.4.4
 	 * @see HttpEntity
-	 * @since 1.4.3
 	 */
-	<T> T patchForObject(URI url, Object request, Class<T> responseType)
+	public <T> T patchForObject(URI url, Object request, Class<T> responseType)
 			throws RestClientException {
 		return this.restTemplate.patchForObject(url, request, responseType);
 

spring-boot-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/test/web/client/TestRestTemplateTests.java

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package org.springframework.boot.test.web.client;
 
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
  *
  * @author Dave Syer
  * @author Phillip Webb
+ * @author Stephane Nicoll
  */
 public class TestRestTemplateTests {
 
@@ -93,6 +95,9 @@ public class TestRestTemplateTests {
 					throws IllegalArgumentException, IllegalAccessException {
 				Method equivalent = ReflectionUtils.findMethod(TestRestTemplate.class,
 						method.getName(), method.getParameterTypes());
+				assertThat(equivalent).as("Method %s not found", method).isNotNull();
+				assertThat(Modifier.isPublic(equivalent.getModifiers()))
+						.as("Method %s should have been public", equivalent).isTrue();
 				try {
 					equivalent.invoke(restTemplate,
 							mockArguments(method.getParameterTypes()));
@@ -129,6 +134,12 @@ public class TestRestTemplateTests {
 				return mock(type);
 			}
 
+		}, new ReflectionUtils.MethodFilter() {
+			@Override
+			public boolean matches(Method method) {
+				return Modifier.isPublic(method.getModifiers());
+			}
+
 		});
 
 	}