I have an abstract Java class MyAbstractClass with a private method. There is a concrete implementation MyConcreteClass.

public class MyAbstractClass {
    private void somePrivateMethod();
}

public class MyConcreteClass extends MyAbstractClass {
      // implementation details
}

In my groovy test class I have

class MyAbstractClassTest {

    void myTestMethod() {
        MyAbstractClass mac = new MyConcreteClass()
        mac.somePrivateMethod()
    }
}

I get an error that there is no such method signature for somePrivateMethod. I know groovy can call private methods but I'm guessing the problem is that the private method is in the super class, not MyConcreteClass. Is there a way to invoke a private method in the super class like this (other than using something like PrivateAccessor)?

thanks Jeff