EasyMock: Mock out a constructor call in java

Question

I have a looked at similar questions on this board, but none of them answer my question. This sound strange, but is it possible to mock out a constructor call on the object

Answer 1

import static org.powermock.api.easymock.PowerMock.expectNew;

instance = new UsesNewToInstantiateClass();
expectNew(AnyOldClass.class).andReturn(anyClass);