Java test class with many private methods

Question

I have a class that has the responsibility of importing contracts from a CSV to database.

The class itself has only one public method that starts the import and the

Answer 1

Some people argue that you should only test your API (i.e. your public methods).

A possible solution is to use package private so that only classes in the same package can access those methods.

Personally, I wouldn't test private methods, I would focus on the public methods behaving as expected. If you feel your private methods carry too much weight, then perhaps they do and you should separate further the functionality.