title: Declaring (OR) Creating instance variables inside method
body: <p><br>
  With my experience in using easymock and powermock with Junit for the past few months, I see that when instance variables are declared and instantiated in method level scope, we need to resort to powermock framework to get it mocked.  So, can I safely assume that it is not a good programming practice to have instance variables created inside a method. Would appreciate your valuable inputs in this regard.<br>
  Thanks<br>
  Venkatesh</p>