org.jmock.core
Interface Stub

All Superinterfaces:

SelfDescribing

All Known Implementing Classes:

CustomStub, DefaultResultStub, DoAllStub, ReturnIteratorStub, ReturnStub, StubSequence, TestFailureStub, ThrowStub, VoidStub

public interface Stub

extends SelfDescribing

An object that stubs the behaviour of a invokedMethod invocation on behalf of an Invokable object.

Since:

1.0

Method Summary

Object

invoke(Invocation invocation) Processes the invocation.

Methods inherited from interface org.jmock.core.SelfDescribing

describeTo

Method Detail

invoke

public Object invoke(Invocation invocation)
              throws Throwable

Processes the invocation.

Parameters:

invocation - The invocation to stub.

Returns:

The result of the invocation, if not throwing an exception. Must return null if the invocation is of a invokedMethod with a void return type.

Throws:

Throwable - An exception to be thrown to the caller, if not returning a value. A checked exception thrown from this invokedMethod must be in the throws list of the invoked method.