Package 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

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
java.lang.Object	invoke(Invocation invocation)	Processes the invocation.

Methods inherited from interface org.jmock.core.SelfDescribing

describeTo

Method Detail

invoke

java.lang.Object invoke(Invocation invocation)
                 throws java.lang.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:

java.lang.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.