Category: stub

Mocks, stubs and fakes

April 25, 2006 by Artem

I am rather new to the Test-Driven-Development (TDD) and continuous testing in general. Therefore I quite often experience the terminology difficulties: how to call fully functional alternative object, how to call almost empty stub objects, etc. It looks like I am not alone.

Martin Fowler highlights the Gerard Meszaros's proposal:

The generic term he uses is a Test Double (think stunt double). Test Double is a generic term for any case where you replace a production object for testing purposes. There are various kinds of double that Gerard lists: