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/*
* Copyright (c) 2007 Mockito contributors
* This program is made available under the terms of the MIT License.
*/
package org.mockito.internal.stubbing.answers;
import java.io.Serializable;
import org.mockito.invocation.InvocationOnMock;
import org.mockito.stubbing.Answer;
/**
* Optional Answer that adds partial mocking support
*
* {@link Answer} can be used to define the return values of unstubbed invocations.
*
* This implementation can be helpful when working with legacy code.
* When this implementation is used, unstubbed methods will delegate to the real implementation.
* This is a way to create a partial mock object that calls real methods by default.
*
* As usual you are going to read the partial mock warning:
* Object oriented programming is more less tackling complexity by dividing the complexity into separate, specific, SRPy objects.
* How does partial mock fit into this paradigm? Well, it just doesn't...
* Partial mock usually means that the complexity has been moved to a different method on the same object.
* In most cases, this is not the way you want to design your application.
*
* However, there are rare cases when partial mocks come handy:
* dealing with code you cannot change easily (3rd party interfaces, interim refactoring of legacy code etc.)
* However, I wouldn't use partial mocks for new, test-driven & well-designed code.
*
*/
public class CallsRealMethods implements Answer