Is there any convention to use for a dummy method body in Java? for testing purposes for example. Say I have a interface and a method should be implemented in a class implementing that interface but I don't want to implement it yet, what good dummy method body should I use that doesn't use unnecessary memory etc?
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- 1For testing purpose, you can use mocking framework like Mockito.tan9– tan92016-12-08 17:13:10 +00:00Commented Dec 8, 2016 at 17:13
- stackoverflow.com/questions/9984335/…Sotirios Delimanolis– Sotirios Delimanolis2016-12-08 17:13:56 +00:00Commented Dec 8, 2016 at 17:13
- @SotiriosDelimanolis my apologies, my search yeld no results but then again I only searched for dummy method body and similar stuff.spacing– spacing2016-12-08 17:15:25 +00:00Commented Dec 8, 2016 at 17:15
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If you have a method which you haven't implemented yet I would
public void notImplementedYet() { throw new UnsupportedOperationException("TODO"); } I add the "TODO" to indicate it may be supported in the future. Some methods throw this because it should never be supported.
BTW: I setup my IDE to place this exception as the default body for implementing methods.
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You can use Java 8's default methods.
See here. Basically, you define the implementation (or dummy method) in the interface itself.
public interface MyInterface { default myDummyMethod() { // nada } } 