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Test stub
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<p>A test stub is a <a href="/facts/Test_double/7vNKBfMk">test double</a> that provides static values to the software under test. </p><p>A test stub provides <a href="/facts/Canned_response/S5z3Be3I">canned answers</a> to calls made during the test, usually not responding at all to anything outside what's programmed in for the test. </p><p>A stub may be <a href="/facts/Source_code/o9J6Jv23">coded</a> by hand, generated via a <a href="/facts/Software_tool/wWaFqCFw">tool</a> or be created as a dedicated part of a larger system such as a <a href="/facts/Stub_(distributed_computing)/TgU9XcLG">stub server or service</a>. </p>