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Mock objects for testing java systems Why and how developers use them, and how they evolve

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2019
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Spadini, D., Aniche, M., Bruntink, M., & Bacchelli, A. (2019). Mock objects for testing java systems Why and how developers use them, and how they evolve. Empirical Software Engineering, 24, 1461–1498. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10664-018-9663-0

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When testing software artifacts that have several dependencies, one has the possibility of either instantiating these dependencies or using mock objects to simulate the dependencies’ expected behavior. Even though recent quantitative studies showed that mock objects are widely used both in open source and proprietary projects, scientific knowledge is still lacking on how and why practitioners use mocks. An empirical understanding of the situations where developers have (and have not) been applying mocks, as well as the impact of such

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  • Spadini, Davide
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  • Aniche, Maurício
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  • Bruntink, Magiel
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  • Bacchelli, Alberto
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24

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3

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1461

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1498

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English

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2019

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2021-01-27

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1382-3256

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merlin-id:20247

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Spadini, D., Aniche, M., Bruntink, M., & Bacchelli, A. (2019). Mock objects for testing java systems Why and how developers use them, and how they evolve. Empirical Software Engineering, 24, 1461–1498. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10664-018-9663-0

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