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stub has definition A piece of code that has the same interface (i.e. API) as the lower level layers, but which does not perform any real computations or manipulate any real data 2001-08-30 14:57:48.0
is a subtopic of 10.9 - Strategies for Testing Large Systems
is used in top-down testing
is a kind of procedural abstraction
returns a fixed default value

procedural abstraction has advantage when using a certain procedure, a programmer does not need to worry about all the details of how it performs its computations; he or she only needs to know how to call it and what it computes 2001-08-30 14:57:04.0
hides the details of procedures

stub	has definition A piece of code that has the same interface (i.e. API) as the lower level layers, but which does not perform any real computations or manipulate any real data
	is a subtopic of 10.9 - Strategies for Testing Large Systems
	is used in top-down testing
	is a kind of procedural abstraction
	returns a fixed default value
procedural abstraction	has advantage when using a certain procedure, a programmer does not need to worry about all the details of how it performs its computations; he or she only needs to know how to call it and what it computes
procedural abstraction	hides the details of procedures