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Default Mock Expectations

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Often in unit testing, we end up with sets of tests which use the same object

dependency over and over again. Rather than mocking this class/object within

every single unit test (requiring a mountain of duplicate code), we can

instead define reusable default mocks within the test case's ``setup()``

method. This even works where unit tests use varying expectations on the same

or similar mock object.

How this works, is that you can define mocks with default expectations. Then,

in a later unit test, you can add or fine-tune expectations for that specific

test. Any expectation can be set as a default using the ``byDefault()``

declaration.