Java Dummy method body?

Question

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?

For testing purpose, you can use mocking framework like Mockito. — tan9, Dec 08 '16 at 17:13
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9984335/java-common-annotation-for-not-yet-implemented — Sotirios Delimanolis, Dec 08 '16 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, Dec 08 '16 at 17:15

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 08 '16 at 17:11

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.

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 08 '16 at 17:15

3

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
   }
}

answered Dec 08 '16 at 17:15

Andrei Sfat

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