1/*
2 * Copyright 2001-2009 OFFIS, Tammo Freese
3 *
4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7 *
8 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9 *
10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
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13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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15 */
16package org.easymock;
17
18/**
19 * Used to answer expected calls.
20 * @param <T> the type to return.
21 */
22public interface IAnswer<T> {
23    /**
24     * is called by EasyMock to answer an expected call.
25     * The answer may be to return a value, or to throw an exception.
26     * The arguments of the call for which the answer is generated
27     * are available via {@link EasyMock#getCurrentArguments()} - be careful
28     * here, using the arguments is not refactoring-safe.
29     *
30     * @return the value to be returned
31     * @throws Throwable the throwable to be thrown
32     */
33    T answer() throws Throwable;
34}
35