# Mocking

> The ability to substitute test doubles for real dependencies by injecting them.

Record: `lex:mocking`
Kind: capability
Layer: [Extensibility Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/extensibility-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lex-mocking

## category

- [Plugin / Extensibility / IoC](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex-category/plugin-extensibility-ioc.md)

## referenced-by

- [Dependency Injection](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/dependency-injection.md)