# Mocking

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

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Late Resolution](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/late-resolution.md) and before [Runtime Lookup](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/runtime-lookup.md).

## Category

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

## Enabled by

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

## Linked from

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