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What benefits does mocking a HTTP service provide when compared to mocking the adapter code that makes the call?

App -> Adapter -> Service

App -> Adapter -> MockService

App -> MockAdapter

It can also test (de)serialization, parsing of HTTP headers, fallbacks, etc. When you're testing business logic then using a mock adapter would be fine, of course.

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Wiremock is how you test the adapter.

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