Editing Method stub (section)

{{about|placeholder method source code|other uses|Stub (disambiguation)}}
{{Short description|Short and simple version of a method}}

A '''method stub'''<ref name="DaleWeems2004">{{cite book|author1=Nell B. Dale|author2=Chip Weems|title=Programming in C++|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mxZBPSjSEYUC&pg=PA308|year=2004|publisher=Jones & Bartlett Learning|isbn=978-0-7637-3234-9|pages=308}}</ref> is a short and simple placeholder for a [[Method (computer programming)|method]] that is not yet written for production needs. Generally, a method stub contains just enough code to allow it to be used {{endash}} a declaration with any parameters, and if applicable, a return value.<ref>{{cite web
 | url         = http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/S/stub.html
 | title       = stub
 | date = 23 March 1998
 | publisher   = WEBOPEDIA
 | quote       = 
 | accessdate  = 2012-08-28
}}</ref> 

A method stub may be used to implement an [[interface (computer science)|interface]] that is defined but for which the implementation is not available.