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Strict fakes

By default, FakeItEasy's fakes support what is sometimes called "loose mocking". This means that calls to any of the fake's members are allowed, even if they haven't been configured.

However, FakeItEasy also supports strict fakes, in which all calls to unconfigured members are rejected, throwing an ExpectationException. Strict fakes are created by supplying a creation option:

var foo = A.Fake<IFoo>(x => x.Strict());

After you have configured your fake in this fashion you can configure any "allowed" calls as usual, for example:

A.CallTo(() => foo.Bar()).Returns("bar");

Strict fakes are useful when it is important to ensure that no calls are made to your fake other than the ones you are expecting.