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To make this happen, we want to create a `Mock`. Notice that we are still using the stubbed converter.
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But now we write `logger.expect` to set up our expectations for what will happen on the collaborating
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-object; and then we verify it afterward. I've annotated this with the four phases.
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+object; and then we verify it afterward.
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+It is critical to understand that we are not mocking an object or a class; we are just verifying
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+that the delegate is sent the `log` method with the right parameters. What this means is that we are
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+verifying a "role" -- Just one aspect of the outgoing messages from the SUT.
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+I've annotated this with the four phases.
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```ruby
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describe Converter, "delegation to logger" do