Commit ddc52502 authored by Madhura Bhave's avatar Madhura Bhave

Document @MockBean behavior during context refresh

Closes gh-16333
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NOTE: `@MockBean` cannot be used to mock the behavior of a bean that's exercised during
application context refresh. By the time the test is executed, the application context refresh
has completed and it is too late to configure the mocked behavior. We recommend using a `@Bean`
method to create and configure the mock in this situation.
Additionally, you can use `@SpyBean` to wrap any existing bean with a Mockito `spy`. See Additionally, you can use `@SpyBean` to wrap any existing bean with a Mockito `spy`. See
the {dc-spring-boot-test}/mock/mockito/SpyBean.{dc-ext}[Javadoc] for full details. the {dc-spring-boot-test}/mock/mockito/SpyBean.{dc-ext}[Javadoc] for full details.
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