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// the class for which methods are to be tested, in this case SecurityClientRest
SecurityClientRest service = new SecurityClientRest(ConfigUtility.getConfigProperties());
 
// use reflection to get the desired method
Method method =
        service.getClass().getMethod(
			"authenticate", 								// method name and parameters
			new Class<?>[] {String.class, String.class});	// i.e. SecurityClientRest.authenticate(String username, String password)
 
// specify the valid parameters
Object[] parameters = new Object[] {
        new String("name"), new String("password")			// valid parameters that when passed to method produce successful outcome (e.g. authentication)
    };
 
// if all invalid and null parameters should throw exceptions, use this call
DegenerateUseMethodTestHelper.testDegenerateArguments(service, method,
        parameters);
 
// if different parameters cause different behavior, use this type of call
DegenerateUseMethodTestHelper.testDegenerateArguments(service, method,
        parameters, new ExpectedFailure[] {
            ExpectedFailure.STRING_INVALID_NO_RESULTS_NULL_EXCEPTION, // an INVALID string will result in no result, a NULL string will result in exception
			ExpectedFailure.EXCEPTION								  // both INVALID strings and NULL strings will result in exception
        });
 
// if specific invalid values are desired, use this type of call
DegenerateUseMethodTestHelper.testDegenerateArguments(service, method,
        parameters, new Object[] {						
			new String("Invalid value"),					// the first argument should test "Invalid value", and the method should throw an exception
			null											// no invalid value will be tested
		});