Masquerade is a configurable Service Simulator that returns simulated responses for service requets.

Service stubs can easily be implemented using Masquerade. Simply run Masquerade standalone using its embedded Jetty server or deploy it to an application server (e.g. Tomcat) of your choice, and configure your simulations using its web interface.

Service simulation is useful for example when
- Providing a service stub for integration or regression tests
- Doing functional tests against a system that is not (yet) available
- Providing a stub for functionality that is yet to be implemented in an agile project