External Dependencies
^^^^^
**Definition:**

* There are a number of external dependencies that code may need to rely on to work correctly. For example: a specific time or date, a third-party library jar, a file, a database, a network connection, a web container, an application container, randomness, many other dependencies


**References:**

.. admonition:: Quality attributes

    * :octicon:`file-code;1em` -  Code Example
    * :octicon:`comment-discussion;1em` -  Cause and Effect
    * :octicon:`graph;1em` -  Frequency
    * :octicon:`sync;1em` -  Refactoring

* `Categorising Test Smells <https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.696.5180&rep=rep1&type=pdf>`_ :octicon:`graph;1em`
* `JUnit Anti-patterns <https://exubero.com/junit/anti-patterns/>`_ :octicon:`comment-discussion;1em` :octicon:`sync;1em`