org.bbottema.loremipsumobjects

Class LoremIpsumObjectCreator

java.lang.Object

org.bbottema.loremipsumobjects.LoremIpsumObjectCreator

public class LoremIpsumObjectCreator
extends Object

Tool to create populated dummy objects of a given class. This tool will recursively run through its setters and try to come up with newly populated objects for those fields.

To avoid recursive infinite loops, this tool keeps track of previously populated instances of a certain type and reuse that instead.

For numbers being generated a random number is being using, for strings a lorem ipsum generated is being used.

See Also:

createLoremIpsumObject(Class)

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
LoremIpsumObjectCreator() Default constructor: configures the Dummy Creator with vanilla new bindings and caches.
LoremIpsumObjectCreator(ClassBindings classBindings) Constructor: configures the Dummy Creator with a given ClassBindings instance and new caches.
LoremIpsumObjectCreator(LoremIpsumConfig loremIpsumConfig) Default constructor: configures the Dummy Creator with vanilla new bindings and caches.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
<T> T	createLoremIpsumObject(Class<T> clazz) Main method, creates a dummy object of a given type (using ClassBasedFactory#createLoremIpsumObject(Type[], Map, ClassBindings, List)).

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

LoremIpsumObjectCreator

public LoremIpsumObjectCreator()

Default constructor: configures the Dummy Creator with vanilla new bindings and caches.

LoremIpsumObjectCreator

public LoremIpsumObjectCreator(ClassBindings classBindings)

Constructor: configures the Dummy Creator with a given ClassBindings instance and new caches.

LoremIpsumObjectCreator

public LoremIpsumObjectCreator(LoremIpsumConfig loremIpsumConfig)

Default constructor: configures the Dummy Creator with vanilla new bindings and caches.

Method Detail

createLoremIpsumObject

public <T> T createLoremIpsumObject(Class<T> clazz)

Main method, creates a dummy object of a given type (using ClassBasedFactory#createLoremIpsumObject(Type[], Map, ClassBindings, List)).

Provide your own ClassBindings in LoremIpsumObjectCreator(ClassBindings) to control how objects are created for specific types (such as the abstract List class). This is the main-method used to create a dummy of a certain class. It's called with the needed class. e.g. Integer i = createLoremIpsumObjectOfClass(Integer.class)

Type Parameters:

T - The type to be created and returned (returned type can be a sub type of T).

Parameters:

clazz - The type that should be created

Returns:

The instantiated and populated object (can be a sub type, depending how the ClassBindings are configured!).

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - Thrown if an abstract type or interface was given for which no binding could be found in the provided ClassBindings.