net.cpollet.jixture.fixtures.generator.fixture

Class TemplateGenerator

java.lang.Object

net.cpollet.jixture.fixtures.generator.fixture.BaseFixtureGenerator

net.cpollet.jixture.fixtures.generator.fixture.TemplateGenerator

All Implemented Interfaces:

Iterator<Object>, FixtureGenerator

public class TemplateGenerator
extends BaseFixtureGenerator

Generates entities by cloning a given template entity. It is possible to update specific entity values using FieldGenerator instances.

Requires:

• cloning
• Commons BeanUtils

Author:

Christophe Pollet

See Also:

FieldGenerator

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
TemplateGenerator(Object templateObject)

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
TemplateGenerator	addFieldGenerator(String fieldName, FieldGenerator fieldGenerator) Adds a FieldGenerator.
Class	getGeneratedClass() Returns the class of generated entities.
boolean	hasNext() Returns true if the generator has more entity to generate (In other words, returns true if next() would return an entity rather than throwing an exception.)
Object	next() Returns the next generated entity.

Methods inherited from class net.cpollet.jixture.fixtures.generator.fixture.BaseFixtureGenerator

remove

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

TemplateGenerator

public TemplateGenerator(Object templateObject)

Parameters:

templateObject - the template entity to clone.

Method Detail

addFieldGenerator

public TemplateGenerator addFieldGenerator(String fieldName,
                                  FieldGenerator fieldGenerator)

Adds a FieldGenerator.

Parameters:

fieldName - the field's name whom value is to be overridden.

fieldGenerator - the field generator to add

Returns:

the current instance.

hasNext

public boolean hasNext()

Returns true if the generator has more entity to generate (In other words, returns true if next() would return an entity rather than throwing an exception.)

Returns:

true if the iteration has more elements.

next

public Object next()

Returns the next generated entity.

Returns:

the next generated entity.

Throws:

NoSuchElementException - if the iteration has no more elements.

getGeneratedClass

public Class getGeneratedClass()

Returns the class of generated entities.

Returns:

the class of generated entities.