FoundationStandard.ObjectHydrator 2.0.1

ObjectHydrator

This project allows you to pass custom POCO's to it, and have it return an instance of the class populated with randomly generated but real-world looking data. This random data can be overridden by convention.

Basic syntax looks like this:

Hydrator<Customer> _customerHydrator = new Hydrator<Customer>();
Customer customer = _customerHydrator.GetSingle();
List<Customer> customerlist=_customerHydrator.GetList(20);

Advanced syntax looks like:

Hydrator<Customer> _customerHydrator = new Hydrator<Customer>()
    .WithInteger(x => x.CustomerAge, 1, 100)
    .WithAmericanPhone(x=>x.CustomerPhone);

A custom generator looks like:

public class FullNameGenerator : IGenerator<string>
{
    static readonly IGenerator<string> FirstNameGen = new FirstNameGenerator();
    static readonly IGenerator<string> LastNameGen = new LastNameGenerator();

    public string Generate()
    {
        return FirstNameGen.Generate() + " " + LastNameGen.Generate();
    }
}

Use a custom generator like this:

Hydrator<Customer> _customerHydrator = new Hydrator<Customer>()
    .With(x => x.FullName, new FullNameGenerator());

Changes

Version 2.0.1

• Added ISBN Generator

Version 2.0

• New Project Name - Reflects that the project is now built as a .netstandard 2.0 library
• Regarding consuming this from a .Net Framework project. Please read this post from Scott Hanselman: https://www.hanselman.com/blog/ReferencingNETStandardAssembliesFromBothNETCoreAndNETFramework.aspx

Version 1.3.0

• Added 3 new generators UnitedKingdomPhoneNumberGenerator, UnitedKingdomInsuranceNumberGenerator, and CulturesGenerator thanks to rikrak and ushenkodmitry
• "Do" method to allow a property to be set from the generated values in other properties, thanks to rikrak
• Fixed randomization method which was excluding the last possible, thanks to rikrak and ushenkodmitry

Version 1.1.0

• Added the ability to respect the StringLength property attribute from System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations (more annotations are welcome and likely)

Version 1.0.0

• Added the ability to inject Generators at instantiation time. Which looks like this: var hydrator = new Hydrator<Address>().WithCustomGenerator(x=>x.State, new InjectedGenerator());

Version 0.7.0

• Added new generators: UnitedKingdomCityGenerator, UnitedKingdomCountyGenerator, UnitedKingdomPostcodeGenerator, AlphaNumericGenerator.

Nuget

Install-Package FoundationStandard.ObjectHydrator

Summary

So basically, you create a class and invoke the Hydrator object with that class type. Then call the GetSingle or GetList functions and you are returned an instance of the object populated with realistic data. The idea behind it is to use it to replace a database call to use in your UI.

Generators

Presently the generators are pretty simple and can generate limited values, they include:

All values can be overridden so you can do things like fake search results etc...