uk.co.jemos.podam.api

Interface PodamFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractExternalFactory, NullExternalFactory, PodamFactoryImpl

public interface PodamFactory

Contract for PODAM factory

Since:

2.0.0

Author:

mtedone

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ClassInfoStrategy	getClassStrategy() It returns the class info strategy for this factory.
PodamFactory	getExternalFactory() It returns the external factory assigned to this factory.
DataProviderStrategy	getStrategy() It returns the strategy for this factory.
<T> T	manufacturePojo(Class<T> pojoClass, Type... genericTypeArgs) Generic method which returns an instance of the given class filled with dummy values, using the default data provider strategy.
<T> T	manufacturePojoWithFullData(Class<T> pojoClass, Type... genericTypeArgs) Generic method which returns an instance of the given class filled with dummy values, using the default data provider strategy.
<T> T	populatePojo(T pojo, Type... genericTypeArgs) Generic method which populates an instance of the given class with dummy values, using the default data provider strategy.
PodamFactory	setClassStrategy(ClassInfoStrategy classInfoStrategy) Sets the class info strategy for this factory
PodamFactory	setExternalFactory(PodamFactory externalFactory) Sets an external factory for this factory to delegate requests it cannot process
PodamFactory	setStrategy(DataProviderStrategy strategy) Sets the data provider strategy for this factory

Method Detail

manufacturePojo

<T> T manufacturePojo(Class<T> pojoClass,
                      Type... genericTypeArgs)

Generic method which returns an instance of the given class filled with dummy values, using the default data provider strategy.

This method uses RandomDataProviderStrategyImpl as the default implementation.

Type Parameters:

T - The type for which a filled instance is required

Parameters:

pojoClass - The name of the class for which an instance filled with values is required

genericTypeArgs - The generic Type arguments for a generic class instance

Returns:

An instance of <T> filled with dummy values

Throws:

PodamMockeryException - if a problem occurred while creating a POJO instance or while setting its state

manufacturePojoWithFullData

<T> T manufacturePojoWithFullData(Class<T> pojoClass,
                                  Type... genericTypeArgs)

Generic method which returns an instance of the given class filled with dummy values, using the default data provider strategy. In order to instantiate class, constructor with the most parameters is used.

This method uses RandomDataProviderStrategyImpl as the default implementation.

Type Parameters:

T - The type for which a filled instance is required

Parameters:

pojoClass - The name of the class for which an instance filled with values is required

genericTypeArgs - The generic Type arguments for a generic class instance

Returns:

An instance of <T> filled with dummy values

Throws:

PodamMockeryException - if a problem occurred while creating a POJO instance or while setting its state

populatePojo

<T> T populatePojo(T pojo,
                   Type... genericTypeArgs)

Generic method which populates an instance of the given class with dummy values, using the default data provider strategy.

This method uses RandomDataProviderStrategyImpl as the default implementation.

Type Parameters:

T - The type for which a filled instance is required

Parameters:

pojo - The instance to be filled with values

genericTypeArgs - The generic Type arguments for a generic class instance

Returns:

The same instance of object for chaining

Throws:

PodamMockeryException - if a problem occurred while creating a POJO instance or while setting its state

Since:

5.4.0

getStrategy

DataProviderStrategy getStrategy()

It returns the strategy for this factory.

Returns:

the strategy

setStrategy

PodamFactory setStrategy(DataProviderStrategy strategy)

Sets the data provider strategy for this factory

Parameters:

strategy - A data provider strategy to be used by this factory

Returns:

instance of the factory for chaining

getExternalFactory

PodamFactory getExternalFactory()

It returns the external factory assigned to this factory.

Returns:

the strategy

setExternalFactory

PodamFactory setExternalFactory(PodamFactory externalFactory)

Sets an external factory for this factory to delegate requests it cannot process

Parameters:

externalFactory - An external factory to be used by this factory

Returns:

instance of this factory for chaining

getClassStrategy

ClassInfoStrategy getClassStrategy()

It returns the class info strategy for this factory.

Returns:

the class info strategy for this factory

setClassStrategy

PodamFactory setClassStrategy(ClassInfoStrategy classInfoStrategy)

Sets the class info strategy for this factory

Parameters:

classInfoStrategy - A class info strategy to be used by this factory

Returns:

instance of the factory for chaining