Package org.instancio.internal.generator.lang

Class ClassGenerator

java.lang.Object

org.instancio.internal.generator.AbstractGenerator<Class<?>>

org.instancio.internal.generator.lang.ClassGenerator

All Implemented Interfaces:

Generator<Class<?>>, GeneratorSpec<Class<?>>, NullableGeneratorSpec<Class<?>>

public class ClassGenerator
extends AbstractGenerator<Class<?>>

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ClassGenerator(GeneratorContext context)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	apiMethod()	Returns the public API method name of the generator spec.
protected Class<?>	tryGenerateNonNull(Random random)	Makes the best effort to return a non-null value.

Methods inherited from class org.instancio.internal.generator.AbstractGenerator

generate, getContext, hints, isNullable, nullable, nullable

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface org.instancio.generator.Generator

init

Constructor Details

ClassGenerator

public ClassGenerator(GeneratorContext context)

Method Details

apiMethod

public String apiMethod()

Description copied from class: AbstractGenerator

Returns the public API method name of the generator spec. The returned name is used for reporting validation errors.

Specified by:

apiMethod in class AbstractGenerator<Class<?>>

Returns:

spec name if defined, or null otherwise

tryGenerateNonNull

protected Class<?> tryGenerateNonNull(Random random)

Description copied from class: AbstractGenerator

Makes the best effort to return a non-null value. However, in certain cases this method will produce a null.

Specified by:

tryGenerateNonNull in class AbstractGenerator<Class<?>>

Parameters:

random - for generating the value

Returns:

generated value, either a null or non-null