Package org.instancio.internal.generator.text

Class TextPatternGenerator

java.lang.Object

org.instancio.internal.generator.AbstractGenerator<String>

org.instancio.internal.generator.text.TextPatternGenerator

All Implemented Interfaces:

Generator<String>, GeneratorSpec<String>

public class TextPatternGenerator
extends AbstractGenerator<String>

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
TextPatternGenerator(GeneratorContext context, String pattern)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	apiMethod()	Returns the public API method name of the generator spec.
String	generate(Random random)	Returns a generated value.

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

getContext, hints

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

TextPatternGenerator

public TextPatternGenerator(GeneratorContext context,
 String pattern)

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<String>

Returns:

spec name if defined, or null otherwise

generate

public String generate(Random random)

Description copied from interface: Generator

Returns a generated value.

If this method produces random data, the data needs to be generated using the provided Random instance. This ensures generated values are reproducible for a given seed value.

Parameters:

random - provider for generating random values

Returns:

generated value or null if value is nullable, could not be generated, or generation is delegated to the engine