
    /**
     * This will get the constructor of the main class
     * The constructor accepts a configuration object with these properties
     * 'name': An optional name of the object
     * 'metadata': An array of descriptions for each of the attributes of the object
     **/

    "use strict";

    var Generator,
        meta,
        gen,
        pretty,
        value;

    Generator = require('./index.js').Generator;
    pretty = require('js-object-pretty-print').pretty;

    meta = {
        'name': 'Mockdata test set',
        'metadata': [
            {
                'attributeName': 'creditCards',
                'dataType': 'Array',
                'metadata': [
                    {
                        'attributeName': 'ccNumber',
                        'dataType': 'Pattern',
                        'pattern': '####-####-####-####'
                    },
                    {
                        'attributeName': 'cvv',
                        'dataType': 'Pattern',
                        'pattern': '###'
                    },
                    {
                        'attributeName': 'expiration',
                        'dataType': 'Date',
                        'min': 30,
                        'max': 1000
                    },
                    {
                        'attributeName': 'limit',
                        'dataType': 'OneOfList',
                        'list': [500, 1000, 2000, 5000, 10000],
                        'mode': 'shuffle'
                    }
                ],
                'min': 2,
                'max': 5
            },
            {
                'attributeName': 'balance',
                'dataType': 'Currency',
                'min': 50,
                'max': 1000
            },
            {
                'attributeName': 'txDate',
                'dataType': 'Date',
                'min': 10,
                'max': 30
            },
            {
                'attributeName': 'id',
                'dataType': 'Guid',
                'prefix': 'test'
            },
            {
                'attributeName': 'branches',
                'dataType': 'Integer',
                'min': 10,
                'max': 30
            },
            {
                'attributeName': 'description',
                'dataType': 'Ipsum',
                'paragraphNum': 1,
                'wordMin': 10,
                'wordMax': 30
            },
            {
                'attributeName': 'accountOwner',
                'dataType': 'Name',
                'order': 'fl'
            },
            {
                'attributeName': 'beneficiaryContact',
                'dataType': 'Name',
                'order': 'lf'
            },
            {
                'attributeName': 'averageTxPerDay',
                'dataType': 'Number',
                'min': 5,
                'max': 20
            },
            {
                'attributeName': 'beneficiary',
                'dataType': 'OneOfList',
                'listName': 'ListBase.Beneficiaries',
                'mode': 'sequence',
                'index': 0
            },
            {
                'attributeName': 'clothesCategory',
                'dataType': 'OneOfList',
                'list': ['Accessories', 'Blouses', 'Cardigans', 'Dresses', 'Skirts'],
                'mode': 'shuffle'
            },
            {
                'attributeName': 'accountNumber',
                'dataType': 'Pattern',
                'pattern': '###-AA-###-aaa-####'
            },
            {
                'attributeName': 'accountName',
                'dataType': 'String',
                'min': 6,
                'max': 30
            }
        ]
    };

    gen = new Generator(meta);
    value = gen.getValue(10);
    process.stdout.write(pretty(value));

Available dataTypes

mockdata-generator provides a way to generate data in the following dataTypes

Address
Array
Bank
Currency
Date
Guid
Integer
Ipsum
Name
Number
Object
One Of List
Pattern
String

Base

The base clase for all the other generators. It implements several attributes and methods. Base is not used to generate data and it provides all the common functionality for the other data types

Attribute	Default	Description
attributeName	n/a	Identifies the attribute inside the object. It must be unique for the object
dataType		The data type of the attribute. Any of the names in the dataType list above
min	0	The minimum value of a range. Not all the data types require a min
max	1	The maximum value of a range. Not all the data types require a max

Address

Generates a random address in the United States. It uses preloaded lists of street names, cities, and states. It generates a random street number a random zip code in the format #####-####. The result is an object like

{
    street: "10th",
    town: "Oakland",
    state: "Massachusetts",
    stateAbbr: "MA",
    streetNumber: 2548,
    streetType: "Street",
    streetPosition: undefined,
    zipCode: "31494-4275",
    formatted: "2548 10th Street, Oakland, 31494-4275 Massachusetts"
}

The constructor uses the following attribute:

Attribute	Default	Description
addressTemplate	{streetNumber} {street} {streetPosition}{streetType}, {town}, {zipCode} {state}	Allows to define how the address is formatted

Array

Generates a number of object values in the range of (min, max).

Attribute	Default	Description
metadata	n/a	An array of metadata descriptors for the attributes in each object
min	1	The minimum number of values to generate
max	1	The maximum number of values to generate

Bank

Generates an object that describes a bank. The result is an object like

{
    name: "FirstFed Financial Corp.",
    address: "1951 Jefferson Street",
    city: "Los Angeles",
    state: "CA",
    aba: "48871-322"
}

Currency

Generates a random numeric value in the (min, max) range, assign one of the listed currencies and generates an object with three attributes: currency, value and formatted value, for instance

{
    currency: 'MXN',
    value: 943.9473666250706,
    formatted: '943.95 MXN'
}

Attribute	Default	Description
currencyCode	['AUD', 'CAD', 'CHF', 'DKK', 'EUR', 'GBP', 'HKD', 'JPY', 'MXN', 'NZD', 'PHP', 'SEK', 'SGD', 'THB', 'USD', 'ZAR']	A list of the currencies to select.
decimalPlaces	2	Number of decimal places
decimalSeparator	"."	Character to separate decimal fractions
thousandsSeparator	","	Character to separate thousands
min	0	The minimum value in range
max	500	The maximum value in range

Date

Generates a random date in the range of (min, max) days. To create a date in the past the range can be negative. For instance (-60, 0) will generate a date in the last 60 days. The result is an object like this:

expiration: {
    value: "Thu Jun 09 2016 14:33:26 GMT-0700 (Pacific Daylight Time)",
    formatted: "Thu, Jun 09, 2016  2:33:26 PM PDT",
    days: 666
}

Attribute	Default	Description
dateSeed	today = new Date()	Javascript date instance to use as the base for the computation. Defaults to today
min	0	The minimum value in range, relative to dateSeed
max	30	The maximum value in range, relative to dateSeed
format	%c	Any strftime string is supported, such as "%I:%M:%S %p". strftime has several format specifiers defined by the Open group at Open group strftime PHP added a few of its own, defined at PHP strftime. You can also see the list in the YUI3 site

%c is the preferred date and time representation for the current locale

Guid

Generates a quasi global unique identifier. It uses the YUI.guid() method and then replaces some characters with a provided prefix

Attribute	Default	Description
prefix	'mockdata-generator'	Arbitrary string to prefix the guid. Default value is 'mockdata-generator'

Integer

Generates a random integer in the range (min, max)

Attribute	Default	Description
min	1	The minimum value in range
max	10	The maximum value in range

Ipsum

Generates a random string using words taken from "Ipsum Lorem". It can generate any size of strings

Attribute	Default	Description
phraseMin	6	Minimum number of words in a phrase
phraseMax	10	Maximum number of words in a phrase. Once the generator determines that a phrase is complete it will make sure that the first character is capitalized and that a punctuation mark is appended to the end of it
paragraphNum	1	Number of paragraphs to generate
wordMin	50	Minimum number of words in a paragraph
wordMax	150	Maximum number of words in a paragraph

Name

Generates a random name (first last) or (last, first). It uses the list of the most popular names for men and women, as well as the most frequent last names in the United States

Attribute	Default	Description
order	fl	The order in which the name is rendered. Use "fl" for (first last) and "lf" for (last, first)

Number

Generates a random number in the range (min, max)

Attribute	Default	Description
min	0	The minimum value in range
max	1	The maximum value in range

Object

Generates an object with the attributes described in the metadata. This is the entry point for the module, and it can be used at any level.

Attribute	Default	Description
metadata	n/a	An array of metadata descriptors for the attributes in each object

One Of List

Chooses a value out of a list. It has two modes:

shuffle. It will choose at random every time it is invoked
sequence. It will set the initial value when instantiated, then return the values in order. It will start with the first if the list is exhausted.

Attribute	Default	Description
listName	n/a	A list to be found inside of the YUI instance object, dot notation is used to fully identify the list. For instance the name ListBase.Places will be resolved if Y.ListBase.Places exist
list	n/a	A comma separated list of values. This attribute supersedes listName
mode	shuffle	Either sequence of shuffle
index	n/a	Specifies the first element in the list to be returned if the shuffle mode is specified. If not provided a random integer in the range (0, list length - 1) will be chosen

Pattern

Generates a string that follows the defined pattern

Attribute	Default	Description
pattern	n/a	A sequence of characters to be replaced when generating a value. See table below

Character replacement rules

Character	What is generated
a	Generates a lower case letter (a-z)
A	Generates an upper case letter (A-Z)
#	Generates a digit (0-9)
@	Generates a letter (A-Z) and (a-z)
\	The next character will not be replaced. Useful to insert a, A, # or @ in the pattern
Any other character	Will be rendered as is

Examples (values are only representative, actual rendering is random within the category)

Pattern	Renders
aaa	kwt
AAA	UYT
@@@	UmY

| 832

(###) ###-#### | (716) 837-0932 \A-AAA | A-UER

String

Renders a string of random characters. The length of the string is a number in the range of (min, max)

Attribute	Default	Description
min	1	The minimum value in range
max	10	The maximum value in range

Release History

0.1.0 Initial Release
0.1.1 Full code
0.1.2 Full documentation
0.1.3 Replace columnName for attributeName

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