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 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 #objecthydrator

Install-Package objecthydrator

This version is for Visual Studio 2010 .Net 4. I'll switch to a newer version and use 2013 if there is interest.

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:

Generator	Description	Notes
FirstName	Returns a random english First Name
LastName	Return a random english Last Name
DateTimeGenerator	Returns a random Date within a given range.
AmericanPhone	Returns a randon American Phone Number
AmericanAddress	Returns a random American Address (street part)
AmericanCity	Returns a random American City
AmericanPostalCode	Returns a random Postal Code (including optional +4 component)
Integer Generator	Returns an int within a range
Enum Generator	Define the enum and it will return the string value of a random one
Boolean Generator	Returns a random boolean
AmericanState	Returns a random US abbreviation
EmailAddress	Returns a random email address	Thanks ScottMonnig!
Business Name Generator	Returns a random 3 part business name
URL Generator	Returns random URL based on BusinessName Generator
IPAddress Generator	Returns a random ip address
TextGenerator	Random Greek Text
CountryCode	Random Country Code
ByteArray Generator	Returns an array of random bytes
GUID Generator	Returns a new GUID
TypeGenerator	Return a hydrated object of Type
TypeListGenerator	Return a list of objects
PasswordGenerator	Returns a string of random pw characters with length parameter
UnitedKingdomCityGenerator	Returns a UK City	Thanks to fuzzy-afterlife
UnitedKingdomCountyGenerator	Returns a UK County	Thanks to fuzzy-afterlife
UnitedKingdomPostcodeGenerator	Returns a UK Post Code	Thanks to fuzzy-afterlife
UnitedKingdomPhoneNumberGenerator	Returns a UK Phone	Thanks to rikrak
UnitedKingdomInsuranceNumberGenerator	Returns a UK Ins Number	Thanks to rikrak
AlphaNumericGenerator	Returns an string with alpha chars of n length	Thanks to fuzzy-afterlife
CulturesGenerator	Returns a Culture Info property	Thanks to ushenkodmitry

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