Elmyr is a Kotlin library providing tools to generate “random” values, specifically useful for tests

Being an adept of testing code, I write a lot of tests. One thing I noticed is that in my tests, my fake / test data always look the same. My user names are always “Bob” and “Alice”, aged 42 or 69, with userId 4816152342 or 24601, and eating “spam”, “eggs” and “bacon”.

The problem is, the more test I write, the less I'm confident in my fake values, because they're always the same.

This is where Elmyr kicks in, allowing you to create fake/fuzzy data based on a few constraints, making your test data random, and yet reproducible.

Usage

Gradle

    dependencies {
        // Core library
        testCompile("com.github.xgouchet.Elmyr:core:1.4.0")

        // Testing Framework Integrations
        testCompile("com.github.xgouchet.Elmyr:junit4:1.4.0")
        testCompile("com.github.xgouchet.Elmyr:junit5:1.4.0")
        testCompile("com.github.xgouchet.Elmyr:spek:1.4.0")

        // 
        testCompile("com.github.xgouchet.Elmyr:jvm:1.4.0")
    }

Forging data: the core module

You can create an instance of the Forge class, and from that generate:

• primitives, with basic constraints
• Strings matching simple predicates or even Regexes
• Any Kotlin data class
• Your own custom data, by implementing the ForgeryFactory interface, then calling the Forge::addFactory method.

ForgeRule for junit4

You can instantiate a ForgeRule instance, which extends the Forge class, add factories to it, and then annotate fields on your test class with @Forgery.

class FooTest {

    @get:Rule
    val forge = ForgeRule()
            .withFactory(FooFactory())
            .withFactory(BarFactory())

    @Forgery
    internal lateinit var fakeBar: Bar

    @Forgery
    lateinit var fakeFooList: List<Foo>

    //…
}

ForgeExtension for junit5

You can add an extension and configure it. In addition to creating forgeries on fields/properties of your test class, you can inject parameters directly on your test methods.

@ExtendWith(ForgeExtension::class)
@ForgeConfiguration(KotlinAnnotationTest.Configurator::class)
internal class FooTest {

    @Forgery
    internal lateinit var fakeBar: Bar

    @Forgery
    lateinit var fakeFooList: List<Foo>

    @Test
    fun testSomething(@IntForgery i: Int, forge:Forge){
        // …
    }
}

spek forgeries

You can create a custom Forge instance with spekForge to be able to add reproducibility to Spek tests.

class CalculatorSpek : Spek({

    val forge = spekForge(
        seeds = mapOf(
            "CalculatorSpek/A calculator/addition/returns the sum of its arguments" to 0x1337L
        )
    )

    describe("A calculator") {
        val calculator by memoized { Calculator() }

        describe("addition") {
            it("returns the sum of its arguments") {
                val a = forge.anInt()
                val b = forge.anInt()
                assertEquals(calculator.add(a, b), a + b)
            }
        }
    }
})

Documentation

The full documentation will be coming shortly. The Wiki contains a full reference of all the packages and classes distributed.

Contributing

Contribution is always welcome, to know more, read our Contributing guide.

Release History

Latest Release: 1.4.0 (2023/09/26)

core

• Add a reflexive factory to automatically forge data classes

Donate

This library is completely free to use and modify (as per the License). I try my best to make it as good as possible, but only do this on my free time. If you want to support my work, you can click the Donate button below.

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Xavier F. Gouchet – @xgouchet

Distributed under the MIT license. See LICENSE.md for more information.

https://github.com/xgouchet/Elymr