Templated Object Generator

Overview

Use an object as a template to generate any number of objects matching the template. It will walk the object tree and call any property value that is a function. It is quite useful when used in conjunction with the excellent Chance library.

Notes:
* Symbols can be used as object keys.
* Each element in an array provided in a template will be "visited".

Installation

``sh
npm install templated-object-generator
`

Example Usage

The example below generates 2 objects. These object will have an incrementing name and a random rating for each review in the reviews array.

Note: This example is available under the examples folder.

`js
"use strict"
var generateObjects = require('templated-object-generator');

function randomNumberGenerator() {
return Math.floor(Math.random() * 100);
}

var incrementName = (function incrementNameFactory() {
var counter = 1;

return function incrementName() {
return 'name ' + counter++;
}
}());

var template = {
title: incrementName,
reviews: [
{
userName: 'foo',
rating: randomNumberGenerator
},
{
userName: 'bar',
rating: randomNumberGenerator
}
]
}

var generated = generateObjects(template, 2);

console.log(JSON.stringify(generated));
`

Example Output:
`js
[
{
"title": "name 1",
"reviews": [
{
"userName": "foo",
"rating": 71
},
{
"userName": "bar",
"rating": 70
}
]
},
{
"title": "name 2",
"reviews": [
{
"userName": "foo",
"rating": 58
},
{
"userName": "bar",
"rating": 60
}
]
}
]
``