pl.kernelpanic.dbmonster.generator
Class StringGenerator

java.lang.Object
  pl.kernelpanic.dbmonster.generator.BasicDataGenerator
      pl.kernelpanic.dbmonster.generator.StringGenerator

All Implemented Interfaces:

DataGenerator, Initializable

public class StringGenerator
extends BasicDataGenerator
implements Initializable

String generator. Recognizes the following properties:

minLength	minimal length of generated string (default: 0)
maxLength	maximum length of generated string (default: 255)
allowSpaces	should this column contain spaces? (default: true)
excludeChars	characters that should not appear in generated string (no default value)
nulls	How many nulls on average should this generator produce per every 100 rows (default: 0)

Version:

$Id: StringGenerator.java,v 1.3 2006/01/05 16:29:37 majek Exp $

Author:

Piotr Maj <pm@jcake.com>

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class pl.kernelpanic.dbmonster.generator.BasicDataGenerator

column, nulls

Constructor Summary

StringGenerator()

Method Summary

Object	generate() Generates random string.
boolean	getAllowSpaces() Return allowSpaces parameter.
String	getExcludeChars() Returns an exclude chars.
int	getMaxLength() Returns the maximal length of the string.
int	getMinLength() Returns the minimal length of the string.
void	initialize(DBMonsterContext ctx) Initializes the generator.
void	reset() Resets the generator.
void	setAllowSpaces(boolean spaces) Sets the allowSpaces parameter.
void	setExcludeChars(String chars) Sets the excluded characters.
void	setMaxLength(int length) Sets the maximal length of the string.
void	setMinLength(int length) Sets the minimal length of the string.

Methods inherited from class pl.kernelpanic.dbmonster.generator.BasicDataGenerator

getColumn, getNulls, setColumn, setNulls

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

StringGenerator

public StringGenerator()

Method Detail

initialize

public void initialize(DBMonsterContext ctx)
                throws Exception

Initializes the generator.

Specified by:

initialize in interface Initializable

Parameters:

ctx - context

Throws:

Exception - of errors

generate

public Object generate()

Generates random string.

Specified by:

generate in interface DataGenerator

Returns:

null.

getMinLength

public final int getMinLength()

Returns the minimal length of the string.

Returns:

the minimal length of generated string

setMinLength

public void setMinLength(int length)

Sets the minimal length of the string.

Parameters:

length - minimal length

getMaxLength

public int getMaxLength()

Returns the maximal length of the string.

Returns:

the maximal value of generated string

setMaxLength

public void setMaxLength(int length)

Sets the maximal length of the string.

Parameters:

length - maximal length

getAllowSpaces

public boolean getAllowSpaces()

Return allowSpaces parameter.

Returns:

true if generated string can contain spaces.

setAllowSpaces

public void setAllowSpaces(boolean spaces)

Sets the allowSpaces parameter.

Parameters:

spaces - true or false

getExcludeChars

public String getExcludeChars()

Returns an exclude chars.

Returns:

characters that should not be included in generated string.

setExcludeChars

public void setExcludeChars(String chars)

Sets the excluded characters.

Parameters:

chars - the characters to exclude

reset

public void reset()

Resets the generator.

Specified by:

reset in interface DataGenerator