Tag: JavaFaker

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Generate Test Data

I need some test data to be displayed in my PrimeFaces Template App.

A good library to generate fake data is: Java Faker.

Add Java Faker to dependencies in Maven:

		<dependency>
			<groupId>com.github.javafaker</groupId>
			<artifactId>javafaker</artifactId>
			<version>1.0.2</version>
		</dependency>

For Example I want to have a Person with following fields:

	private String firstName;
	private String lastName;
	private Date dayOfBirth;
	private String phoneNumber;
	private String streetName;
	private String streetAddressNumber;
	private String zipCode;
	private String city;
	private String state;

A Person can be generated with fake data from Java Faker like this:

String firstName = faker.name().firstName();
String lastName = faker.name().lastName();
Date dayOfBirth = faker.date().birthday();
String phoneNumber = faker.phoneNumber().phoneNumber();
String streetName = faker.address().streetName();
String streetAddressNumber = faker.address().streetAddressNumber();
String zipCode = faker.address().zipCode();
String city = faker.address().city();
String state = faker.address().state();

Person person = new Person(firstName, lastName, dayOfBirth, phoneNumber, streetName, streetAddressNumber, zipCode, city, state);