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wieni/wmmodel\_factory
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Define factories that allow you to generate entities with certain fields, filled with random data

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wmmodel\_factory
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[](#wmmodel_factory)

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> Define factories that allow you to generate entities with certain fields, filled with random data

Why?
----

[](#why)

- The built-in way to generate random entities, `ContentEntityStorageInterface::createWithSampleValues`, is lacking in a lot of ways: it is untested, has a lot of issues and is not very flexible.
- Use the same API as [Laravel's model factories](https://laravel.com/docs/master/database-testing#writing-factories)
- Generate realistic content tailored to the entity type using the [Faker](https://github.com/fzaninotto/Faker) library.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

This package requires PHP 7.1 and Drupal 8 or higher. It can be installed using Composer:

```
 composer require wieni/wmmodel_factory
```

How does it work?
-----------------

[](#how-does-it-work)

### Creating factories

[](#creating-factories)

Factories are the classes responsible for generating the data that will be used to fill the fields of the newly created entity.

Factories for certain entity type / bundle combinations can be added by creating plugins with the `@EntityFactory` annotation, defining the entity type ID in the `entity_type` parameter and the bundle in the `bundle`parameter. The class should also implement the `EntityFactoryInterface`interface.

It's also possible to create multiple factories for the same entity type / bundle combination by giving them unique names through the `name`annotation parameter.

#### Example

[](#example)

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