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Create Test Fixtures from Runnable Java Code

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@PreferFactories #28

Closed almondtools closed 5 years ago

almondtools commented 7 years ago

By annotating values with @PreferFactories we could point the generator to put the creation of this value in its own factory method - rather than into the test.

This annotation may be extended by an attribute that holds a builder/factory class, that should be used to construct an object.

almondtools commented 7 years ago

The value of this feature increases if factory methods could be reused in all tests using the same object. Yet this requires the test generator to recognize the variable parts of the factory. A generic approach gets harder in this case.

almondtools commented 5 years ago

I will downsize the problem to:

It should be possible to point the generator to use a given factory (with @Factory) similar to @Builder:

fields should be assigned to parameters of the factory method by type and by annotation qualifiers
factory overloading (use factories of same name and different signature) should be possible (the algorithm just selects the factory with the fewest parameters needed)