Locale support

[jpenren]

Feature request

Java Faker library has support for multiple locales Faker faker = new Faker(new Locale("YOUR_LOCALE")); but this is not used in DataHelix. This is an important feature to gain significant data: names, cities are some examples. Perhaps use system locale or a new parameter to establish the locale...

[laingsimon]

Looks like a change to this class could be made. https://github.com/finos/datahelix/blob/master/core/src/main/java/com/scottlogic/datahelix/generator/core/generation/string/generators/FakerGenerator.java

Things to consider:

• will there be a desire for different locales per field or branch of the profile?
  • if so there may be the need to branch for values that do and don't respect the locale
  • e.g. en-GB:name.firstName and not(en-GB):name.firstName
• is a 'config' setting the right approach to provide a fallback/default value? Options are:
  • a setting in the profile itself, e.g. profile settings/defaults
  • a command line switch or environment variable
  • or don't provide a fallback and fail the profile of not explicitly defined