Query

[njchandu]

1. Is it possible to create a bean object for an object which is not at the root level? Ex:

   my:
   book: &book
   id: ${sequence.number}
   title: ${faker.book.title}
   language: en
   publishedAt: ${faker.date.between('2000-01-01', '2010-01-01')}
   
   author:
   id: ${sequence.number}
   works:
     - <<: *book
     - <<: *book
     - <<: *book
   somethingElse: bla

2. Is it possible to create a bean for a specific object in a specific file if there are duplicate yaml objects. Ex:

   first.yml
   book: &book
   id: 1
   title: ${faker.book.title}
   language: en
   publishedAt: ${faker.date.between('2000-01-01', '2010-01-01')}

   and

   second.yml
   book: &book
   id: 2
   title: ${faker.book.title}
   language: en
   publishedAt: ${faker.date.between('2000-01-01', '2010-01-01')}

[keepcosmos]

1. Yes, it's possible just like example.

2. No, I recommend using different key name. But you can if you create your own beanmother object https://github.com/keepcosmos/beanmother#customization

[njchandu]

@keepcosmos My bad. 1) I noticed my example was not correct. I updated it now.

my:
  book: &book
    id: ${sequence.number}
    title: ${faker.book.title}
    language: en
    publishedAt: ${faker.date.between('2000-01-01', '2010-01-01')}

  author:
    id: ${sequence.number}
    works:
      - <<: *book
      - <<: *book
      - <<: *book
    somethingElse: bla

Here the root node is my, is it possible to map object for book and author in this case? Apologies if the query is redundant.

[keepcosmos]

It's not possible. key must be a root :), is there any usecase you want?

[njchandu]

@keepcosmos I just realised that doesn't make sense. :) thanks for responding