minLength and maxLength are ignored for patterns

subeeshcbabu-zz / swagmock

Mock data generator for swagger api

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minLength and maxLength are ignored for patterns #18

Open subeeshcbabu-zz opened 7 years ago

subeeshcbabu-zz commented 7 years ago

If a pattern is defined for type string, minLength and maxLength are ignored

subeeshcbabu-zz commented 7 years ago

Restricting the length of random generated pattern using additional properties like minLength and maxLength is going to be tricky and not a standard approach. The simpler and straightforward way to configure the length of the random pattern is via the regex pattern repetition itself.