Impostor Templates

(impostor::ImpostorTemplate)(n::Integer = 1, sink = Dict; kwargs...)

Generate n entries according to the format provided when impostor was instantiated.

Parameters

• n: number of entries/rows to generate in each format
• sink = Dict: type sink for the generated table.

Kwargs

• locale::Vector{String}: locale(s) from which entries are sampled. If no locale is provided, the current session locale is used.

Examples

julia> formats = ["complete_name", "credit_card_number", "credit_card_expiry"];

julia> template = ImpostorTemplate(formats)
ImpostorTemplate([:complete_name, :credit_card_number, :credit_card_expiry])

julia> template(3, DataFrame)
3×3 DataFrame
 Row │ complete_name                  credit_card_number  credit_card_expiry
     │ String                         String              String
─────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
   1 │ Sophie Cornell Collins         52583708162384822   6/2008
   2 │ Mary Collins Cornell           3442876938992966    10/2022
   3 │ John Sheffard Cornell Collins  4678055537702596    10/2021

julia> template(3, DataFrame; locale = ["pt_BR"])
3×3 DataFrame
 Row │ complete_name                      credit_card_number  credit_card_expiry
     │ String                             String              String
─────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
   1 │ João Camargo da Silva Pereira      3418796429393351    4/2018
   2 │ João Pereira da Silva              4305288858368967    6/2018
   3 │ Bernardo Pereira Camargo da Silva  3751513143972989    3/2024

ImpostorTemplate(formats::Union{T, S, Vector{Union{T, S}}}) where {T<:AbstractString, S<:Symbol}

Struct storing the formats used to generate new tables. Each of the elements in formats maps to a generator function exported by Impostor. This struct is later used as a functor in order to generate data, that is, after instantiating a new ImpostorTemplate object, this object will be called providing arguments in order to generate the data entries.

Parameters

• formats (String, Symbol or Vector{Union{String, Symbol}}): table output format specified in terms of generator functions to be used in each column (see examples below).

Examples

julia> imp = ImpostorTemplate("firstname")
ImpostorTemplate([:firstname])

julia> imp = ImpostorTemplate(:firstname)
ImpostorTemplate([:firstname])

julia> imp = ImpostorTemplate(["firstname"])
ImpostorTemplate([:firstname])

julia> imp = ImpostorTemplate([:firstname])
ImpostorTemplate([:firstname])

_all_formats_available(formats::Vector)

Verify if all formats are available and exported by Impostor.jl, otherwise throw ArgumentError