added characters translator

ChangeLog

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   * Added name_suffix translator
   * Added domain_name translator
   * Added user_name translator
-
+  * Added characters translator
 
 === Version 0.8 / 2012-6-9
 * Enhancements

features/data_magic.feature

@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ Feature: Functionality of the data_magic gem
     And the value for "sentence" should exist
     And the value for "sentences" should exist
     And the value for "paragraphs" should exist
+    And the value for "characters" should be 255 characters long
 
   Scenario: Boolean values
     Then the value for "bool_true" should be true

features/step_definitions/data_magic_steps.rb

@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ class TestClass
   @data[key].split(' ').size.should >= length.to_i
 end
 
+Then /^the value for "(.*?)" should be (\d+) characters long$/ do |key, length|
+  @data[key].length.should == length.to_i
+end
+
 Then /^the value for "(.+)" should exist$/ do |key|
   @data[key].should_not be_nil
 end

features/yaml/example.yml

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ dm:
   sentence: ~sentence
   sentences: ~sentences
   paragraphs: ~paragraphs
+  characters: ~characters
   bool_true: true
   bool_false: false
 

lib/data_magic/translation.rb

@@ -127,6 +127,13 @@ def paragraphs(paragraph_count = 3)
       Faker::Lorem.paragraphs(paragraph_count).join('\n\n')
     end
 
+    #
+    # return random characters - default is 255 characters
+    #
+    def characters(character_count = 255)
+      Faker::Lorem.characters(character_count)
+    end
+
     #
     # return a random email address
     #

spec/lib/translation_spec.rb

@@ -230,6 +230,12 @@ def set_field_value(value)
         set_field_value '~paragraphs(10)'
         example.data_for('key')['field'].split('\n\n').size.should == 10
       end
+
+      it "should add characters" do
+        Faker::Lorem.should_receive(:characters).and_return('abcdefg')
+        set_field_value '~characters'
+        example.data_for('key').should have_field_value 'abcdefg'
+      end
     end
 
     context "translating boolean values" do