Create a list of objects by an example object

Question

I want AutoFixture to create a list of an object by using an example object.

public class Person
{
    public string Name { get; set; }
    public int Age { get; set; }
}

var examplePerson = new Person { Name = "Test", Age = 34 };
var persons = fixture.CreateMany<Person>();

Conventions I would like to have:

create string with max. length of the provided string length (4 in this example)
create integers where the max. amount of the computed digits equals the provided digits
with a decimal of 14.99 create similar decimals like 93.12
and so on

So I want AutoFixture to learn from my given example object.

Is this possible :)?

What you describe might be possible but it will probably result to a unit test which is difficult to write. Please, consider the [3rd paragraph from here](http://stackoverflow.com/a/22708291/467754) first. — Nikos Baxevanis, May 21 '14 at 17:33

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered May 21 '14 at 17:42

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Is this possible :)?

No, AutoFixture has no built-in AI.

answered May 21 '14 at 17:42

Mark Seemann

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