#202 [core] Allow randomClassInstance to directly use predefined generators

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#195 [core] Update dictionary files, including:

#197 [cli] Render sub-providers functions in cli output

#200 [core] Add new data providers

#197 [cli] Change cli lookup command to return matching providers by name

#188 [core] Fix postcode for en-GB locale

#193 [core] Fix localized postcodes with regex patterns

#179 [core] Add parameter info context to user defined generators

#176, #182, #183, [core] Update dictionary files, including:

#181 [core] Add context to exception when randomClassInstance fails

#164 Add possibility to configure RandomClassProvider on higher levels

#165 Add copy and new functions to RandomClassProvider

#159 Change format of dictionary files from yml to json

#161 Fix empty lists as parameter values

#171 Fix locale fallback

#173 Fix phoneNumber generation for en-US locale

#168 Reduce faker’s shadowed jar size

#134 Overload RandomService#randomSublist and RandomService#randomSubset with sizeRange parameter

#144 Add index and punctuation chars support to RandomService#randomString

#154 New CryptographyProvider for generating random sha sums

#155 [core] Update dictionary files, including:

#135 Initialize Faker data providers lazily

#136 Parameter 'streets' not found in 'ADDRESS' category

#137 Parameter 'category' not found in 'COMPANY' category for 'ja' locale

#138 Parameter 'zip_code' not found in 'ADDRESS' category for 'fr' locale

#140 Fix NPE when generating CurrencySymbol with non 'en' locale

#142 Fix unique localized category keys missing from dictionary

#146 Fix RandomService#randomString for some eng-lang locales

#148 Fix StarWars quotes by character

#130 Document how to add new data providers

#122 [core] Add (unique) numerify, letterify, bothify and regexify functions through StringProvider

#129 [core] Update dictionary files, including:

New data and functions in existing data providers

Updates to existing localized dictionaries

New localized dictionaries for es-AR, lt and mi-NZ locales

Some functions will now accept enum-typed parameters instead of strings

Add deprecation warnings to some functions due to upstream changes in yml dict files

#125 [core] Generating postcode with locale "nl" gives back expression rather than result

#115 [core] Add Crossfit® provider to Faker

#117 [core] Add namedParameterGenerator for RandomProvider#randomClassInstance

#118 [core] Add support for chained parameter expressions in yml dicts

#55 [core] Add missing 'Educator' functionality

#53 [core] Implement 'Finance' functions

#54 [core] Incorrect return values for Vehicle#licence_plate(_by_state)

#103 [core] Add support for Collection types in RandomProvider#randomClassInstance

#96 [core] Add randomSubset and randomSublist to RandomService

#92 [core] Add randomString function to RandomService

#86 [core] Generate birth-date based on the age

#108 Update kotlin to 1.6.0

#100 [core] Add deprecation warning for RandomService#nextString since it’s going to be replaced with RandomService#randomString

#97 [core] Change RandomService#nextString to generate strings only within given locale

#104 [core] RandomProvider#randomClassInstance : 'No suitable constructor found' for primitive classes

#67 [core] Access to RandomService through Faker for generating random Int, Double, Float, etc.

#77 [core] Extra functionality to RandomService - nextEnum(), nextUUID(), nextLong(bound) functions.

#69 [core] Passing seed directly to FakerConfig instead of through java.util.Random instance

#71 [core] DSL for creating and configuring Faker

#78 [core] Support sealed classes in RandomProvider#randomClassInstance fun

#88 [core] Postpone initialization of FakerConfig through the Builder

Configurable length of the string generated with RandomService#nextString

#65 [core] Could not initialize class io.github.serpro69.kfaker.Mapper with SpringBoot 2.4.x

#60 [core] Move out of Bintray/Jcenter

#79 [core] java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/yaml/snakeyaml/error/YAMLException

#81 [core] RandomProvider#randomClassInstance fails for object types

#90 [core] Android java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: FakerService$$ExternalSyntheticLambda1

#87 [core] Parameter 'city_root' not found in 'address' category

#89 [core] Parameter 'male_last_name' not found in 'name' category for "ru" locale

#45 [core] Parameter 'city_name' not found in 'address'

#59 [core] Random money amount

#62 [core] Add nullable types to random provider type generator

#44 [core] Add support for random instance configuration.

#47 [core] Publish release candidates to bintray

#49 [core] Unique values exclusions with wildcards

#46 [core] Support deterministic constructor selection for randomClassInstance

#26 [core] Parameter '4' not found in 'vehicle' category

#48 [core] streetFighter#moves: class java.util.LinkedHashMap cannot be cast to class java.lang.String

#50 [core] Horseman spelt wrong

#56 [core] Values with single '?' char are not always letterified

[core] Configuration for generation of unique values. Old functionality is deprecated and will be removed in future releases. This relates to changes in [#49](https://github.com/serpro69/kotlin-faker/issues/49)

#40 [core] Add enum support for RandomProvider

#39 [core] Update dict files.

Including new functions in existing providers:

aquaTeenHungerForce.quote()

dnd.cities()

dnd.languages()

dnd.meleeWeapons()

dnd.monsters()

dnd.races() - replaces deprecated species() function.

dnd.rangedWeapons()

heroesOfTheStorm.classNames() - replaces deprecated classes() function

movie.title()

name.neutralFirstName()

phish.albums()

phish.musicians()

phish.songs() - replaces deprecated song() function

simpsons.episodeTitles()

Including new faker providers:

barcode

bigBangTheory

drivingLicense

drone

futurama

minecraft

prince

rush

streetFighter

#32 Upgrade kotlin to 1.4.0

#41 publish to maven central

#36 Build native-image before uploading to bintray

#37 Revisit automated builds for patches

#34 [core] 8 new providers:

warhammerFantasy

suits

show

pearlJam

departed

control

dnd

blood

#33 [faker-bot] partial matching for provider names

#27 Resolving partially-localized provider functions with secondary_key

#24 faker-bot cli application

Automated releases to github

#29 Remove classgraph dependency

Split core faker functionality and cli bot application into sub-projects.

3 new providers: chiquito, computer, and rajnikanth

New functions to existing providers:

address.cityWithState()

address.mailbox()

gender.shortBinaryTypes()

educator provider changed completely due to new dict file structure

Upgrades to existing dict files

Automated versioning (patches only) and deploys

#18 Visibility of randomClassInstance() function in [RandomProvider](core/src/main/kotlin/io/github/serpro69/kfaker/provider/RandomProvider.kt) class

#20 Issues with FasterXML Jackson 2.10.1

3 new providers: game, horse, and opera

2 new locales: th and en-TH

New functions to existing providers:

cannabis.brands()

company.sicCode()

internet.email(name)

internet.safeEmail(name)

Rename functions as per changes in the dictionary files:

drWho.villians() → drWho.villains()

space.launchVehicule() → space.launchVehicle()

Updated all dictionary files incl. localizations

#15 Sources artifact is empty

FakerConfig for configuration of Faker instance

#7 Generation of unique values through Faker instance and separate providers

#8 Exclusion of generated values for global unique generator

#12 Generation of email addresses to Internet provider

Make Faker a class instead of singleton object

#13 Rename Internet.safeEmail to Internet.domain

#1 Random class instance generator

#2 Support for deterministic random

Generator of fake data for the majority of .yml files

Readme containing installation and usage examples

This changelog file

CI through travis

Publishing to bintray

#3 Initializing faker with invalid locale

#4 Resolving "separator" category

#5 Reading .yml files from compiled .jar