#246 (:extension) Remove KSP from kotest-property extension

#219 (:core) Extract faker’s providers into several submodules of their own

#245 (:extension) Add extension for testing with BLNS

#243 (:core) Add collection element and map k/v type gen for random class instance

#234 (:extension) Add extension module for kotest property testing

#232 (:core) Add support for alternative primary key when resolving values

#227 Add BOM to manage faker versions

#222 (:faker:databases) Create new Databases faker module

#218 (:core) Allow creating custom fakers / generators

#240 (:core) Fix NoSuchElementException in uk.company.name

#207 (:core) Regexify generates invalid value

#208 (:core) Regexify fails with StackOverflowError

#248 Update kotlin to 2.x, update and cleanup other dependencies

#247 Remove most logic from root build.gradle file

(:docs) Convert docs submodule to a standalone gradle project

#214 (:core) Update Faker#internet#domain function which affects returned values

#213 (:core) Add support for unique data generation to Faker#random

#215 (:core) Add IPv4, IPv6 and MAC address generation to Internet

#214 (:core) Update dictionary files, including:

#208 (:core) Allow StringProvider#regexify to take Regex as input

#202 (:core) Allow randomClassInstance to directly use predefined generators

#205 (:core) Fix Person.birthDate range error during leap year

#204 (:core) Fix RandomClassProvider handling "constructor-less" types in collections

#195 (:core) Update dictionary files, including:

#197 (:cli-bot) Render sub-providers functions in cli output

#200 (:core) Add new data providers

#197 (:cli-bot) 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 (:cli-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