ORM::Factory

ORM::Factory is a definition DSL for building test objects in Raku, with or without persistence, so your specs stay declarative.

With ORM::ActiveRecord installed, create calls the model's save-or-die. Without an ORM, factories build plain objects; use to-create or initialize-with to hook a different persistence layer.

Documentation

https://gdonald.github.io/ORM-Factory/

Install using zef

zef install --/test ORM::Factory

--/test is suggested because the full suite exercises every supported adapter (PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite). The library itself has no runtime dependencies; ORM::ActiveRecord is a test-depends and is auto-detected at runtime when installed.

First factory

use ORM::Factory;

define {
  .factory: 'user', {
    .sequence: 'email', -> $n { "user$n\@example.com" };
    .fname: 'Greg';
    .lname: 'Donald';

    .variant: 'admin', {
      .role: 'admin';
    };
  };
};

my $user  = build('user');                      # unsaved instance
my $saved = create('user');                     # build + persist
my $admin = create('user', 'admin');            # apply the admin variant
my %attrs = attributes-for('user');             # plain attribute hash
my $stub  = build-stubbed('user');              # faked id, no DB access

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License

Copyright (c) 2026 Greg Donald

This software is licensed under the Artistic License 2.0.