Add the ability to set a default value for a field.

3 files changed, 21 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lesana/collection.py b/lesana/collection.py
index a8980eb..d2f029d 100644
--- a/lesana/collection.py
+++ b/lesana/collection.py
@@ -51,7 +51,9 @@ class Entry(object):
             if not field.get('help', None) is None:
                 data += "# {name} ({type}): {help}\n".format(**field)
             t = field['type']
-            if t == 'string':
+            if field.get('default', None):
+                data += ("{name}: '{default}'\n".format(**field))
+            elif t == 'string':
                 data += ("{name}: ''\n".format(**field))
             elif t == 'text':
                 data += ("{name}: |\n    .\n".format(**field))
diff --git a/tests/data/complex/settings.yaml b/tests/data/complex/settings.yaml
index 440f4e9..03110f3 100644
--- a/tests/data/complex/settings.yaml
+++ b/tests/data/complex/settings.yaml
@@ -26,3 +26,8 @@ fields:
     - name: exists
       type: boolean
       index: field
+    - name: with_default
+      type: string
+      default: 'default value'
+    - name: amount
+      type: integer
diff --git a/tests/test_collection.py b/tests/test_collection.py
index 09ff96c..4160c5e 100644
--- a/tests/test_collection.py
+++ b/tests/test_collection.py
@@ -260,6 +260,11 @@ class testEntries(unittest.TestCase):
         res = entry.render('tests/data/simple/templates/trivial_template.txt')
         self.assertIn(uid, res)
 
+    def test_empty_data(self):
+        entry = lesana.Entry(self.collection)
+        self.assertIn("name: ''", entry.yaml_data)
+        self.assertIn('quantity: 0', entry.yaml_data)
+
 
 class testComplexCollection(unittest.TestCase):
     @classmethod
@@ -276,7 +281,7 @@ class testComplexCollection(unittest.TestCase):
             self.collection.settings['name'],
             "Fully featured lesana collection"
             )
-        self.assertEqual(len(self.collection.settings['fields']), 7)
+        self.assertEqual(len(self.collection.settings['fields']), 9)
         self.assertIsNotNone(self.collection.stemmer)
         self.assertEqual(len(self.collection.indexed_fields), 6)
 
@@ -298,6 +303,13 @@ class testComplexCollection(unittest.TestCase):
             )
         self.assertIsInstance(entry.data['exists'], bool)
 
+    def test_empty_data(self):
+        entry = lesana.Entry(self.collection)
+        print(entry.yaml_data)
+        self.assertIn("name: ''", entry.yaml_data)
+        self.assertIn('with_default', entry.yaml_data)
+        self.assertIn('amount: 0', entry.yaml_data)
+
 
 class testCollectionWithErrors(unittest.TestCase):
     @classmethod