Patent ID: 7917524

Claim:
A method for creating mockup data for a mockup object, the mockup object implemented within a framework including other objects, the method comprising: receiving, from a user, a name of the mockup object for which the mockup data should be created, wherein the object comprises one or more nodes generated based on metadata information stored within the framework, the metadata information including one or more of: number of the one or more nodes in the object, names of the one or more nodes, positions of the one or more nodes in the object's hierarchy, structures of the one or more nodes, associations of each of the one or more nodes with at least one other node in the one or more nodes, actions associated with the one or more nodes, and queries associated with the one or more nodes; receiving, from the user, a number of records to be created for each node of the object; determining whether to modify existing mockup data or create new mockup data for each node; receiving, from the user, a beginning and an ending range for the mockup data, the beginning and ending range being determined, at least in part, based on the metadata information corresponding to the received range; and generating, within the framework, based on the metadata information and the beginning and ending range determined at least in part based on the corresponding metadata information, the mockup data to fill at least one of the one or more nodes of the object generated based on the metadata information; wherein the generated object includes a specified number of child nodes associated with at least one parent node of the object defined by the metadata information, the specified number of child nodes being based on input received from the user; and wherein at least one of the one or more nodes of the generated mockup object includes predetermined database queries to enable access of the mockup object to one or more databases.