Create multi entities in Symfony4 Unit tests - php

Question

Since few days, I'm trying to learn Symfony Unit Test.
I made my first test but I noticed one thing :
For my first test, I tested a simple implode for some tags :
class TagsTransformerTest extends TestCase
{
public function testTransform()
{
$tagsArray = [
$this->createTag('Symfony'),
$this->createTag('Test'),
$this->createTag('Unit'),
];
$transformer = $this->getMockedTransformer();
$tagsTransformed = $transformer->transform($tagsArray);
$this->assertEquals('Symfony, Test, Unit', $tagsTransformed);
}
private function getMockedTransformer()
{
$entityManager = $this
->getMockBuilder(ObjectManager::class)
->disableOriginalConstructor()
->getMock();
return new TagsTransformer($entityManager);
}
private function createTag($name)
{
$tag = new Tag();
$tag->setName($name);
return $tag;
}
}
As you can see, I have to create a createTag() method to build some tags, but I wonder if I can like Laravel :
$anakin = factory(User::class)->states('anakin')->create();
$post = factory(Post::class)->create(['author_id' => $anakin->id]);
factory(Post::class, 2)->create();
factory(Comment::class, 3)->create(['post_id' => $post->id]);
My question is, is there any way to use a object like factory in Symfony to avoid going through an alternative method ?

Answer 1

Better:
$tagsTransformed = ($this->getMockedTransformer())->transform($tagsArray);
$this->assertEquals('Symfony, Test, Unit', $tagsTransformed);
Yes i think you can, check this
$form = $this->factory->create(TestedType::class);