feat: datatype.hexadecimal signature change

src/modules/datatype/index.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import type { Faker } from '../..';
 import { FakerError } from '../../errors/faker-error';
+import { deprecated } from '../../internal/deprecated';
 
 /**
  * Module to generate various primitive values and data types.
@@ -187,13 +188,32 @@ export class Datatype {
   /**
    * Returns a [hexadecimal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexadecimal) number.
    *
-   * @param length Length of the generated number. Defaults to `1`.
+   * @param length Deprecated, do not use.
+   * @param options The optional options object.
+   * @param options.length Length of the generated number. Defaults to `1`.
+   * @param options.prefix Prefix for the generated number. Defaults to `''`.
    *
    * @example
    * faker.datatype.hexadecimal() // '0xb'
    * faker.datatype.hexadecimal(10) // '0xaE13F044fb'
    */
-  hexadecimal(length = 1): string {
+  hexadecimal(
+    length?: number,
+    options?: { length?: number; prefix?: string }
+  ): string {
+    if (length) {
+      deprecated({
+        deprecated: 'faker.datatype.hexadecimal(length)',
+        proposed: 'faker.datatype.hexadecimal({ length })',
+        since: '7.3',
+        until: '8.0',
+      });
+    } else {
+      length = options?.length ?? 1;
+    }
+
+    const prefix = options?.prefix ?? '';
+
     let wholeString = '';
 
     for (let i = 0; i < length; i++) {
@@ -223,7 +243,7 @@ export class Datatype {
       ]);
     }
 
-    return `0x${wholeString}`;
+    return `${prefix}${wholeString}`;
   }
 
   /**