Cannot use the same step multiple times in a scenario -----------------------------------------------------
Key: JBEHAVE-652 URL: https://jira.codehaus.org/browse/JBEHAVE-652 Project: JBehave Issue Type: Bug Affects Versions: 3.5.4 Reporter: Andreas Ebbert-Karroum I have a story that looks like this: {code} Meta: @themes Book Scenario: As a member I can return all my borrowed books at once. Given an empty library And a user <user> has borrowed books <isbns> And a user <user2> has borrowed books <isbns2> When user <user> returns all his books Then books <isbns> are not borrowed anymore by user <user> And books <isbns2> are still borrowed by user <user2> Examples: | user | isbns | user2 | isbns2 | | us...@dings.com | 0321293533 | | | | us...@dings.com | 0321293533 | us...@dings.com | 1234567962 | | us...@dings.com | 0321293533 | us...@dings.com | 0321293533 | | us...@dings.com | 0321293533 1234567962 | | | | us...@dings.com | 0321293533 1234567962 | us...@dings.com | 1234567962 | | us...@dings.com | 0321293533 1234567962 | us...@dings.com | 0321293533 1234567962 | {code} As you can see, I would like to reuse a step two times, with different parameter sets (user/isbns and user2/isbns2). JBehave forces me to wrote two different step definitions (two annotated methods), because the @Named actually pulls the value straight out of the examples table, regardless, of what parameters match the step. So I am forced to do this. Very ugly, IMHO. {code} @Given("a user <user> has borrowed books <isbns>") public void createListOfBorrowedBooks(@Named("user") String user, @Named("isbns") String isbns) throws SQLException{ } @Given("a user <user2> has borrowed books <isbns2>") public void createListOfBorrowedBooks2(@Named("user2") String user, @Named("isbns2") String isbns) throws SQLException{ createListOfBorrowedBooks(user, isbns); } {code} I regarded the steps as something similar to a method or keyword, but now I realize that there are subtle differences. As weird as Robot Frameworks syntax and grammar might be sometimes, it is coping much better with these circumstances. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, please visit: http://xircles.codehaus.org/manage_email