That's exactly what I did after the refactor fase :) []'s
On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 12:48 PM, Mauro Talevi <[email protected]>wrote: > What prevents you from inlining the table cell value? > > Cheers > > On 30 Sep 2011, at 21:08, Robison Santos <[email protected]> wrote: > > Well, this was just a test I had to write to validate some response from my > server. Depending on the type of request, is returns a different response. > > At first, I'd like to run something like: > > Given I access my server at localhost:1234 > When I send the request <req> > Then I should receive <resp> > > Example: > |req|resp| > |reqtype1|<resp> > <foo>foo</foo> > <bar> bar </bar> > </resp>| > |reqtype2|<resp> > <foo>foo</foo> > <bar> bar </bar> > </resp>| > > > As I couldn't get this working, I had to duplicate the tests. > > I agree that using files is a good workaround, but I also agree with Dan > that it makes the test description a little bit unreadable. > > Regards, > > Robison > > On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 11:21 AM, Dan McDaid < <[email protected]> > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Entering a filepath into a table doesn't really make for a readable test, >> all it says is that you are entering text from some file. To someone >> reading the gherkin syntax it isn't very meaningful and doesn't describe >> accurately what the test is. If the exact text isn't important (i.e. it the >> reader wouldn't have to look in the file) then reconsider the test/steps to >> read/be more generic. >> >> I may be wrong about this but it's the conclusion I came to recently with >> this problem. >> >> >> What is the context of this test? >> >> Regards, >> Dan >> >> >> On 30 September 2011 15:09, louis gueye < <[email protected]> >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Nice workaround Mauro, >>> >>> Thx. >>> >>> >>> 2011/9/30 Mauro Talevi < <[email protected]> >>> [email protected]> >>> >>>> Hi Robinson, >>>> >>>> no, that's not possible because the table is parsed line by line. If >>>> we parsed it by regex (like the stories) we would not be able to tell when >>>> a >>>> new row started (without introducing additional markup). >>>> >>>> What I'd suggest is that you put your multiline input into a file and >>>> insert the path to that file in the table cell. >>>> >>>> Cheers >>>> >>>> >>>> On 30/09/2011 18:31, Robison Santos wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi, I'm wondering if there's any way to use a multi-line example table >>>> in my story definitions. Something like: >>>> >>>> Given I have something already setup >>>> When I enter the data <data_input> >>>> Then I should receive the text <text_output> >>>> >>>> Example: >>>> |data_input|test_output| >>>> | data1 | "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, >>>> sed do eiusmod >>>> tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut >>>> enim ad minim >>>> veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris >>>> nisi ut >>>> aliquip ex ea commodo consequat." | >>>> | data2 | "Another text" | >>>> >>>> >>>> Is this possible any way? >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Robison W R Santos >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> > > > -- > Robison W R Santos > Bach. Ciências da Computação > > "NUNCA generalise. Generalisar é SEMPRE um erro." > > -- Robison W R Santos Bach. Ciências da Computação "NUNCA generalise. Generalisar é SEMPRE um erro."
