Who's the actor here?
I would rephrase it to express its presence: e.g.
When user waits for <idle> seconds
Then file is <file-state>
On 17/01/2012 13:06, Christian Taylor wrote:
I often encounter a strange issue that our developers comment on.
Can the absence of action be used as an action?
Shouldn't the scenario be re-written if that is the case?
An example:
Upload of data to a device that is configurable to close the file if the
connection is idle for X seconds.
Scenario: File is closed or remains open depending on duration of
idle-time
Given device configured with idle-time 5 seconds
And connection is active
When connection is idle for<idle> seconds
Then file is<file-state>
Examples:
| idle | file-state |
| 4 | open |
| 6 | closed |
But obviously, the When is not "really" an action as such.
So, shouldn't it be re-phrased so the action is the change in state,
instead of the duration of a certain state?
How do others deal with this issue - is it even an issue?
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