JarCastingINTENT
An Intent is a small reusable action, similar to a scenario. However, it has no purpose, if it isn't used in a context.
NOTE: Intents feature is not compatiable with Java8 step definitions
Eg:
@Intent
Scenario: Login
Given User enters username as JohnNash
And User enters password as NashJohn
When User clicks on submit
Then User is navigated to HomeScreen
Usage:
Scenario: Book a cab
Given Intent: Login
When I enter to and from locations
And I click on BookACab
Then I should receive a booking confirmation
Sometimes it is needed to override default values as in the above example user would like to login other than 'JohnNash'. It is possible to modify the default values of Intent as below. Usage:
Scenario: Book a cab
Given DataIntent: Login
|Admin|pass@123|
When I enter to and from locations
And I click on BookACab
Then I should receive a booking confirmation
Using intent in code:
String intentId = "Login";
intentRunner(intentId).run();
If the default data is overridden, pass the datatable object to intent runner.
String intentId = "Login";
intentRunner(intentId).useDatatable(datatable).run();
If the step definitions are created in a package apart form the standard com.testvagrant.intents.steps package, you can let Intent know about it as below.
String intentId = "Login";
String stepDefinitionsPackage = "com.example.exampleStepsPackage";
intentRunner(intentId)
.useDatatable(datatable)
.locateStepDefinitionsAt(stepDefinitionsPackage)
.run();
Suggested Usage :
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Intents are like the helper methods, though they look like Scenarios, it is adviced that they aren't executed as a scenario.
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Choose any convenient tagname for Intents and ignore them while running Cucumber Features using
~.Eg: In cucumber command line options pass
--tags, "~@Intent" -
Create a common step definition matching your Intent and DataIntent.
Eg: For an Intent, the step definition can be
@Given("^(Intent):(.*)$") public void intent(String action, String intentId) throws Throwable { intentRunner(intentId).run(); }Eg: For a DataIntent, the step definition can be
@Given("^(DataIntent):(.*)$") public void intentWithDataTable(String action, String intentId, DataTable dataTables) throws Throwable { intentRunner(intentId).useDatatable(dataTables).run(); }
