Hi David,
yes, ATM it only matches the step against the pattern specified in the
annotation. It can return multiple stepdocs (i.e. methods) matching
the given step.
The improvement you suggest is not trivial because we'd need to do a
matching of a pattern against another pattern, instead of a string
against a pattern.
Regardless of the technical details which we can sort out, how would you
see it working in terms of regex?
The method pattern looks something like :
@Given("a date of $date")
The pattern gets converted into a regex by the StepPatternParser:
"a\s+date\s+of\s+(.*)"
and used to match steps such as:
"Given a date of 01/01/2011".
How would you match a regex pattern against another regex pattern?
Cheers
On 11/07/2011 02:57, Alves, David wrote:
>
> Mauro,
>
>
>
> I have already implemented both of these solutions, however, they
> require me (at least as far as I can tell) to put in the Given, When,
> or Then step pattern exactly to find it.
>
>
>
> The API, as is, does not appear to allow me to say find all “When’s”
> that begin like this, “When I click on….”, or, as originally stated
> return ALL, and only all “Givens”, using a pattern match/regex on the
> step pattern itself (i.e. – Given*, or Given.*).
>
>
>
> Do you know if this can be done with the API without coding the
> matching myself?
>
>
>
> Thanks.
>
> David
>
>
>
> *From:*Mauro Talevi [mailto:[email protected]]
> *Sent:* Friday, July 08, 2011 5:14 PM
> *To:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* Re: [jbehave-user] Pattern matching on Steps
>
>
>
> Hi David,
>
> it is indeed possible.
>
> In core: http://jbehave.org/reference/stable/finding-steps.html
>
> In web: http://jbehave.org/reference/web/stable/using-web-runner.html
>
> Cheers
>
> On 08/07/2011 19:16, Alves, David wrote:
>
> Does anyone know if it is possible to query your inventory of step
> candidates (i.e. – via StepFinder, etc.), using partial matches,
> wildcards, or regex, via the framework itself (either core or using
> webrunner)?
>
>
>
> i.e. – “Given”, or “Given*”, or “Given(.*)” would return ALL “Given”
> patterns constructed thus far, that exist?
>
>
>
> Obviously I could code something myself, but I am not quite certain
> that the framework cannot do this itself and was wondering if anyone
> else has actually done this or used it if it is already built-in?
>
>
>
> Thanks.
>
> David
>
>
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