Ant's string comparison is very limited. The <ifStep> can only evaluate if the
property is the value "true" or not. I believe the <condition> statement can
compare a property to a word. But I don't think either of these options would
help you. Whenever I want to use a "real" if statement I use a groovy step
(used to use scriptStep with javascript but groovy is more powerful as it
includes all of java). Then I pass back a property set to true or false
depending on what I want. Below is my attempt at your flow and hopefully it
will make my explanation more useful :)
<tstamp>
<format property="month" pattern="MM"/>
</tstamp>
<groovy replaceProperties="true">
if (${month}==1){
step.setWebtestProperty('test', 'true')
}else {
step.setWebtestProperty('test', 'false')
}
</groovy>
<ifStep test="#{test}">
<then>
<!--Don't do test-->
</then>
<else>
<!--Test steps here-->
</else>
</ifStep>
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Hi,
Anyone know if it is possible to test date expressions within the <ifStep> of
an Ant XML webtest?
I have a test which, due to some circumstances outside of my control, will
never work if the current date is the first month of the year. Rather than
comment out this test during every January, I'd prefer to set a conditional to
just not have the verify steps execute.
I guess this is more a question of what it is possible and not possible to do
within an Ant expression - I know I could pass in the current date in a
property, but then I'm not sure if 1) it would be possible to parse this to
test for "first month" or 2) if I could avoid passing the date in and instead
examine a different property.
Anyone try to do this before?
Thanks
Matt
