Write jBehave example step

Question

I want to write a jBehave step as follows;

@When("I perform <someAction> on $panel")

So I can have steps like

i. When I perform Action1 on Panel1
ii. When I perform Action2 on Panel2

Now as you can see, this step has a mix of placeholder

1. someAction which actually comes via meta
2. $panel which is taken from the step text in the story

But this is not working from me and I get NullPointerException

It works if I write

@When("I perform <someAction> on Panel1")

i.e. I cannot use the 2 placeholders in the same step.

But since this is a generic step, I do not want to hard code any values.

Answer 1

Yes you can

@When("I perform <someAction> on *panel*")
public void perform(@Named("panel") String panelId){

}

and from now, I recommend to identify all elements by name, using jemmy you can use a new NameComponentChooser(panelId)

Answer 2

Please use $symbol before both your parameters. Then both the example parameter as well as the normal parameter will be handled.

@When("I perform $action on $panel")
public void performAction(String action, String panel){
}