Plugins

Plugins are extensible and flexible mechanism for development and represent generic features that can be used by multiple projects, it could be either VIVIDUS or external ones. The dependencies between plugins are not recommended, all the generic logics should be moved to appropriate extensions.

The plugin configuration should be placed at the following path relatively to the project root:

/src/main/resources/vividus-plugin/spring.xml

Example 1. /src/main/resources/vividus-plugin/spring.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
       xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:util="http://www.springframework.org/schema/util"
       xsi:schemaLocation="
        http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans https://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd
        http://www.springframework.org/schema/util https://www.springframework.org/schema/util/spring-util.xsd"
       default-lazy-init="true">

    <!-- plugin bean definitions -->

</beans>

Table Transformers

In order to create and register own table transformer the following steps should be done.

Create a new class that implements org.jbehave.core.model.TableTransformers.TableTransformer:

Example 2. /src/main/java/com/mycompany/transformer/MyTableTransformer.java

package com.mycompany.transformer;

import org.jbehave.core.model.TableTransformers.TableTransformer;

public class MyTableTransformer implements TableTransformer
{
    @Override
    public String transform(String tableAsString, TableParsers tableParsers, TableProperties properties)
    {
        String transformedTable = ...; // Table transformation logic
        // ...
        return transformedTable;
    }
}

Example 3. /src/main/resources/spring.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<beans
    xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans https://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd">

    <bean id="MY_TRANSFORMER" class="com.mycompany.transformer.MyTableTransformer"/>

</beans>

Use new transformer in tests:

Example 4. /src/main/resources/story/MyStory.story

Scenario: Use the custom tramsfomer to modify ExamplesTable
Given ...
When ...
Then ...
Examples:
{transformer=MY_TRANSFORMER}
|header |
|value 1|
|value 2|

It’s recommended to stick to the following naming conventions:

SCREAMING_SNAKE_CASE for transformer names:
```
{transformer=MY_TRANSFORMER}
```

lowerCamelCase for transformer parameters:

{transformer=MY_TRANSFORMER, transformerParameter=value}

kebab-case with dot . as a separator for transformer bean properties:

transformer.my-transformer.my-property=value

Pay attention to the property format:

transformer.<custom-transform-name>.<property-name>=<property-value>

Dynamic variables

In order to create and register own dynamic variable the following steps should be done.

Create a new class that implements org.vividus.variable.DynamicVariable:

Example 5. /src/main/java/com/mycompany/variable/MyDynamicVariable.java

package com.mycompany.variable;

import org.vividus.variable.DynamicVariable;
import org.vividus.variable.DynamicVariableCalculationResult;

public class MyDynamicVariable implements DynamicVariable
{
    @Override
    public DynamicVariableCalculationResult calculateValue()
    {
        try
        {
            String value = ...; // Variable value calcualtion
            return DynamicVariableCalculationResult.withValue(value);
        }
        catch (MyException e)
        {
            return DynamicVariableCalculationResult.withError(e.getMessage());
        }
    }
}

Example 6. /src/main/resources/spring.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<beans
    xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans https://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd">

    <bean id="my-dynamic-varibale" class="com.mycompany.variable.MyDynamicVariable"/>

</beans>

Use new variable in tests:

Example 7. /src/main/resources/story/MyStory.story

Scenario: Validate with help of the custom dynamic variable
Then `${my-dynamic-varibale}` is equal to `my app specific value`

Keep in mind the alias for the dynamic variable with name in lower camel case will be available out of the box:

Example 8. /src/main/resources/story/MyStory.story

Scenario: Validate with help of the custom dynamic variable
Then `${myDynamicVaribale}` is equal to `my app specific value`

Baseline storages

Baseline storage is a source of the baseline images used to perform visual checks in visual testing plugin

In order to create and register own baselines storages the following steps should be done

Create a new class that implements org.vividus.visual.engine.BaselineStorage:

Example 9. /src/main/java/com/mycompany/visual/engine/AzureBaselineStorage.java

package com.mycompany.visual.engine;

import org.vividus.visual.engine.BaselineStorage;

public class AzureBaselineStorage implements BaselineStorage
{
    @Override
    public Optional<Screenshot> getBaseline(String baselineName) throws IOException
    {
        // gets the baseline screenshot
    }

    @Override
    public void saveBaseline(Screenshot toSave, String baselineName) throws IOException
    {
        // saves the baseline screenshot
    }

}

Example 10. /src/main/resources/spring.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<beans
    xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans https://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd">

    <bean id="azure" class="com.mycompany.visual.engine.AzureBaselineStorage"/>

</beans>