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.IX Title "Test::BDD::Cucumber::StepFile 3pm"
.TH Test::BDD::Cucumber::StepFile 3pm "2016-05-03" "perl v5.22.2" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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.SH "NAME"
Test::BDD::Cucumber::StepFile \- Functions for creating and loading Step Definitions
.SH "VERSION"
.IX Header "VERSION"
version 0.50
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
Provides the Given/When/Then functions, and a method for loading Step Definition
files and returning the steps.
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
Defining steps:
.PP
.Vb 1
\& #!perl
\&
\& use strict; use warnings; use Test::More;
\&
\& use Test::BDD::Cucumber::StepFile;
\&
\& Given     \*(Aqsomething\*(Aq,          sub { print "YEAH!" }
\& When      qr/smooooth (\ed+)/,   sub { print "YEEEHAH $1" }
\& Then      qr/something (else)/, sub { S\->{\*(Aqmatch\*(Aq} = $1 }
\& Step      qr/die now/,          sub { die "now" }
\& Transform qr/^(\ed+)$/,          sub { int $1 }
\& Before                          sub { setup_db() }
\& After                           sub { teardown() }
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.PP
Loading steps, in a different file:
.PP
.Vb 2
\& use Test::BDD::Cucumber::StepFile;
\& my @steps = Test::BDD::Cucumber::StepFile\->load(\*(Aqfilename_steps.pl\*(Aq);
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.SH "EXPORTED FUNCTIONS"
.IX Header "EXPORTED FUNCTIONS"
.SS "Given"
.IX Subsection "Given"
.SS "When"
.IX Subsection "When"
.SS "Then"
.IX Subsection "Then"
.SS "Step"
.IX Subsection "Step"
.SS "Transform"
.IX Subsection "Transform"
.SS "Before"
.IX Subsection "Before"
.SS "After"
.IX Subsection "After"
Accept a regular expression or string, and a coderef. Some cute tricks ensure
that when you call the \f(CW\*(C`load()\*(C'\fR method on a file with these statements in,
these are returned to it...
.SS "C"
.IX Subsection "C"
.SS "S"
.IX Subsection "S"
Return the context and the Scenario stash, respectively, \fBbut only when called
inside a step definition\fR.
.SS "load"
.IX Subsection "load"
Loads a file containing step definitions, and returns a list of the steps
defined in it, of the form:
.PP
.Vb 4
\& (
\&  [ \*(AqGiven\*(Aq, qr/abc/, sub { etc } ],
\&  [ \*(AqStep\*(Aq,  \*(Aqasdf\*(Aq,  sub { etc } ]
\& )
.Ve
.SH "AUTHOR"
.IX Header "AUTHOR"
Peter Sergeant \f(CW\*(C`pete@clueball.com\*(C'\fR
.SH "LICENSE"
.IX Header "LICENSE"
Copyright 2011\-2016, Peter Sergeant; Licensed under the same terms as Perl