introducing the table keyword that converts a cucumber data-table int…

…o json, which makes the call feature in loop based data-driven testing even more elegant - which fixes OrkoHunter#11

karate-core/src/main/java/com/intuit/karate/Script.java

@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ public static void evalXmlEmbeddedExpressions(Node node, ScriptContext context)
                 evalXmlEmbeddedExpressions(child, context);
             }
         }
-    }
+    }        
 
     public static void assign(String name, String exp, ScriptContext context) {
         name = StringUtils.trim(name);
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ public static void assign(String name, String exp, ScriptContext context) {
         logger.trace("assigning {} = {} evaluated to {}", name, exp, sv);
         context.vars.put(name, sv);
     }
-
+    
     public static boolean isQuoted(String exp) {
         return exp.startsWith("'") || exp.startsWith("\"");
     }

karate-core/src/main/java/com/intuit/karate/StepDefs.java

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 import com.intuit.karate.ScriptValue.Type;
 import com.jayway.jsonpath.DocumentContext;
 import com.jayway.jsonpath.JsonPath;
+import cucumber.api.DataTable;
 import cucumber.api.java.en.Given;
 import cucumber.api.java.en.Then;
 import cucumber.api.java.en.When;
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@
 import javax.ws.rs.core.MultivaluedMap;
 import javax.ws.rs.core.NewCookie;
 import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.glassfish.jersey.media.multipart.BodyPart;
 import org.glassfish.jersey.media.multipart.FormDataBodyPart;
 import org.glassfish.jersey.media.multipart.MultiPart;
@@ -177,6 +179,17 @@ public void defDocString(String name, String expression) {
     public void def(String name, String expression) {
         Script.assign(name, expression, context);
     }
+
+    private static DocumentContext toJson(DataTable table) {
+        return JsonPath.parse(table.asMaps(String.class, Object.class));
+    }
+
+    @When("^table (.+) =$")
+    public void table(String name, DataTable table) {
+        DocumentContext doc = toJson(table);
+        name = StringUtils.trim(name);
+        context.vars.put(name, doc);
+    }    
 
     @When("^assert (.+)")
     public void asssertBoolean(String expression) {

karate-demo/src/test/java/demo/callarray/main.feature

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ Feature: calling another feature file in a loop
 
 Background:
 * url demoBaseUrl
+
 * def creator = read('kitten-create.feature')
 * def kittens = read('kittens.json')
 * def result = call creator kittens

karate-demo/src/test/java/demo/calltable/CallTableRunner.java

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package demo.calltable;
+
+import cucumber.api.CucumberOptions;
+import demo.TestBase;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @author pthomas3
+ */
+@CucumberOptions(features = "classpath:demo/calltable/main.feature")
+public class CallTableRunner extends TestBase {
+
+}

karate-demo/src/test/java/demo/calltable/kitten-create.feature

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+@ignore
+Feature: re-usable feature to create a single cat
+
+Scenario:
+
+Given url demoBaseUrl
+And path 'cats'
+And request { name: '#(name)' }
+When method post
+Then status 200
+
+
+
+
+
+

karate-demo/src/test/java/demo/calltable/main.feature

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+Feature: calling another feature file in a loop
+
+Background:
+* url demoBaseUrl
+
+* def creator = read('kitten-create.feature')
+
+* table kittens = 
+    | name     | age |
+    | Bob      | 2   |
+    | Wild     | 1   |
+    | Nyan     | 3   |
+    | Keyboard | 5   |
+    | LOL      | 3   |
+    | Ceiling  | 2   |
+
+* def result = call creator kittens
+
+* def created = get result[*].response
+
+Scenario: create parent cat using kittens
+
+# create mom cat
+Given path 'cats'
+And request { name: 'Billie', kittens: '#(created)' }
+When method post
+Then status 200
+And def billie = response
+
+# get kittens for billie
+Given path 'cats', billie.id, 'kittens'
+When method get
+Then status 200
+And match each response == { id: '#number', name: '#string' }
+And match response[*].name contains ['LOL', 'Nyan']
+And assert response.length == 6
+
+
+

karate-junit4/src/test/java/com/intuit/karate/junit4/syntax/syntax.feature

@@ -344,3 +344,11 @@ Then match pdf == read('test.pdf')
 * def currentBalance = agencyAccount.liabilityAccount.currentBalance
 * print 'current balance: ' + currentBalance
 
+# data tables to json
+* table cats =
+    | name | age |
+    | Bob  | 2   |
+    | Wild | 4   |
+    | Nyan | 3   |
+
+* match cats == [{name: 'Bob', age: 2}, {name: 'Wild', age: 4}, {name: 'Nyan', age: 3}]