The DoWithInterpreter is used to express interactions with the system under development that must be performed in a particular order. This form of specification provides information about the business flow.
When a sequence of action is executed, GreenPepper confirms that each action has successfully been performed.
- As for all other interpreters, the first row of the DoWithInterpreter specifies the name of the interpreter and the name of the sequence of actions to be tested. What makes the DoWithInterpreter particular is that it only have to be defined once for all the sequences of actions expressed in a page. Obviously, the DoWithInterpreter must be define before any sequence of actions.
- The following rows are used to express specific actions.
- The form of each row of a DoWithInterpreter shall respect the following rules:
- a row shall begin with a part of the action description,
- each parameter shall be isolated in a cell,
- each parameter shall be separated by parts of the action description.
- An action description can be left blank in order to separate two parameters.
- The DoWithInterpreter provide a minimum of keyword used to define specific action.
- The DoWithInterpreter may also be expressed in Bullet List form or Number List form (see example).
Specific Keywords
GreenPepper offers a list of useful keywords to support the Business Expert. Those keywords are placed at the beginning of an action row.
| Accept |
Confirm that the action as been executed by the system under development. |
| Check |
Verify the specified expected value with the value returned by the system under development |
| Reject |
The action should not be performed by the system under development (expected errors). |
| Display |
Print the value returned by the system under development. |
Coloring
GreenPepper will visually show the test result by coloring each testing cell:
| GREEN |
When the action has been executed successfully, GreenPepper color the cell(s) in green. |
| RED |
If the action execution has failed, GreenPepper color the cell(s) in red. |
| YELLOW |
If the system encounters an execution error, the cell is colored yellow and GreenPepper provides information about the error. |
| GRAY |
When the action has been executed successfully, GreenPepper will display the returned value in gray. |
| Standard form (without keyword) |
Only the Action description will be colored. |
| Accept |
Only the cell containing the keyword Accept will be colored. |
| Check |
The cell containning the expected value will be colored. In the case of a failure, GreenPepper will show the expected and the returned values. |
| Reject |
Only the cell containing the keyword Reject will be colored. |
| Display |
A new cell at the end of the row will be colored containing the returned value. |
