Cucumber (Gherkin): How to use parameters of type non string (Long) in test steps? - gherkin

Question

I'm trying to write some Cucumber tests in order to get familiarized with the Gherkin language.
Here is a feature sample:
Scenario: Get a customer
When an user wants to get a customer <id>
Then an HTTP 200 status together with the requested customer data is returned
And here is the associated step:
#When("an user wants to get a customer {long}")
public void anUserWantsToGetACustomer(Long id)
{
...
}
Running the verify goal raises the following exception:
[ERROR] Get a customer Time elapsed: 0.023 s <<< ERROR!
io.cucumber.junit.UndefinedStepException:
The step "an user wants to get a customer <long>" is undefined. You can implement it using the snippet(s) below:
#When("an user wants to get a customer <id>")
public void anUserWantsToGetACustomer_id() {
// Write code here that turns the phrase above into concrete actions
throw new io.cucumber.java.PendingException();
}
Obviously, it doesn't understand that the step method need to take a parameter of type Long. However, for parameter of type String it works, for example:
Scenario: Get a customer
When an user wants to get a customer "<id>"
Then an HTTP 200 status together with the requested customer data is returned
...
#When("an user wants to get a customer {string}")
public void anUserWantsToGetACustomer(String id)
{
...
}
So, what kind of syntax should I use here in order that my tests accepts a Long parameter ?
Kind regards,
Seymour

Answer 1

You can use {long} in your step defs
Scenario: test long type
Given I log the type of 41
#Given("I log the type of {long}")
public void logType(Long testLong ) {
System.out.println("type of 41 is:"+ testLong.getClass());
}
prints
type of 41 is:class java.lang.Long
This also works
Scenario Outline: test long type
Given I log the type of <id>
Examples:
|id|
| 41 |
#Given("I log the type of {long}")
public void logType(Long testLong ) {
System.out.println("type of " +testLong +" is:"+ testLong.getClass());
}