Selenium Date comparison example - selenium

Question

I am trying to validate dates using Selenium. So my scenario is;
Scenario: Date validation
When I set field <field> to value <value>
And I save the form
Then I should see error message <message>
Examples:
| field | value | message |
| startDate | 01/01/2014 | End date should be greater than start date |
| endDate | 01/01/2014 | End date should be greater than start date |
My step method to populate field is generic as below;
#When("I set field <field> to value <value>")
public void populateField(#Named("field") String fieldName, #Named("value") String value) {
populateFieldValue(fieldName, value);
}
My question is since the step method is generic, how do I set the start date, then end date and display the error message in a single example line.

Answer 1

You can use a StringListConverter to pass lists of values to parameters
Simple example:
Scenario: Date validation
When I set field <field> to value <value>
Then I should see error message <message>
Examples:
| field | value | message |
| startDate | 01/01/2014 | End date should be greater than start date |
| endDate | 01/01/2014 | End date should be greater than start date |
| startDate,endDate | 01/01/2014, 01/01/2014 | display the error message in a single example line. |
And a test code:
#When("I set field <field> to value <value>")
public void xxxx(#Named("field") List<String> fields,
#Named("value") List<String> values){
System.out.println(">>>>>------------->>>>----------->>>>>");
for( int i = 0; i < fields.size(); i++ ){
String field = fields.get(i);
String value = values.get(i);
System.out.println(" --> Set field: " + field + " to value: " + value);
}
}
#Then("I should see error message <message>")
public void when(#Named("message") String message){
System.out.println(" -------> message = " + message);
}
The above test generates this results:
Running story main/resources/test.story
>>>>>------------->>>>----------->>>>>
--> Set field: startDate to value: 01/01/2014
-------> message = End date should be greater than start date
>>>>>------------->>>>----------->>>>>
--> Set field: endDate to value: 01/01/2014
-------> message = End date should be greater than start date
>>>>>------------->>>>----------->>>>>
--> Set field: startDate to value: 01/01/2014
--> Set field: endDate to value: 01/01/2014
-------> message = display the error message in a single example line.