Reuse step method in Selenium

Question

I am using common step method;

public void performAction(String actionText) {
//code to access actionText
}

Now I want to call this method in 2 ways. In the 1st case, I say;

I select action %action_text_taken_from_properties_string

Here I specify the annotation as

@When("I select action $actionText")

and inside performAction(), I use a custom processStepString() to get the actual value from a string properties file

Now in the 2nd case, I say;

I select action <action_text>

Here I use the Examples table to pass the value for action_text

So my annotation looks like

@When("I select action <action_text>")

But this requires me to have the signature as

public void performAction(@Named("action_text") String actionText)

My question is how do I use the same performAction() for both the cases ?

Answer 1

Seems you are using BDD driven approch, but you didnt specified what process you are using either Jbehave or Cucumber. I am assuming that you are using Jbehave. In Jbehave You can use @Alias Annotation like this

@When("a stock of symbol $symbol and a threshold of $threshold") // standalone
@Alias("a stock of <symbol> and a <threshold>") // examples table
public void aStock(@Named("symbol") String symbol, @Named("threshold") double threshold) {
// ...
}

you can refer This Link for more info.

please let me know if it works .