org.easetech.easytest.annotation
Annotation Type Param

@Retention(value=RUNTIME)
@Target(value=PARAMETER)
public @interface Param

A parameter level optional annotation that converts the data for EasyTest based test methods to consume. This Annotation gives the ability to pass input parameters to the test method. EasyTest will automatically call the test method as many times as there are number of data sets to be run against that particular method. For example, if the user has specified 5 data set for a single test method, EasyTest will call the method five times, each time providing the test data that was provided by the user.
The annotation is used in conjunction with DataLoader annotation. DataLoader annotation is used to provide test data to the test cases.

The annotation is optional. In case the name of the input parameter provided in the data file(XML, Excel, CSV or custom) is same as the name of the input parameter type then this annotation can be omitted. For eg:
public void testWithStrongParameters(LibraryId id , (@)Param(name="itemid") ItemId itemId) { .... }
In the above example we have not provided @Param annotation to the input parameter LibraryId. In this case the test parameter name in the test file should be LibraryId. You have to take care that in scenario where the input parameters are of the same type, the names should be different. Thus if you have two input parameters of type LibraryId then you should provide atleast @Param annotation on one of the input parameters. The annotation contains a single mandatory field :

name : the name of the parameter(Mandatory) as is present in the input test data file.

In case the param annotation is not specified and the Parameter type is Map, Param.DataSupplier simply provides the HashMap instance that was created while loading the data. This HashMap represents a single set of test data for the test method.

In case the param name is specified along with the {link @Param} annotation, the framework will look for the parameter with the specified name in the loaded test data.
Moreover, the framework supports PropertyEditors support for strongly typed objects. If you have a custom object and its property editor in the same package, the EasyTest framework will convert the String value to your specified custom object by calling the right property editor and pass an instance of custom object to your test case. This provides the users facility to write test cases such as this :

Author:

Anuj Kumar

Required Element Summary

String

name The name of the parameter for which value needs to be fetched from the data set

Element Detail

name

public abstract String name

The name of the parameter for which value needs to be fetched from the data set