Data table: Multiple mappings

Multiple mappings is a table with column names. You can iterate over them using a Repeating group.

An example;

Given these people go to the party
  | first name | last name | occupation |
  | John       | Deere     | Farmer     |
  | Tim        | Cook      | Traveler   |
  | Eric       | Foreman   | Legend     |

In the step definition, we can extract the data with the ${table.#.column name} syntax. If you aren't quite familiar with buffers, take a look at buffers and the Set keyword.

For example, if we need the John data from the list, we can use ${table.0.first name} or when we want to have Foreman, we use ${table.2.last name}. First we select the row number, then we select the column name to extract the cell data.

Using this is very much like using a multiple lists, but with one great difference; you can use this one within a Repeating group!

When using the Repeating group, with the repeater set at Data table, you can iterate over your table. JOSF will take care of getting the correct data out of your list, as long as you provide the right syntax; ${table.#.column name} (see, no index number, just the hashtag sign).

Action name	Object	Data	Result
type	name=firstname	${table.0.first name}
type	name=lastname	${table.0.last name}
type	name=occupation	${table.0.occupation}
click	name=addPerson

JOSF will now iterate over your test steps within the Repeating group, as long as there is data. In this example, it will iterate three times!