On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 7:12 PM, Matt Wynne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm hardly a story-runner expert, so I may be making a dumb mistake here... > I'm trying to get one scenario to run another as part of its Given clause. > It looks like this: > Scenario: Admin user merges two venues > GivenScenario Admin user views two venues > When I go to "/admin/venues" > Then I should see "Venue1" > Obviously the When / Then bits will get more complicated once I get this > working. > In another .feature file, I have the following scenario (which passes) > Scenario: Admin user views two venues > Given the default city exists > ... > > The scenario "Admin user merges two venues" fails with this ugly backtrace: > /Users/matt/Documents/projects/songkick/skweb/vendor/plugins/cucumber/lib/cucumber/tree/scenario.rb:45:in > `given_scenario_steps': You have a nil object when you didn't expect it! > (NoMethodError) > The error occurred while evaluating nil.steps from > /Users/matt/Documents/projects/songkick/skweb/vendor/plugins/cucumber/lib/cucumber/tree/given_scenario.rb:9:in > `steps' > from > /Users/matt/Documents/projects/songkick/skweb/vendor/plugins/cucumber/lib/cucumber/tree/scenario.rb:41:in > `steps' > from > /Users/matt/Documents/projects/songkick/skweb/vendor/plugins/cucumber/lib/cucumber/tree/scenario.rb:41:in > `map' > from > /Users/matt/Documents/projects/songkick/skweb/vendor/plugins/cucumber/lib/cucumber/tree/scenario.rb:41:in > `steps' > from > /Users/matt/Documents/projects/songkick/skweb/vendor/plugins/cucumber/lib/cucumber/tree/scenario.rb:9:in > `accept' > from > /Users/matt/Documents/projects/songkick/skweb/vendor/plugins/cucumber/lib/cucumber/executor.rb:62:in > `visit_scenario' > from > /Users/matt/Documents/projects/songkick/skweb/vendor/plugins/cucumber/lib/cucumber/executor.rb:53:in > `visit_regular_scenario' > from > /Users/matt/Documents/projects/songkick/skweb/vendor/plugins/cucumber/lib/cucumber/tree/feature.rb:47:in > `accept' > ... 6 levels... > from > /Users/matt/Documents/projects/songkick/skweb/vendor/plugins/cucumber/lib/cucumber/executor.rb:36:in > `visit_features' > from > /Users/matt/Documents/projects/songkick/skweb/vendor/plugins/cucumber/lib/cucumber/cli.rb:84:in > `execute!' > from > /Users/matt/Documents/projects/songkick/skweb/vendor/plugins/cucumber/lib/cucumber/cli.rb:11:in > `execute' > from > /Users/matt/Documents/projects/songkick/skweb/vendor/plugins/cucumber/bin/cucumber:3 > rake aborted! > Command failed with status (1): [/usr/local/bin/ruby -I > "/Users/matt/Docume...] > > What am I doing wrong? >
GivenScenario only works when you're pointing to a scenario in the same feature/same feature file. Please add a feature request if you want it to work differently. http://rspec.lighthouseapp.com/projects/16211-cucumber/overview Aslak > cheers, > Matt > ---- > http://blog.mattwynne.net > http://songkick.com > In case you wondered: The opinions expressed in this email are my own and do > not necessarily reflect the views of any former, current or future employers > of mine. > _______________________________________________ > rspec-users mailing list > rspec-users@rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users > _______________________________________________ rspec-users mailing list rspec-users@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
