call-once.feature

Feature: test set-up routines that run only once, similar to how @BeforeClass works

Background:

* url demoBaseUrl

* table kittens
    | name   | age |
    | 'Bob'  | 2   |
    | 'Wild' | 1   |
    | 'Nyan' | 3   |

# note the use of 'callonce' instead of 'call'
* def result = callonce read('../callarray/kitten-create.feature') kittens

Scenario Outline: various tests on the cats created

    Given path 'cats'
    When method get
    Then status 200
    And match response[*].name contains '<name>'

    # even though cucumber will re-run the 'Background:' section for each row in the 'Examples' below,
    # kittens will be created by 'kitten-create.feature' only once

    Examples:
        | name |
        | Bob  |
        | Nyan |


Scenario: create a cat with kittens

    # again, even though cucumber will re-run the 'Background:' section for each `Scenario:' in a feature file,
    # 'kitten-create.feature' will not be called and the value of 'result' will be retrieved from cache
    * def created = $result[*].response

    Given path 'cats'
    And request { name: 'Billie', kittens: '#(created)' }
    When method post
    Then status 200
    And match response.kittens[*].name contains only ['Bob', 'Wild', 'Nyan']
    # the ultimate data-driven test
    And match response.kittens[*].name contains only $kittens[*].name