Actions and Methods

Each action in a DoFixture table is mapped directly to a method in the fixture (we'll expand this model in FixtureDetails).

Eg, consider the first few tables:

• The fixture of the first table is a DoFixture, so the created flow fixture object handles the rest of the tables:

ChatStart

• The second table contains an action, which is mapped into the method connectUser() of the (initial) flow fixture object, as shown below.

connect user

sarah

• The third table contains two actions which are also applied to the flow fixture object.

user	sarah	creates	fit	room
user	sarah	enters	fit	room

Some Example Code

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public class ChatStart extends fitlibrary.DoFixture {
	private ChatRoom chat = new ChatRoom();

	public ChatStart() {
	    setSystemUnderTest(chat);
	}
	public boolean connectUser(String userName) {
		return chat.connectUser(userName);
	}
	public boolean userCreatesRoom(String userName, String roomName) {
		return chat.userCreatesRoom(userName,roomName);
	}
	public boolean userEntersRoom(String userName, String roomName) {
		return chat.userEntersRoom(userName,roomName);
	}
	...

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The next table checks a list.

users in room	fit
name
sarah

The first row is an action, which corresponds to the method usersInRoom() which returns a ParamRowFixture[?]. This fixture object interprets the rest of the table.

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	...
	public Fixture usersInRoom(String roomName) {
		return new ParamRowFixture(chat.usersInRoom(roomName).toArray(),User.class);
	}
	...

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Each following table is handled by the initial DoFixture:

connect user

rick

This means that each table doesn't need an explicit fixture, so actions can be split up easily. Because actions may return a fixture object for the rest of the table, that object can be created with all the appropriate information. This avoids the needs for global variables for communication between fixtures.

FixtureDetails

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• Copyright (c) 2004, 2005 Rick Mugridge, Rimu Research.
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