There are cases when you need to create many tests that are very similar to each other. For example, only one or two parameters (for example, URL) might vary between tests. To avoid copy-pasting and to save some time the Magento Functional Testing Framework (MFTF) enables you to extend test components such as test, data, and action group. You can create or update any component of the parent body in your new test/action group/entity.
- A test starting with
<test name="SampleTest" extends="ParentTest">
creates a testSampleTest
that takes body of existing testParentTest
and adds to it the body ofSampleTest
. - An action group starting with
<actionGroup name="SampleActionGroup" extends="ParentActionGroup">
creates an action group based on theParentActionGroup
, but with the changes specified inSampleActionGroup
. - An entity starting with
<entity name="SampleEntity" extends="ParentEntity">
creates an entitySampleEntity
that is equivalent to merging theSampleEntity
with theParentEntity
.
Specify needed variations for a parent object and produce a copy of the original that incorporates the specified changes (the "delta").
Note: The extended test will be skipped if the parent test is skipped.
Use case: Create two similar tests with a different action group reference by overwriting a stepKey
.
Test with "extends":
<tests>
<test name="AdminLoginSuccessfulTest">
<actionGroup ref="AdminLoginActionGroup" stepKey="loginAsAdmin"/>
<actionGroup ref="AssertAdminSuccessLoginActionGroup" stepKey="assertLoggedIn"/>
<actionGroup ref="AdminLogoutActionGroup" stepKey="logoutFromAdmin"/>
</test>
<test name="AdminLoginAsOtherUserSuccessfulTest" extends="AdminLoginSuccessfulTest">
<actionGroup ref="AdminLoginAsOtherUserActionGroup" stepKey="loginAsAdmin"/>
</test>
</tests>
Test without "extends":
<tests>
<test name="AdminLoginSuccessfulTest">
<actionGroup ref="AdminLoginActionGroup" stepKey="loginAsAdmin"/>
<actionGroup ref="AssertAdminSuccessLoginActionGroup" stepKey="assertLoggedIn"/>
<actionGroup ref="AdminLogoutActionGroup" stepKey="logoutFromAdmin"/>
</test>
<test name="AdminLoginAsOtherUserSuccessfulTest">
<actionGroup ref="AdminLoginAsOtherUserActionGroup" stepKey="loginAsAdmin"/>
<actionGroup ref="AssertAdminSuccessLoginActionGroup" stepKey="assertLoggedIn"/>
<actionGroup ref="AdminLogoutActionGroup" stepKey="logoutFromAdmin"/>
</test>
</tests>
Use case: Create two similar tests where the second test contains two additional steps specified to occur before
or after
other stepKeys
.
Tests with "extends":
<tests>
<test name="AdminLoginSuccessfulTest">
<actionGroup ref="AdminLoginActionGroup" stepKey="loginAsAdmin"/>
<actionGroup ref="AssertAdminSuccessLoginActionGroup" stepKey="assertLoggedIn"/>
<actionGroup ref="AdminLogoutActionGroup" stepKey="logoutFromAdmin"/>
</test>
<test name="AdminLoginCheckRememberMeSuccessfulTest" extends="AdminLoginSuccessfulTest">
<actionGroup ref="AdminCheckRememberMeActionGroup" stepKey="checkRememberMe" after="loginAsAdmin"/>
<actionGroup ref="AssertAdminRememberMeActionGroup" stepKey="assertRememberMe" before="logoutFromAdmin"/>
</test>
</tests>
Tests without "extends":
<tests>
<test name="AdminLoginSuccessfulTest">
<actionGroup ref="AdminLoginActionGroup" stepKey="loginAsAdmin"/>
<actionGroup ref="AssertAdminSuccessLoginActionGroup" stepKey="assertLoggedIn"/>
<actionGroup ref="AdminLogoutActionGroup" stepKey="logoutFromAdmin"/>
</test>
<test name="AdminLoginCheckRememberMeSuccessfulTest">
<actionGroup ref="AdminLoginActionGroup" stepKey="loginAsAdmin"/>
<actionGroup ref="AdminCheckRememberMeActionGroup" stepKey="checkRememberMe"/>
<actionGroup ref="AssertAdminSuccessLoginActionGroup" stepKey="assertLoggedIn"/>
<actionGroup ref="AssertAdminRememberMeActionGroup" stepKey="assertRememberMe"/>
<actionGroup ref="AdminLogoutActionGroup" stepKey="logoutFromAdmin"/>
</test>
</tests>
Use case: Create two similar tests where the second test contains an additional action in the before
hook.
Tests with "extends":
<tests>
<test name="AdminLoginSuccessfulTest">
<before>
<actionGroup ref="AdminLoginActionGroup" stepKey="loginAsAdmin"/>
</before>
<actionGroup ref="AssertAdminSuccessLoginActionGroup" stepKey="assertLoggedIn"/>
<actionGroup ref="AdminLogoutActionGroup" stepKey="logoutFromAdmin"/>
</test>
<test name="AdminLoginCheckRememberMeSuccessfulTest" extends="AdminLoginSuccessfulTest">
<before>
<actionGroup ref="AdminCheckRememberMeActionGroup" stepKey="checkRememberMe" after="loginAsAdmin"/>
</before>
</test>
</tests>
Tests without "extends":
<tests>
<test name="AdminLoginSuccessfulTest">
<before>
<actionGroup ref="AdminLoginActionGroup" stepKey="loginAsAdmin"/>
</before>
<actionGroup ref="AssertAdminSuccessLoginActionGroup" stepKey="assertLoggedIn"/>
<actionGroup ref="AdminLogoutActionGroup" stepKey="logoutFromAdmin"/>
</test>
<test name="AdminLoginCheckRememberMeSuccessfulTest">
<before>
<actionGroup ref="AdminLoginActionGroup" stepKey="loginAsAdmin"/>
<actionGroup ref="AdminCheckRememberMeActionGroup" stepKey="checkRememberMe"/>
</before>
<actionGroup ref="AssertAdminSuccessLoginActionGroup" stepKey="assertLoggedIn"/>
<actionGroup ref="AdminLogoutActionGroup" stepKey="logoutFromAdmin"/>
</test>
</tests>
Extend an action group to add or update actions in your module.
Use case: The AssertAdminCountProductActionGroup
action group counts the particular product.
Modify the action group to use another product.
Action groups with "extends":
<actionGroups>
<actionGroup name="AssertAdminCountProductActionGroup">
<arguments>
<argument name="count" type="string"/>
</arguments>
<grabMultiple selector="selectorForProductA" stepKey="grabProducts"/>
<assertCount stepKey="assertCount">
<expectedResult type="int">{{count}}</expectedResult>
<actualResult type="variable">grabProducts</actualResult>
</assertCount>
</actionGroup>
<actionGroup name="AssertAdminOtherCountProductActionGroup" extends="AssertAdminCountProductActionGroup">
<grabMultiple selector="selectorForProductB" stepKey="grabProducts"/>
</actionGroup>
</actionGroups>
Action groups without "extends":
<actionGroups>
<actionGroup name="AssertAdminCountProductActionGroup">
<arguments>
<argument name="count" type="string"/>
</arguments>
<grabMultiple selector="selectorForProductA" stepKey="grabProducts"/>
<assertCount stepKey="assertCount">
<expectedResult type="int">{{count}}</expectedResult>
<actualResult type="variable">grabProducts</actualResult>
</assertCount>
</actionGroup>
<actionGroup name="AssertAdminOtherCountProductActionGroup">
<arguments>
<argument name="count" type="string"/>
</arguments>
<grabMultiple selector="selectorForProductB" stepKey="grabProducts"/>
<assertCount stepKey="assertCount">
<expectedResult type="int">{{count}}</expectedResult>
<actualResult type="variable">grabProducts</actualResult>
</assertCount>
</actionGroup>
</actionGroups>
Use case: The AdminGetProductCountActionGroup
action group returns the count of products.
Add a new test AssertAdminVerifyProductCountActionGroup
that asserts the count of products:
Action groups with "extends":
<actionGroups>
<actionGroup name="AdminGetProductCountActionGroup">
<arguments>
<argument name="productSelector" type="string"/>
</arguments>
<grabMultiple selector="{{productSelector}}" stepKey="grabProducts"/>
</actionGroup>
<actionGroup name="AssertAdminVerifyProductCountActionGroup" extends="AdminGetProductCountActionGroup">
<arguments>
<argument name="count" type="string"/>
</arguments>
<assertCount stepKey="assertCount" after="grabProducts">
<expectedResult type="int">{{count}}</expectedResult>
<actualResult type="variable">grabProducts</actualResult>
</assertCount>
</actionGroup>
</actionGroups>
Action groups without "extends":
<actionGroups>
<actionGroup name="AdminGetProductCountActionGroup">
<arguments>
<argument name="productSelector" type="string"/>
</arguments>
<grabMultiple selector="{{productSelector}}" stepKey="grabProducts"/>
</actionGroup>
<actionGroup name="AssertAdminVerifyProductCountActionGroup">
<arguments>
<argument name="count" type="string"/>
<argument name="productSelector" type="string"/>
</arguments>
<grabMultiple selector="{{productSelector}}" stepKey="grabProducts"/>
<assertCount stepKey="assertCount">
<expectedResult type="int">{{count}}</expectedResult>
<actualResult type="variable">grabProducts</actualResult>
</assertCount>
</actionGroup>
</actionGroups>
Extend data to reuse entities in your module.
Use case: Create an entity named DivPanelGreen
, which is similar to the DivPanel
entity, except that it is green.
Entities with "extends":
<entities>
<entity name="DivPanel">
<data key="divColor">Red</data>
<data key="divSize">80px</data>
<data key="divWidth">100%</data>
</entity>
<entity name="DivPanelGreen" extends="DivPanel">
<data key="divColor">Green</data>
</entity>
</entities>
Entities without "extends":
<entities>
<entity name="DivPanel">
<data key="divColor">Red</data>
<data key="divSize">80px</data>
<data key="divWidth">100%</data>
</entity>
<entity name="DivPanelGreen" extends="DivPanel">
<data key="divColor">Green</data>
<data key="divSize">80px</data>
<data key="divWidth">100%</data>
</entity>
</entities>
Use case: Create an entity named DivPanelGreen
, which is similar to the DivPanel
entity, except that it has a specific panel color.
Entities with "extends":
<entities>
<entity name="DivPanel">
<data key="divColor">Red</data>
<data key="divSize">80px</data>
<data key="divWidth">100%</data>
</entity>
<entity name="DivPanelGreen" extends="DivPanel">
<data key="divColor">#000000</data>
<data key="AttributeHidden">True</data>
</entity>
</entities>
Entities without "extends":
<entities>
<entity name="DivPanel">
<data key="divColor">Red</data>
<data key="divSize">80px</data>
<data key="divWidth">100%</data>
</entity>
<entity name="DivPanelGreen" extends="DivPanel">
<data key="divColor">#000000</data>
<data key="divSize">80px</data>
<data key="divWidth">100%</data>
<data key="AttributeHidden">True</data>
</entity>
</entities>