[Java] Add @ParameterType(useRegexpMatchAsStrongTypeHint=true/false) #1914
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Summary
Parameter types are registered with a regex. When a step definition is written
as a regular expression
cucumber-expressions
use the regex in the capturegroup as a type hint.
When the type hint provided by the regex and the type hint provided by the
method (i.e. the types of its arguments) disagree about the type
cucumber-expressions
prefers the hint provided by the regex.When parameter types are declared with very simple regexes this may cause a
problem. For example:
By using
@ParameterType(pattern="\\w+", useRegexpMatchAsStrongTypeHint=false)
this behaviour can be changed to instead prefer the type hint from the method.
Motivation and Context
cucumber/common#918 (comment)
Types of changes
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