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Example: 14-alias

By using aliases we can adapt a configuration file, so that it can be used with many different tests.

Exanation

Suppose we have a test like the following:

group "Using alias" do
  target "Verify user #{get(:super)} with key alias."
  run "id #{get(:super)}"
  expect get(:super)

  target "Verify user #{_username} with method alias."
  run "id #{_username}"
  expect _username
end

REMEMBER:

• We only have 2 targets but we could have many more.
• _username is equivalent to get(:username)

Our test requires the super parameter but the configuration file has named it as superuser. Our configuration file define values for supername and username parameters. Let's see:

# First version
# File: config.yaml
global:
cases:
- tt_members: Anonymous
  superuser: root
  username: obiwan

We would like to take advantage of a configuration file that we already had from another test, without big changes. So we add an alias:

# Alias Version
# File: config.yaml
alias:
  super: :superuser
global:
cases:
- tt_members: Anonymous
  superuser: root
  username: obiwan

Now our test will work correctly. Calling get(:super) will return the same value as doing `get(:superuser).