Extension Step antWrapper

Description

DEPRECATED as native ant tasks are handled transparently. Behaves just like the group step

Parameters

description: Required? no; The description of this test step.

Nested Parameters

step: Required? yes; A webtest step.

Details

The following example illustrates how to use the antWrapper step to invoke an ANT task (in this case loadFile) within a webtest test specification:

antWrapper simple example

If you need to test whether your application correctly stores information in a database, you can use the ANT sql task or the SQLUnit task if you have more elaborate requirements. Here is an example using sql:

antWrapper macro example

<steps>
  <antWrapper>
    <echo>Using SQL to check precondition: test name doesn't exist</echo>
    <sql ... output="items.txt">select * from names</sql>
  </antWrapper>
  <invoke url="items.txt"/>
  <not description="should not be found">
    <verifyText text="testvalue"/>
  </not>

  <invoke url="http://mysite/adduser.jsp"/>
  <setInputField name="name" value="testvalue"/>
  <clickButton name="add"/>

  <antWrapper>
    <echo>Using SQL to check name added</echo>
    <sql ... output="items.txt">select * from names</sql>
  </antWrapper>
  <invoke url="items.txt"/>
  <verifyText text="testvalue"/>

  <antWrapper>
    <echo>Using SQL to do post test cleanup (remove test name)</echo>
    <sql ...>delete from names where name='testvalue'</sql>
  </antWrapper>
</steps>

You can also leave out the antWrapper step if you wish and one will be added for you behind the scenes. You can also experiment with using ANT Macros. Here is an example showing implicit antWrapper usage and Macros. See the ANT documentation for more details on Macros.

antWrapper macro example