How do I get parameter names, not values from a parameter file?
I have a parameter file with the following structure:
param1
a = 5
b = 10
param2
a = 11
b = 12
I need a variable that contains "param1 param2", just those 2 names, not their values, not the list of sub-parameters, just the names of the 2 major categories.
Can that be done?
Thank you
Best Answer
I don't think so we have an direct option to do this in iTest. But using the "readfile" command we can do this.
Read the parameter file using the readfile command in a testcase. It will read the xml data of parameter file.
Create a pattern response map file (using the regular expressions in anchor) for xml data to get the only main parameter names.
Attached are the required files for your reference. forum-post.zip
Thank you for the quick answer.
I did this, but in another manner, it's kind of a trick, but it works.
I did a for loop, and check if the variable a is present. If it's present then I add paramX to a list. The only downside to this is that I have to give a predefined value for the for loop and in case I have more parameters then I have defined for the loop then I might not get all of them, but that's manageable.
Have a nice day
@trynitro You might try to use the action "dumpstate" , then store the response in a variable or create a response map for dumpstate to extract the parameters, then query for the top level names.
Use an Xpath query. No response map to maintain. Add an analysis rule to the readFile step. Use query "names(mapped/Xml/ParameterTree/parameters/parameters/*)". See example:
Assuming this is your parameter structure:
Test case:
