NAME

       Test::BDD::Cucumber::Executor - Run through Feature and Harness objects

VERSION

       version 0.45

DESCRIPTION

       The Executor runs through Features, matching up the Step Lines with Step Definitions, and
       reporting on progress through the passed-in harness.

METHODS

   extensions
   add_extensions
       The attributes "extensions" is an arrayref of Test::BDD::Cucumber::Extension extensions.
       Extensions have their hook-functions called by the Executor at specific points in the BDD
       feature execution.

       "<add_extensions" adds items in FIFO using unshift()>, and are called in reverse order at
       the end hook; this means that if you:

         add_extensions( 1 );
         add_extensions( 2, 3 );

       The "pre_*" will be called in order 2, 3, 1, and "post_*" will be called in 1, 3, 2.

   steps
   add_steps
       The attributes "steps" is a hashref of arrayrefs, storing steps by their Verb.
       "add_steps()" takes step definitions of the item list form:

        (
         [ Given => qr//, sub {} ],
        ),

       and populates "steps" with them.

   execute
       Execute accepts a feature object, a harness object, and an optional
       Test::BDD::Cucumber::TagSpec object and for each scenario in the feature which meets the
       tag requirements (or all of them, if you haven't specified one), runs "execute_scenario".

   execute_scenario
       Accepts a hashref of options, and executes each step in a scenario. Options:

       "feature" - A Test::BDD::Cucumber::Model::Feature object

       "feature_stash" - A hashref that should live the lifetime of feature execution

       "harness" - A Test::BDD::Cucumber::Harness subclass object

       "scenario" - A Test::BDD::Cucumber::Model::Scenario object

       "background_obj" - An optional Test::BDD::Cucumber::Model::Scenario object representing
       the Background

       "scenario_stash" - We'll create a new scenario stash unless you've posted one in. This is
       used exclusively for giving Background sections access to the same stash as the scenario
       they're running before.

       For each step, a Test::BDD::Cucumber::StepContext object is created, and passed to
       "dispatch()". Nothing is returned - everything is played back through the Harness
       interface.

   add_placeholders
       Accepts a text string and a hashref, and replaces " <placeholders" > with the values in
       the hashref, returning a string.

   find_and_dispatch
       Accepts a Test::BDD::Cucumber::StepContext object, and searches through the steps that
       have been added to the executor object, executing against the first matching one.

       You can also pass in a boolean 'short-circuit' flag if the Scenario's remaining steps
       should be skipped, and a boolean flag to denote if it's a redispatched step.

   dispatch
       Accepts a Test::BDD::Cucumber::StepContext object, and a Test::BDD::Cucumber::Step object
       and executes it.

       You can also pass in a boolean 'short-circuit' flag if the Scenario's remaining steps
       should be skipped.

   skip_step
       Accepts a step-context, a result-type, and a textual reason, exercises the Harness's step
       start and step_done methods, and returns a skipped-test result.

AUTHOR

       Peter Sergeant "pete@clueball.com"

LICENSE

       Copyright 2011-2014, Peter Sergeant; Licensed under the same terms as Perl