Annotations

tip

Use annotations in meta and avoid them in features where possible.

Annotation	Level(s)	Description
@StepDef	Scenario	Turns a Gherkin Scenario into a callable step definition
@Import	Feature Meta	Loads specific meta files into a feature (or another meta) without relying on automatic discovery or other mechanisms
@Synchronized	StepDef	Ensures that only one thread can call a StepDef at any one time during parallel execution
@Synchronised	StepDef	Same as a @Synchronized above but with AU spelling instead
@DataTable	StepDef	Associates a step definition with a Gherkin data table
@ForEach	StepDef	Iterates over the records of a Gherkin data table
@Examples	Scenario Outline	Imports data from a CSV file into an examples table in a Scenario Outline
@Context	StepDef	Assigns context behavior to a step definition so it can only be called by Given steps
@Action	StepDef	Assigns action behavior to a step definition so it can only be called by When steps
@Assertion	StepDef	Assigns assertion behavior to a step definition so it can only be called by Then steps
@Message	Step	Overrides the default error message for a failed assertion with a custom one
@Try	Step	Instructs Gwen to ignore a failed step and continue procesing
@Finally	Step	Forces the last step in a Scenario to always execute even when prior ones fail or are skipped
@Eager	Step	Immediately evaluates and assigns values to refereces in place instead of at each call site
@Lazy	Step	Evaluates and assigns values to refereces when they are first used at a call site only
@Breakpoint	Step	Pauses execution on a step when Gwen is launched in debug mode
@Hard	Step	Reports an assertion error occurring in a step, raises it as a failure and skips further processing
@Soft	Step	Reports an assertion error occurring in a step, raises it as failure and continues processing
@Sustained	Step	Reports an assertion error occurring in a step without raising it as a failure and continues processing
@DryRun	Step	Forces references to take on certain given values when evaluated in dry runs
@Ignore	Feature Scenario Rule Background Examples	Ignores and skips over a Gherkin block/node to avoid evaluation