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Interface StepMother

public interface StepMother

Method Summary

void	announce(String message) Output a message alongside the formatted output.
String	ask(String question, int timeoutSecs) Suspends execution and asks for input.
void	embed(String file, String mimeType) Embed a file in the formatter outputs.
void	invoke(String step)
void	invoke(String step, String multilineString)
void	invoke(String step, Table table)

Method Detail

invoke

void invoke(String step)

invoke

void invoke(String step,
            Table table)

invoke

void invoke(String step,
            String multilineString)

ask

String ask(String question,
           int timeoutSecs)

Suspends execution and asks for input. This is known to work witn Ant, but not with Maven, which seems to mess up STDIN.

Parameters:

question - a question to print to the console

timeoutSecs - number of seconds to wait before a timeout exception occurs.

Returns:

the line of text that the user wrote.

announce

void announce(String message)

Output a message alongside the formatted output. This is an alternative to using System.out.println - it will display nicer, and in all outputs (in case you use several formatters)

Parameters:

message - what to print.

embed

void embed(String file,
           String mimeType)

Embed a file in the formatter outputs. This may or may not be ignored, depending on what kind of formatter(s) are active.