Module Cucumber::Runtime::UserInterface
In: lib/cucumber/runtime/user_interface.rb

Methods

ask   embed   puts  

Attributes

visitor  [W] 

Public Instance methods

Suspends execution and prompts question to the console (STDOUT). An operator (manual tester) can then enter a line of text and hit <ENTER>. The entered text is returned, and both question and the result is added to the output using puts.

If you want a beep to happen (to grab the manual tester‘s attention), just prepend ASCII character 7 to the question:

  ask("#{7.chr}How many cukes are in the external system?")

If that doesn‘t issue a beep, you can shell out to something else that makes a sound before invoking ask.

Embed src of MIME type mime_type into the output. The src argument may be a path to a file, or if it‘s an image it may also be a Base64 encoded image. The embedded data may or may not be ignored, depending on what kind of formatter(s) are active.

Output messages alongside the formatted output. This is an alternative to using Kernel#puts - it will display nicer, and in all outputs (in case you use several formatters)

[Validate]