[Webtest] Step failure and ifStep

[Paul King]

You could try something like:

    <target name="main" depends="checkLink,nonLinkTests,linkTests"/>

    <target name="checkLink">
        <webtest name="various fail tests">
            <config ...
                    failureProperty="checkLinkFailure"
                    haltOnFailure="false"/>
            <steps>
                <invoke url="..."/>
                <verifyText text="link to check">
            </steps>
        </webtest>
    </target>

    <target name="nonLinkTests" if="checkLinkFailure">
      <!-- non link tests go here -->
    </target>

    <target name="linkTests" unless="checkLinkFailure">
      <!-- link tests go here -->
    </target>


KLOPP Gerald wrote:
> Hi,
>  
> I've already posted a message untitled 'click link only if it exists' 
> but I think the problem is more general.
> Sometimes I want to execute a step and, if it fails, execute specific 
> other steps
>  
> For example :
> <verifyText text="text to check">
> <ifStep test="haltonfail.property">
>     <!-- Steps to execute if verifyText fails -->
> </ifStep>
>  
> Setting the 'haltonerror' and 'haltonfail' properties of the 'config' 
> task to false doesn't resolve the problem because the next step is never 
> executed.
> In the example, if the verifyText fails, the ifStep is never reached.
>  
> - One possible solution could be to refine the 'haltonfail' property and 
> to replace it with one like the following :
>   property 'onfail' with the values :
>     - 'nextWebTest' : processes the next web test if one step fails, 
> equivalent to haltonfail='false',
>     - 'nextStep' : processes the next step if one step fails
>     - 'halt' : stops the build, equivalent to haltonfail='true'
>  
> - One other solution could be to modify the verifyXXX steps and have the 
> possibility to store the result of the step in a property instead of halting
> Example :
> <verifyText failProperty="fail"
>             text="text to check">
> <ifStep test="fail">
>    <!-- Steps to execute if verifyText fails -->
> </ifStep>
>  
> - One other solution could be to modify the ifStep and have the 
> possibility to specify the test inside the target.
>   The test is true if the task executed doesn't fail
> Example :
> <ifStep>
>     <test>
>         <verifyText text="text to check">
>     </test>
>     <!-- Steps to execute if verifyText fails -->
> </ifStep>
>            
>  
> What do you think?