Trying to write test case in Cucumber where I use one or more pieces of data - cucumber

Question

I'm trying to write out a test case where the input could be one or more items.
Example:
Scenario: Changes to a user's address in the system are saved to the database
Feature: Make a change to one or more of a user's address fields.
Given I'm logged into the system.
When I make a change to <field>.
And Click Save.
Then Changes are saved into database.
|Field|
|Street Address|
|City|
|State|
|ZIP Code|
This scenario works if its only one field I'm changing, ex. ZIP Code.
But how do I write it for scenarios where I want to change multiple items?
Example, change City and State or City, State, and ZIP code.

Answer 1

You need a Scenario Outline rather than a scenario alone. This is how you create a scenario outline:
Feature: Make a change to one or more of a user's address fields.
Scenario Outline: Changes to a user's address in the system are saved to the database
Given I'm logged into the system.
When I make a change to <Field>.
And Click Save.
Then Changes are saved into database.
Examples:
|Field|
|Street Address|
|City|
|State|
|ZIP Code|
A scenario outline is easily identified by the key phrase Scenario Outline. The purpose of a scenario outline is to loop through a test case with different input parameters. These input parameters are included in a data table underneath a section labeled "Examples". Lastly, the label of the table header must match a parameter used in one or more test steps, enclosed in angular brackets <>.

Answer 2

There are two ways you can do that
1. simple scenario outline. (fields are horizontal)
Scenario Outline: login registration
When I submit login details <Username> <Password> <UsernameDesc>
Examples:
|Username|Password|UsernameDesc|
|"uname1" |"password"|"testuserName1"|
|"uname2" |"password"|"testuserName2"|
step def for above method is
#When("I submit login details {string} {string} {string}")
public void register(String usrname, String pwd, String desc){
// use usrname, pwd, desc as desired
}
2. using data table (#DatatableType). (fields are vertical)
Scenario: login registration using cucumber data table
When I submit login details
|Username |"username"|"username1"|"username2"|
|Password |"password"|"password1"|"password2"|
|UsernameDesc |"testDesc"|"testDesc1"| "password2"|
step defs for above method
#DataTableType
public loginDetails logindetails(Map<String, String> entry) {
return new loginDetails(entry.get("Username"),entry.get("Password"),entry.get("UsernameDesc"));
}
#When ("^I submit login details$")
public void submitLoginDetails(DataTable dataTable ){
List<loginDetails> list = dataTable.transpose().asList(loginDetails.class);
list.stream().forEach(System.out::println);
for (loginDetails l : list) {
System.out.println("username::"+l.getUserName());
System.out.println("pwd::"+l.getPassword());
System.out.println("usernamedesc::"+l.getUsernameDesc());
}
}
pojo class used in above method is like this
public class loginDetails {
private String Username;
private String Password;
private String UsernameDesc;
public loginDetails(String uname, String pwd, String udesc){
this.Username=uname;
this.Password = pwd;
this.UsernameDesc = udesc;
}
public String getUserName() {
return Username;
}
public String getPassword() {
return Password;
}
public String getUsernameDesc() {
return UsernameDesc;
}
}