Cucumber scenario outline and examples with generic step definitions - cucumber

Question

I have a Feature file which is as below:
Scenario Outline: Create ABC
Given I open the application
When I enter username as <username>
And I enter password as <password>
Then I enter title as <title>
And press submit
Examples:
| username | password | title |
| Rob | xyz1 | title1 |
| Bob | xyz1 | title2 |
This mandates me to have step definitions for each of these values. Can i instead have a
generic step definition that can be mapped for every username or password or title values in
the examples section.
i.e instead of saying
#When("^I enter username as Rob$")
public void I_enter_username_as_Rob() throws Throwable {
// Express the Regexp above with the code you wish you had
throw new PendingException();
}
can i enter
#When("^I enter username as <username>$")
public void I_enter_username_as_username(<something to use the value passed>) throws Throwable {
// Express the Regexp above with the code you wish you had
throw new PendingException();
}

Answer 1

You should use this format
Scenario Outline: Create ABC
Given I open the application
When I enter username as "<username>"
And I enter password as "<password>"
Then I enter title as "<title>"
And press submit
Which would produce
#When("^I enter username as \"([^\"]*)\"$")
public void I_enter_username_as(String arg1) throws Throwable {
// Express the Regexp above with the code you wish you had
throw new PendingException();
}
arg1 will now have your username/value passed.

Answer 2

Cucumber would give the missing steps in console automatically. Just make a dry run and missing steps would be shown in console.
#RunWith(Cucumber.class)
#CucumberOptions(plugin = { "pretty" }, features = { "<path_to_feature>" },
glue = { "<optional_steps_location_java_file>" }, dryRun = true,
tags = { "<optional_NOT_req_for_now>" })
public class RunMyCucumberTest {
}
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