Pass HashMap as parameter in FitNesse

Question

I am trying to pass a HashMap parameter to the function I am using in Fitnesse. However, nothing is being passed correctly, as i am getting "{}" when remote debugging in eclipse.

Below is the method that I am calling:

public String issueHttpRequest(String url, Map<String,String> params){
client = new HttpClient();
PostMethod post = createPostMethod(url);
for (Map.Entry<String, String> entry : params.entrySet()){
    post.addParameter(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue());
    }

client.executeMethod(post);
String response = post.getResponseBodyAsString();

return response;
}

Here is how I am calling it from FitNesse:

!|script|CLASS_NAME|
|check|issueHttpRequest;|login|!{username:"guest",password:"guest"}|{"status":"success"}|

When remote debugging in eclipse, params is being passed as empty brackets {}.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

I noticed that the ! character before the script table might be a problem. Try without:

|script|CLASS_NAME| |check|issueHttpRequest;|login|!{username:"guest",password:"guest"}|{"status":"success"}|

Check SLIM MarkupHashTable DataType for reference.

I only tried map arguments do work for SLIM tests in script tables. So make sure you have this defined before your test if my proposed still workaround does work:

!define TEST_SYSTEM {slim}