private static DataTable create(
List<?> raw, Locale locale, String dateFormat, String... columnNames) {
TableConverter tableConverter =
new TableConverter(
new LocalizedXStreams(Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader()).get(locale),
dateFormat);
return tableConverter.toTable(raw, columnNames);
}
private Object tableArgument(
Step step, int argIndex, LocalizedXStreams.LocalizedXStream xStream) {
ParameterInfo parameterInfo = getParameterType(argIndex, DataTable.class);
TableConverter tableConverter = new TableConverter(xStream, parameterInfo);
DataTable table = new DataTable(step.getRows(), tableConverter);
Type type = parameterInfo.getType();
return tableConverter.convert(table, type, parameterInfo.isTransposed());
}
public <T> T convert(Type type) {
return tableConverter.<T>convert(type, this);
}
/**
* Creates another table using the same {@link Locale} and {@link cucumber.api.DateFormat} that
* was used to create this table.
*
* @param raw a list of objects
* @param columnNames optional explicit header columns
* @return
*/
public DataTable toTable(List<?> raw, String... columnNames) {
return tableConverter.toTable(raw, columnNames);
}
/**
* Converts the table to a List of objects. The top row is used to identifies the
* fields/properties of the objects.
*
* <p>Backends that support generic types can declare a parameter as a List of a type, and
* Cucumber will do the conversion automatically.
*
* @param type the type of the result (should be a {@link List} generic type)
* @param <T> the type of each object
* @return a list of objects
*/
public <T> List<T> asList(Type type) {
List<T> result = tableConverter.toList(type, this);
return result;
}
