Returning Results
Cucumber is a testing tool, and it’s in the Ruby code of a step definition where our tests find out whether a step has succeeded in whatever it set out to do. So, how does a step definition tell Cucumber whether it passed or failed?
Like most other testing tools, Cucumber uses exceptions to communicate the failure of a test. As it executes a scenario, one step at a time, Cucumber assumes that a step has passed unless its step definition raises an exception. If a step passes, it moves on to the next step. The figure shows how this plays out.
In Cucumber, results are a little more sophisticated than a simple pass or fail. A ...
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