Either matcher in Pact

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Either matcher in Pact

davetc4k opened this issue 2 years ago · comments

This seems to be a common issue where a response contains a list of objects and each object can have an attribute of either an empty list or one populated with items.

Currently EachLike has a min of 1, meaning, (as I understand it), the list of objects must all have either an attribute for a empty list or list of length > 0.

Propsal:
Either matcher which allows the objects in the list to have a list , (or map or whatever) in one of two states , empty or popluated (with ints , strings , maps or whatever the developer defines)

Matt Fellows · Answer 1 · Thu Sep 08 2022 21:19:21 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

See https://docs.pact.io/faq#why-is-there-no-support-for-specifying-optional-attributes for why we don't support this.

See also pact-foundation/pact-support#11 if it makes you feel better 😆

davetc4k · Answer 2 · Thu Sep 08 2022 21:29:15 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

OK I see you have this approach but its a total deal breaker for us , so we probably won't use your product. I do not understand why either this or that is against your 'rules' .