https://github.com/qualersoft/robotframework-kolib
A library to easily create Robot Framework libraries using kotlin or java.
https://github.com/qualersoft/robotframework-kolib
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A library to easily create Robot Framework libraries using kotlin or java.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/qualersoft/robotframework-kolib
- Owner: qualersoft
- License: apache-2.0
- Created: 2021-03-14T13:01:00.000Z (over 4 years ago)
- Default Branch: develop
- Last Pushed: 2025-04-24T17:57:39.000Z (7 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-04-24T18:50:40.554Z (7 months ago)
- Topics: kotlin, robotframework
- Language: Kotlin
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- Size: 520 KB
- Stars: 0
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 16
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.adoc
- License: LICENSE
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= robotframework-kolib
A library to easily create https://robotframework.org/[Robot Framework] libraries based on https://kotlinlang.org/[kotlin].
== Credits
This project is inspired by the https://github.com/robotframework/JavalibCore[javalib-core]
== Intro
In contrast to the all-in-one solution provided by javalib-core, this project is divided into a link:robotframework-kolib-core/[core] library, and an link:robotframework-kolib-spring[example library] utilizing spring.
The _core_ provide ready to use utils to easily create your own general library implementation without the need to take care of _Robot Framework_ or _kotlin_ specifics.
== Pitfalls
The following chapter give you an overview of some pitfalls you may run into when working with Robot Framework and an own library.
=== Varargs and lists
_Robot Framework_ will not automatically convert vararg arguments to a list. Instead, each argument is passed as is, so the core lib has to take care of this to give you a "natural" usage.
[source,RobotFramework,title=vararg example]
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*** Test Cases ***
Test with varargs
Print the names Hugo Amy Josh
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As a result of this, passing a list object created with `Create list` build-in will result in type-conversion error
[source,RobotFramework,title=list example]
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*** Test Cases ***
Test with list
@{names}= Create list Hugo Amy Josh
Print the names @{names}
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=== Type conversion
==== Dates
_Robot Framework_ can automatically convert strings like `2021-09-13` to a date object. The generated `Date(time)` object will be generated in UTC timezone which may lead to unexpected results.
[source,Robot,title=Example]
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*** Test Cases ***
Test with date
Print the date 2021-09-13
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This will - in my case (UTC+2) - result in an output 2021-09-13 02:00:00 instead of expected 2021-09-13 00:00:00.