QAF-Java BDD: How to use asterisk (*) instead of Given When Then keyword

[Renish K.R]

How can I use * (asterisk) instead of normal keywords like Given When Then in BDD? Cucumber official allows *.

Note: I have tried adding BDD Keyword Synonyms like below:

And=Provided;*

And=Provided;\*

Error with above Synonyms:

Dangling meta character '*' near index 31 ^(Given|When|Then|And|Provided|*|Using|Having|With)

Error without Synonyms:

Dangling meta character '*' near index 48 (((^(Given|When|Then|And|Using|Having|With))\s)?* Some step here ((\{.*})|(\[.*])|('([^\\']|\\\\|\\')*')|("([^\\"]|\\\\|\\")*")|([-+]?\d+(\.\d+)?)))

[cjayswal]

Will you provide details what you want to achieve with few examples?

When using BDD or BDD2 factory, Given/when/then/and/... are optional.

[Renish K.R]

Sample Scenario:

Feature: Sample module Scenario: Open Google and take snapshot * Open URL "http://www.google.com" * Take screenshotI want to use asterisk (*) as keyword. This is allowed in Cucumber language 

Gherkin Reference - Cucumber Documentation

Below reference from above link:

Gherkin also supports using an asterisk (*) in place of any of the normal step keywords. This can be helpful when you have some steps that are effectively a list of things, so you can express it more like bullet points where otherwise the natural language of And etc might not read so elegantly.

For example:

Scenario: All done Given I am out shopping And I have eggs And I have milk And I have butter When I check my list Then I don't need anything

Could be expressed as:

Scenario: All done Given I am out shopping * I have eggs * I have milk * I have butter When I check my list Then I don't need anything

[Renish K.R]

I have figured out the solution to add asterisks as Synonyms

And=Provided;\\*

Add 2 backslashes to escape.