Support for '*' along with gherkin keywords

[AutomateItEasyWay]

ScenarioNo_12_Legs.zip

Summary

Extent report is not able to recognize steps in a Cucumber feature files that are marked with * as a general keyword instead of usual Given/When/Then. I am getting a ClassNotFoundException with first line stack trace being java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.aventstack.extentreports.gherkin.model.* suggesting '*' is not recognized as a keyword.

Expected Behavior

'*' should be treated as any other keyword of gherkin.

Current Behavior

ClassNotFoundException is thrown when '*' keyword is encountered.

Sample

Below is a sample feature file written using gherkin keywords followed by use of '*' to achieve same results.

Feature: LogIn Action Test Description: This feature will test a LogIn functionality

Scenario: Successful Login with Valid Credentials Given User is on Home Page When User Navigate to LogIn Page And User enters UserName and Password Then Message displayed Login Successfully

Using * Keyword

Feature: LogIn Action Test Description: This feature will test a LogIn functionality

Scenario: Successful Login with Valid Credentials ' * ' User is on Home Page ' * ' User Navigate to LogIn Page ' * ' User enters UserName and Password ' * ' Message displayed Login Successfully

Note: The automation project that I am currently working on has thousands of feature files that are written using '*' over a span of around 5-6 years. So it is not feasible to change to gherkin keywords at this point of time.

Environment Details

• Extent report Version used: 3.1.3
• Operating System: Windows 7
• JDK Version: 1.8

While troubleshooting on the issue I found a thread where someone pointed out it used to work in earlier versions of extent report so tried rolling back to version 3.0.3 but issue persists.

[anshooarora]

Can you attach a sample feature file with this keyword?

[AutomateItEasyWay]

Added a feature file.