TestStep Input / Output type conversion

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I have quite a few TestSteps that have [Output] parameters that I then connect to [Input] parameters.
For example a have a generic ‘Limits’ step that compares its input against high/low limits and sets the Verdict, Reports values to a Report Listener, etc.

This works well as long as I always use the same property type. Generally I use a double for this purpose even though an int would due just to allow the generic linking of Outputs to Inputs.
Where I have problems is if I am trying to use Steps that are not my own and may have Input or Output properties incompatible with my own.

The only thing I can think of to handle this is to add an Adapter step that would act as a proxy between the Outputs and Inputs. It would have to have an Input and Output parameter for every type I wanted to support and an [EnabledIf] that would enable the appropriate property based on an Enum of all the types. The Run implementation would do the conversion.

I’m Just wondering if there is a better way.

Thanks,
Wittrock

p.s. after looking a bit more I see this post which looks similar and similar solution.

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Actually, now it should automatically convert between numeric types (double, integers, …), but not string to number. Additionally, anything can be converted to a string.

If you want to convert a string to a number you can use a mixin as a stop in the path to converting it with an expression:

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