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Cucumber Expressions replace regex capture groups with readable placeholders and automatic type conversion. Custom parameter types let you define domain concepts once and reuse them across steps, while regex remains for patterns expressions cannot express.
In Cucumber 7.x and later, the transition from Regular Expressions to Cucumber Expressions has standardized how step parameters are parsed. While types like { int} and { string} improve readability, a specific behavioral challenge arises when multiple step definitions match the same Gherkin line. When a Gherkin step satisfies the criteria for two or more Cuc
Goal We want to know how Cucumber 7.x resolves step definitions when a Gherkin line can be matched by both a Cucumber Expression and a Regular Expression. Context In a mixed‑annotation project, a step may be annotated with both @Given("I have a {int}") and @Given("^I have a (\\d+)$") and can trigger an AmbiguousStepDefinitionException. The current documentat