src/main/java/net/hostsharing/hsadminng/system/SystemProcess.java

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ public class SystemProcess {
 
     @Getter
     private String stdOut;
+
     @Getter
     private String stdErr;
 
@@ -21,7 +22,6 @@ public class SystemProcess {
         this.processBuilder = new ProcessBuilder(command);
     }
 
-
     public String getCommand() {
         return processBuilder.command().toString();
     }

src/test/java/net/hostsharing/hsadminng/hs/office/scenarios/PathAssertion.java

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import net.hostsharing.hsadminng.hs.office.scenarios.UseCase.HttpResponse;
 
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
 
+import static net.hostsharing.hsadminng.hs.office.scenarios.TemplateResolver.Resolver.DROP_COMMENTS;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.fail;
 
 public class PathAssertion {
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ public class PathAssertion {
     public Consumer<UseCase.HttpResponse> contains(final String resolvableValue) {
         return response -> {
             try {
-                response.path(path).map(Object::toString).contains(ScenarioTest.resolve(resolvableValue));
+                response.path(path).map(Object::toString).contains(ScenarioTest.resolve(resolvableValue, DROP_COMMENTS));
             } catch (final AssertionError e) {
                 // without this, the error message is often lacking important context
                 fail(e.getMessage() + " in `path(\"" + path +  "\").contains(\"" + resolvableValue + "\")`" );

src/test/java/net/hostsharing/hsadminng/hs/office/scenarios/ScenarioTest.java

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package net.hostsharing.hsadminng.hs.office.scenarios;
 import lombok.SneakyThrows;
 import net.hostsharing.hsadminng.hs.office.person.HsOfficePersonEntity;
 import net.hostsharing.hsadminng.hs.office.person.HsOfficePersonRepository;
+import net.hostsharing.hsadminng.hs.office.scenarios.TemplateResolver.Resolver;
 import net.hostsharing.hsadminng.lambda.Reducer;
 import net.hostsharing.hsadminng.rbac.context.ContextBasedTest;
 import net.hostsharing.hsadminng.rbac.test.JpaAttempt;
@@ -26,6 +27,8 @@ import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import static java.util.Arrays.asList;
 import static java.util.Optional.ofNullable;
+import static net.hostsharing.hsadminng.hs.office.scenarios.TemplateResolver.Resolver.DROP_COMMENTS;
+import static net.hostsharing.hsadminng.hs.office.scenarios.TemplateResolver.Resolver.DROP_COMMENTS;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 
 public abstract class ScenarioTest extends ContextBasedTest {
@@ -38,11 +41,11 @@ public abstract class ScenarioTest extends ContextBasedTest {
         public String toString() {
             return ObjectUtils.toString(uuid);
         }
+
     }
-
     private final static Map<String, Alias<?>> aliases = new HashMap<>();
-    private final static Map<String, Object> properties = new HashMap<>();
 
+    private final static Map<String, Object> properties = new HashMap<>();
     public final TestReport testReport = new TestReport(aliases);
 
     @LocalServerPort
@@ -139,9 +142,9 @@ public abstract class ScenarioTest extends ContextBasedTest {
     }
 
     static UUID uuid(final String nameWithPlaceholders) {
-        final var resoledName = resolve(nameWithPlaceholders);
+        final var resolvedName = resolve(nameWithPlaceholders, DROP_COMMENTS);
-        final UUID alias = ofNullable(knowVariables().get(resoledName)).filter(v -> v instanceof UUID).map(UUID.class::cast).orElse(null);
+        final UUID alias = ofNullable(knowVariables().get(resolvedName)).filter(v -> v instanceof UUID).map(UUID.class::cast).orElse(null);
-        assertThat(alias).as("alias '" + resoledName + "' not found in aliases nor in properties [" +
+        assertThat(alias).as("alias '" + resolvedName + "' not found in aliases nor in properties [" +
                 knowVariables().keySet().stream().map(v -> "'" + v + "'").collect(Collectors.joining(", ")) + "]"
         ).isNotNull();
         return alias;
@@ -162,13 +165,13 @@ public abstract class ScenarioTest extends ContextBasedTest {
         return map;
     }
 
-    public static String resolve(final String text) {
+    public static String resolve(final String text, final Resolver resolver) {
-        final var resolved = new TemplateResolver(text, ScenarioTest.knowVariables()).resolve();
+        final var resolved = new TemplateResolver(text, ScenarioTest.knowVariables()).resolve(resolver);
         return resolved;
     }
 
     public static Object resolveTyped(final String text) {
-        final var resolved = resolve(text);
+        final var resolved = resolve(text, DROP_COMMENTS);
         try {
             return UUID.fromString(resolved);
         } catch (final IllegalArgumentException e) {

src/test/java/net/hostsharing/hsadminng/hs/office/scenarios/TemplateResolver.java

@@ -10,29 +10,39 @@ import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
+import static net.hostsharing.hsadminng.hs.office.scenarios.TemplateResolver.Resolver.DROP_COMMENTS;
+
 public class TemplateResolver {
 
-    private final static Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(",(\\s*})", Pattern.MULTILINE);
+    public enum Resolver {
-    private static final String IF_NOT_FOUND_SYMBOL = "???";
+        DROP_COMMENTS,  // deletes comments ('#{whatever}' -> '')
+        KEEP_COMMENTS   // deletes comments ('#{whatever}' -> '')
+    }
 
     enum PlaceholderPrefix {
         RAW('%') {
             @Override
-            String convert(final Object value) {
+            String convert(final Object value, final Resolver resolver) {
                 return value != null ? value.toString() : "";
             }
         },
         JSON_QUOTED('$'){
             @Override
-            String convert(final Object value) {
+            String convert(final Object value, final Resolver resolver) {
                 return jsonQuoted(value);
             }
         },
         URI_ENCODED('&'){
             @Override
-            String convert(final Object value) {
+            String convert(final Object value, final Resolver resolver) {
                 return value != null ? URLEncoder.encode(value.toString(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8) : "";
             }
+        },
+        COMMENT('#'){
+            @Override
+            String convert(final Object value, final Resolver resolver) {
+                return resolver == DROP_COMMENTS ? "" : value.toString();
+            }
         };
 
         private final char prefixChar;
@@ -42,19 +52,24 @@ public class TemplateResolver {
         }
 
         static boolean contains(final char givenChar) {
-           return Arrays.stream(values()).anyMatch(p -> p.prefixChar == givenChar);
+            return Arrays.stream(values()).anyMatch(p -> p.prefixChar == givenChar);
         }
 
         static PlaceholderPrefix ofPrefixChar(final char givenChar) {
             return Arrays.stream(values()).filter(p -> p.prefixChar == givenChar).findFirst().orElseThrow();
         }
 
-        abstract String convert(final Object value);
+        abstract String convert(final Object value, final Resolver resolver); // FIXME: why Object and not String?
     }
 
+    private final static Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(",(\\s*})", Pattern.MULTILINE);
+    private static final String IF_NOT_FOUND_SYMBOL = "???";
+
     private final String template;
     private final Map<String, Object> properties;
     private final StringBuilder resolved = new StringBuilder();
+
+    private Resolver resolver;
     private int position = 0;
 
     public TemplateResolver(final String template, final Map<String, Object> properties) {
@@ -62,7 +77,8 @@ public class TemplateResolver {
         this.properties = properties;
     }
 
-    String resolve() {
+    String resolve(final Resolver resolver) {
+        this.resolver = resolver;
         final var resolved = copy();
         final var withoutDroppedLines = dropLinesWithNullProperties(resolved);
         final var result = removeDanglingCommas(withoutDroppedLines);
@@ -119,10 +135,10 @@ public class TemplateResolver {
                 placeholder.append(fetchChar());
             }
         }
-        final var name = new TemplateResolver(placeholder.toString(), properties).resolve();
+        final var content = new TemplateResolver(placeholder.toString(), properties).resolve(resolver);
-        final var value = propVal(name);
+        final var value = intro != '#' ? propVal(content) : content;
         resolved.append(
-                PlaceholderPrefix.ofPrefixChar(intro).convert(value)
+                PlaceholderPrefix.ofPrefixChar(intro).convert(value, resolver)
         );
         skipChar('}');
     }

src/test/java/net/hostsharing/hsadminng/hs/office/scenarios/TemplateResolverUnitTest.java

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 import java.util.Map;
 
+import static net.hostsharing.hsadminng.hs.office.scenarios.TemplateResolver.Resolver.DROP_COMMENTS;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 
 class TemplateResolverUnitTest {
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ class TemplateResolverUnitTest {
                         Map.entry("simple placeholder", "einfach"),
                         Map.entry("nested placeholder", "verschachtelt"),
                         Map.entry("with-special-chars", "3&3 AG")
-                )).resolve();
+                )).resolve(DROP_COMMENTS);
 
         assertThat(resolved).isEqualTo("""
                 with optional JSON quotes:

src/test/java/net/hostsharing/hsadminng/hs/office/scenarios/TestReport.java

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package net.hostsharing.hsadminng.hs.office.scenarios;
 
 import lombok.SneakyThrows;
+import net.hostsharing.hsadminng.system.SystemProcess;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Order;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.TestInfo;
@@ -10,6 +11,8 @@ import java.io.FileWriter;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.PrintWriter;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
+import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
@@ -17,6 +20,7 @@ import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 public class TestReport {
 
     private final static File markdownLogFile = new File("doc/scenarios/.last-debug-log.md");
+    public static final SimpleDateFormat MM_DD_YYYY_HH_MM_SS = new SimpleDateFormat("MM-dd-yyyy hh:mm:ss");
 
     private final Map<String, ?> aliases;
     private final PrintWriter markdownLog; // records everything for debugging purposes
@@ -61,8 +65,16 @@ public class TestReport {
         printLine("\n" +output + "\n");
     }
 
+    void silent(final Runnable code) {
+        silent++;
+        code.run();
+        silent--;
+    }
+
     public void close() {
         if (markdownReport != null) {
+            printPara("---");
+            printPara("generated on " + MM_DD_YYYY_HH_MM_SS.format(new Date()) + " for branch " + currentGitBranch());
             markdownReport.close();
             System.out.println("SCENARIO REPORT: " + asClickableLink(markdownReportFile));
         }
@@ -102,9 +114,10 @@ public class TestReport {
         return result.toString();
     }
 
-    void silent(final Runnable code) {
+    @SneakyThrows
-        silent++;
+    private String currentGitBranch() {
-        code.run();
+        final var gitRevParse = new SystemProcess("git", "rev-parse", "--abbrev-ref", "HEAD");
-        silent--;
+        gitRevParse.execute();
+        return gitRevParse.getStdOut().split("\\R", 2)[0];
     }
 }

src/test/java/net/hostsharing/hsadminng/hs/office/scenarios/UseCase.java

@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ import java.util.function.Function;
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
 
 import static java.net.URLEncoder.encode;
+import static net.hostsharing.hsadminng.hs.office.scenarios.TemplateResolver.Resolver.DROP_COMMENTS;
+import static net.hostsharing.hsadminng.hs.office.scenarios.TemplateResolver.Resolver.KEEP_COMMENTS;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.fail;
 import static org.junit.platform.commons.util.StringUtils.isBlank;
@@ -116,11 +118,11 @@ public abstract class UseCase<T extends UseCase<?>> {
     }
 
     public final void obtain(
-            final String alias,
+            final String title,
             final Supplier<HttpResponse> http,
             final Function<HttpResponse, String> extractor,
             final String... extraInfo) {
-        withTitle(ScenarioTest.resolve(alias), () -> {
+        withTitle(title, () -> {
             final var response = http.get().keep(extractor);
             Arrays.stream(extraInfo).forEach(testReport::printPara);
             return response;
@@ -128,15 +130,15 @@ public abstract class UseCase<T extends UseCase<?>> {
     }
 
     public final void obtain(final String alias, final Supplier<HttpResponse> http, final String... extraInfo) {
-        withTitle(ScenarioTest.resolve(alias), () -> {
+        withTitle(alias, () -> {
             final var response = http.get().keep();
             Arrays.stream(extraInfo).forEach(testReport::printPara);
             return response;
         });
     }
 
-    public HttpResponse withTitle(final String title, final Supplier<HttpResponse> code) {
+    public HttpResponse withTitle(final String resolvableTitle, final Supplier<HttpResponse> code) {
-        this.nextTitle = ScenarioTest.resolve(title);
+        this.nextTitle = resolvableTitle;
         final var response = code.get();
         this.nextTitle = null;
         return response;
@@ -144,7 +146,7 @@ public abstract class UseCase<T extends UseCase<?>> {
 
     @SneakyThrows
     public final HttpResponse httpGet(final String uriPathWithPlaceholders) {
-        final var uriPath = ScenarioTest.resolve(uriPathWithPlaceholders);
+        final var uriPath = ScenarioTest.resolve(uriPathWithPlaceholders, DROP_COMMENTS);
         final var request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
                 .GET()
                 .uri(new URI("http://localhost:" + testSuite.port + uriPath))
@@ -157,7 +159,7 @@ public abstract class UseCase<T extends UseCase<?>> {
 
     @SneakyThrows
     public final HttpResponse httpPost(final String uriPathWithPlaceholders, final JsonTemplate bodyJsonTemplate) {
-        final var uriPath = ScenarioTest.resolve(uriPathWithPlaceholders);
+        final var uriPath = ScenarioTest.resolve(uriPathWithPlaceholders, DROP_COMMENTS);
         final var requestBody = bodyJsonTemplate.resolvePlaceholders();
         final var request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
                 .POST(BodyPublishers.ofString(requestBody))
@@ -172,7 +174,7 @@ public abstract class UseCase<T extends UseCase<?>> {
 
     @SneakyThrows
     public final HttpResponse httpPatch(final String uriPathWithPlaceholders, final JsonTemplate bodyJsonTemplate) {
-        final var uriPath = ScenarioTest.resolve(uriPathWithPlaceholders);
+        final var uriPath = ScenarioTest.resolve(uriPathWithPlaceholders, DROP_COMMENTS);
         final var requestBody = bodyJsonTemplate.resolvePlaceholders();
         final var request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
                 .method(HttpMethod.PATCH.toString(), BodyPublishers.ofString(requestBody))
@@ -187,7 +189,7 @@ public abstract class UseCase<T extends UseCase<?>> {
 
     @SneakyThrows
     public final HttpResponse httpDelete(final String uriPathWithPlaceholders) {
-        final var uriPath = ScenarioTest.resolve(uriPathWithPlaceholders);
+        final var uriPath = ScenarioTest.resolve(uriPathWithPlaceholders, DROP_COMMENTS);
         final var request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
                 .DELETE()
                 .uri(new URI("http://localhost:" + testSuite.port + uriPath))
@@ -207,7 +209,7 @@ public abstract class UseCase<T extends UseCase<?>> {
             final String title,
             final Supplier<UseCase.HttpResponse> http,
             final Consumer<UseCase.HttpResponse>... assertions) {
-        withTitle(ScenarioTest.resolve(title), () -> {
+        withTitle(title, () -> {
             final var response = http.get();
             Arrays.stream(assertions).forEach(assertion ->  assertion.accept(response));
             return response;
@@ -219,7 +221,7 @@ public abstract class UseCase<T extends UseCase<?>> {
     }
 
     public String uriEncoded(final String text) {
-        return encode(ScenarioTest.resolve(text), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+        return encode(ScenarioTest.resolve(text, DROP_COMMENTS), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
     }
 
     public static class JsonTemplate {
@@ -231,7 +233,7 @@ public abstract class UseCase<T extends UseCase<?>> {
         }
 
         String resolvePlaceholders() {
-            return ScenarioTest.resolve(template);
+            return ScenarioTest.resolve(template, DROP_COMMENTS);
         }
     }
 
@@ -276,7 +278,7 @@ public abstract class UseCase<T extends UseCase<?>> {
         }
 
         public HttpResponse keep(final Function<HttpResponse, String> extractor) {
-            final var alias = nextTitle != null ? nextTitle : resultAlias;
+            final var alias = nextTitle != null ? ScenarioTest.resolve(nextTitle, DROP_COMMENTS) : resultAlias;
             assertThat(alias).as("cannot keep result, no alias found").isNotNull();
 
             final var value = extractor.apply(this);
@@ -294,7 +296,7 @@ public abstract class UseCase<T extends UseCase<?>> {
         }
 
         public HttpResponse keep() {
-            final var alias = nextTitle != null ? nextTitle : resultAlias;
+            final var alias = nextTitle != null ? ScenarioTest.resolve(nextTitle, DROP_COMMENTS) : resultAlias;
             assertThat(alias).as("cannot keep result, no title or alias found for locationUuid: " + locationUuid).isNotNull();
 
             return keepAs(alias);
@@ -313,13 +315,13 @@ public abstract class UseCase<T extends UseCase<?>> {
 
         @SneakyThrows
         public String getFromBody(final String path) {
-            return JsonPath.parse(response.body()).read(ScenarioTest.resolve(path));
+            return JsonPath.parse(response.body()).read(ScenarioTest.resolve(path, DROP_COMMENTS));
         }
 
         @SneakyThrows
         public <T> Optional<T> getFromBodyAsOptional(final String path) {
             try {
-                return Optional.ofNullable(JsonPath.parse(response.body()).read(ScenarioTest.resolve(path)));
+                return Optional.ofNullable(JsonPath.parse(response.body()).read(ScenarioTest.resolve(path, DROP_COMMENTS)));
             } catch (final PathNotFoundException e) {
                 return null; // means the property did not exist at all, not that it was there with value null
             }
@@ -335,9 +337,9 @@ public abstract class UseCase<T extends UseCase<?>> {
 
             // the title
             if (nextTitle != null) {
-                testReport.printLine("\n### " + nextTitle + "\n");
+                testReport.printLine("\n### " + ScenarioTest.resolve(nextTitle, KEEP_COMMENTS) + "\n");
             } else if (resultAlias != null) {
-                testReport.printLine("\n### " + resultAlias + "\n");
+                testReport.printLine("\n### Create " + resultAlias + "\n");
             } else {
                 fail("please wrap the http...-call in the UseCase using `withTitle(...)`");
             }

src/test/java/net/hostsharing/hsadminng/hs/office/scenarios/membership/CreateCoopSharesTransaction.java

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ public abstract class CreateCoopSharesTransaction extends UseCase<CreateCoopShar
     @Override
     protected HttpResponse run() {
 
-        obtain("membershipUuid", () ->
+        obtain("#{Find }membershipUuid", () ->
             httpGet("/api/hs/office/memberships?memberNumber=&{memberNumber}")
                     .expecting(OK).expecting(JSON).expectArrayElements(1),
             response -> response.getFromBody("$[0].uuid")