You can save and recall symbols in a ColumnFixture. You do this by using the =id? and id= syntax.
=id? or =id() takes the output of a function and stores it in the symbol named by the cell. In the example below the integer 1 is stored in the symbol one, and the integer 2 is stored in the symbol two.
id= recalls the value of the symbol named by the cell, and puts it in the id variable.
fitnesse.fixtures.ColumnFixtureTestFixture
input
=output?
1
one
2
two
fitnesse.fixtures.ColumnFixtureTestFixture
input=
output?
one
1
two
2
With classed integral types, there's a chance the value may be null as a correct result:
fitnesse.fixtures.ColumnFixtureTestFixture
integerInput
=integerOutput?
1
one
2
two
null
three
fitnesse.fixtures.ColumnFixtureTestFixture
integerInput=
integerOutput?
one
1
two
2
three
null
public class ColumnFixtureTestFixture extends ColumnFixture
{
public int input;
public int output() {return input;}
public Integer integerInput;
public Integer integerOutput() { return integerInput; }
public boolean exception() throws Exception {throw new Exception("I thowed up");}
}