gistfile1.rb

When I select the following previous correspondence items:
    | type | date    | filename |
    | CTA  | 01Jan09 | EMAIL    |

    
When /^I select the following previous correspondence items:$/ do |table|
  checkboxes = PreviousCorrespondenceSteps.get_checkboxes_for(table)

  checkboxes.each {|b| b.set(true) }

end

class PreviousCorrespondenceSteps
  extend Capybara

  def self.get_checkboxes_for(table)
      raise "unsupported criteria" unless (table.headers - %w(type date note filename)).empty?

      checkboxes = []

      table.hashes.each do |criteria|
      
        row = all("//*[@id='prev-corr-selection-table']//tr").find do |tr|
       
          if type = criteria['type']
            next unless tr.find('//td', :text => /\b#{type}\b/)
          end

          if date = criteria['date']
            next unless tr.find(:text => date)
          end

          if note = criteria['note']
            next unless tr.find(:text =>/#{note}/)
          end

          true
        end

        raise "#{criteria.inspect} not found" unless row

        checkboxes << row.find("//*[contains(@class, 'file-item')]//input[@type='checkbox']")
  
      end

      checkboxes
    end
  end