How can we have cucumber recognise a ":" symbol after a scenario outline parameter?

Question

When using CucumberJVM to write feature files, when passing in the variables from the scenario outline examples table, I am unable to get the steps to recognise a variable followed by ":".

Step definition:

 @Given("^the following (.*) (.*): (.*)$")

Successfully detects this:

Given the following standard user: <username>

Does not detect this:

Given the following standard <account-type>: <username>

I want the best of both worlds, but when passing a variable from this example table for the step is not recognised by cucumber.

Examples: | username | account-type | | Jason | user | | Martin | manager |

How can I have the ":" symbol, detected and working within the feature file for both of these scenarios? is an ENUM and cucumber seems like its failing to convert it in this situation

Answer 1

As suggested in the comments, modify the pattern in the stepdefinition class.

@Given("^the following standard (.*?): (.*?)$")
public void the_following_standard_user( AccountType usertype,String user) {
    System.out.println(user);
    System.out.println(usertype);
}

AccountType is the enumeration.

public enum AccountType {

    USER("user"), MANAGER("manager");

    private final String type;
    private AccountType(String type) {
        this.type = type;
    }
}