I want to specify certain setup and tear down steps for each specific feature file. I\'ve seen hooks that allows code to execute before every scenario, and hooks to execute
Do you use cucumber-jvm? I found an article that fits your requirement.
http://zsoltfabok.com/blog/2012/09/cucumber-jvm-hooks/
Basically, do not use JUnit @BeforeClass and @AfterClass for this, as they are unaware of Cucumber Hook Tags. You would want Init and Teardown methods to run for certain scenarios only right?