Execute Cucumber step before/after a specific feature

Question

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

Answer 1

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?

Answer 2

Try this :

In feature file :

@tagToIdentifyThatBeginAfterShouldRunForThisFeatureOnly
Feature : My new feature ....

In Stepdefinitions.java :

@Before("@tagToIdentifyThatBeginAfterShouldRunForThisFeatureOnly")
public void testStart() throws Throwable {
}

@After("@tagToIdentifyThatBeginAfterShouldRunForThisFeatureOnly")
public void testStart() throws Throwable {
}

Answer 3

It is if you are using junit to run your tests. We use the annotations to create a unit test class and a separate steps class. The standard @Before stuff goes in the steps class, but the @BeforeClass annotation can be used in the main unit test class:

@RunWith(Cucumber.class)
@Cucumber.Options(format = {"json", "<the report file"},
    features = {"<the feature file>"},
    strict = false,
    glue = {"<package with steps classes"})
public class SomeTestIT {
    @BeforeClass
    public static void setUp(){
       ...
    }

    @AfterClass
    public static void tearDown(){
       ...
    }
}