cucumber junit runner java.lang.NoSuchMethodError:

Question

Trying to implement cucumber to do some automated tests. jUnit tests. I've created 2 files and edited pom.xml that comes with maven project to add dependencies. Content is shown below. The first of two files are cucumber .feature files, which is a gherkin of plain language. The other is CukesRunner.java

When I run my tests using Project -> Run as ... -> Maven test it works as expected.

However when I ran the CukesRunner.java file using Eclipse the Eclipse JUnit GUI, I get an error:

java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.junit.runner.Description.createSuiteDescription(Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/io/Serializable;[Ljava/lang/annotation/Annotation;)Lorg/junit/runner/Description;
    at cucumber.runtime.junit.FeatureRunner.getDescription(FeatureRunner.java:43)
    at cucumber.api.junit.Cucumber.describeChild(Cucumber.java:77)
    at cucumber.api.junit.Cucumber.describeChild(Cucumber.java:41)
    at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.getDescription(ParentRunner.java:226)
    ... 

pom.xml:

<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>

  <groupId>com.bdd</groupId>
  <artifactId>airportparking</artifactId>
  <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
  <packaging>jar</packaging>

  <name>airportparking</name>
  <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>

  <properties>
    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
  </properties>

  <dependencies>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>info.cukes</groupId>
            <artifactId>cucumber-java</artifactId>
            <version>1.1.5</version>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>info.cukes</groupId>
            <artifactId>cucumber-junit</artifactId>
            <version>1.1.5</version>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.rubiconproject.oss</groupId>
            <artifactId>jchronic</artifactId>
            <version>0.2.6</version>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>junit</groupId>
        <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
        <version>4.8.2</version>
        <scope>test</scope>
    </dependency>
  </dependencies>
</project>

CukesRunner.java:

package com.bdd.airportparking;

import cucumber.api.junit.*;
import org.junit.runner.RunWith;

@RunWith(Cucumber.class)
@Cucumber.Options(
        format={"pretty", "html:target/cucumber"},
        features="src/test/resources"
        )
public class CukesRunner {

}

ValetParking.feature:

Feature: Valet Parking
    As a traveler
    In order to determine where to park my car
    I want to know the cost of valet parking

Scenario: Calculate valet parking cost for half an hour
    When I park my car in the Valet Parking Lot for 30 minutes
    Then I will have to pay $12

Output when running CukesRunner.java as a Junit Test:

java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.junit.runner.Description.createSuiteDescription(Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/io/Serializable;[Ljava/lang/annotation/Annotation;)Lorg/junit/runner/Description;
    at cucumber.runtime.junit.FeatureRunner.getDescription(FeatureRunner.java:43)
    at cucumber.api.junit.Cucumber.describeChild(Cucumber.java:77)
    at cucumber.api.junit.Cucumber.describeChild(Cucumber.java:41)
    at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.getDescription(ParentRunner.java:226)
    at org.junit.runner.Runner.testCount(Runner.java:38)
    at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit4.runner.JUnit4TestClassReference.countTestCases(JUnit4TestClassReference.java:30)
    at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.countTests(RemoteTestRunner.java:487)
    at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.runTests(RemoteTestRunner.java:455)
    at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.runTests(RemoteTestRunner.java:683)
    at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.run(RemoteTestRunner.java:390)
    at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.main(RemoteTestRunner.java:197)

How I structured my project in eclipse: http://postimg.org/image/vf6tlw7el/full/

Answer 1

Updating your junit version and maybe also your surefire plugin will fix this problem.

        <dependency>
            <groupId>junit</groupId>
            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
            <version>4.11</version>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>

For surefire:

<build>
    <plugins>
        <plugin>
            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
            <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
            <version>2.16</version>
        </plugin>
    </plugins>
</build>

Answer 2

I had the same issue and got fixed once I configured the latest version. The issue was on junit version 4.10. the latest version from 4.11 works good

<dependency>
    <groupId>junit</groupId>
    <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
    <version>4.11</version>
    <scope>test</scope>
</dependency>