How to integrate Spring into Cucumber

Question

I am currently trying to integrate Spring into my Cucumber tests. I have a custom SpringFactory as outlined in:

http://www.zsoltfabok.com/blog/2012/01/cucumber-jvm-di/

but the code is not being called. What is the best way to 'hook up' the factory with my tests?

[Clarification from comment on deleted answer: the main issue is that my test has Cucumber as the main runner, i.e. @RunWith(Cucumber.class) so cannot use the SpringJUnit4ClassRunner here. This is described in the link above but there is no description of how cucumber.xml is read. I have added a new SpringFactory but it isnt reading the XML file....]

Update: Actually have got a little further by adding:

    <dependency>
        <groupId>info.cukes</groupId>
        <artifactId>cucumber-spring</artifactId>
        <version>1.0.0.RC15</version>
    </dependency>   

However, I have @Autowired variables which are not being injected as the test is being run by Cucumber.

Has anyone else had this problem?

Answer 1

Update: The cuke4duke project is now obsolete and has been replaced by Cucumber-JVM.

I also had the same issue and the root cause was that cucumber.xml was not being read by the SpringFactory in cucumber-spring-1.1.5.jar. Spring DI failed silently resulting in NPEs. Since submission 448, the Cucumber SpringFactory no longer loads cucumber.xml and you are required to include @ContextConfiguration("classpath*:cucumber.xml") in ALL your step definition classes.

Answer 2

A quick Google search for "cucumber spring integration" brings me here and here. If you are using cuke4duke this looks like a much simpler way to go.

The sample seems to indicate that, by default, cuke4duke will load cucumber.xml from the base of your classpath. This is a Spring configuration file which must include a component-scan for classes annotated with @StepDefinition.

You will not need to provide a SpringFactory, you will not need to use the @RunWith annotation, just provide some Spring configuration and one or more jvm properties.