Creating Cucumber Tests

STEPS TO CREATE CUCUMBER TESTS

1. Create a .feature file with the below information.

   • A line starting with the keyword Feature followed by a statement indicating the purpose of the test
   • Multiple scenarios which are also statements starting with the keyword Scenario followed by a line specifying the scenario or different scenarios for the test
   • Under each scenario statement, steps are created using the keywords Given, When and Then
     • Given - Statements beginning with the keyword Given, and used to specify test assumptions or validations
     • When - Statements beginning with the keyword When, and used to specify the key action that the scenario achieves
     • Then - Statements beginning with the keyword Then, and used to specify the outcome of the scenario

2. Create a java class in which the features, scenarios and steps mentioned above are implemented. An example can be found here.

3. Create a test class with a sample format as given below. The keyword features is used to specify paths of .feature files and glue keyword is used to specify paths of steps files.

@RunWith(Cucumber.class)
@CucumberOptions(features = "", glue = {""})
public class SampleTest {

}

4. When this test class is executed, it picks up the feature files and classes which contains the steps implementation based on the path specified and executes them.