How to capture step name being executed in @BeforeStep annotation

[Anukul Singhal]

Hi,

I have a use case which requires me to capture the step name being executed, just like how you can do it with Scenario class.  Here is the Hooks class content that I have:

 public class Hooks {

    TestContext testContext;

    public Hooks(TestContext context) {

        testContext = context;

    }

    @Before

    public void beforeScenario(Scenario scenario) {

        System.out.println("Executing before scenario for : " + scenario.getName());

    }

    @After

    public void afterScenario(Scenario scenario) {

        System.out.println("Executing after scenario for : " + scenario.getName());

    }

    @BeforeStep

    public void beforeStep() {

        System.out.println("In Before step...");

        //TODO: Need to capture the Step which is going to execute

        //Need some kind of implementation like step.getName()

    }

    @AfterStep

    public void afterStep() {

    }

}

I tried to pass in PickleStep object as an argument to beforeStep() method but seems like it only likes to have args of type cucumber.api.Scenario class (or no args).  Is there anyway I can capture the current step name being executed in @BeforeStep annotation?

I am using cucumber-java - 3.0.2 (io.cucumber)

Thanks,

Anukul

[MP Korstanje]

Hey Anukul,

I suspect you are trying to use this information to create a report of some sort. If so you should look into implementing a formatter instead. Have a look at the existing formatters to see how:

https://github.com/cucumber/cucumber-jvm/blob/master/core/src/main/java/cucumber/runtime/formatter/

-MP

[Anukul Singhal]

Hey MP,

Thanks a ton for this reference, was able to create a custom formatter (captured test step name), and plugged in to the cucumber options.

Thanks,

Anukul

[praveen halhalli]

Hi Anukul, MP,

Could you please help me here for fetching step name, the above git hub link is not working.