Cucumber JVM error parsing the Background tag

[Vikram Upadhya]

Hi All,

For the Attached Feature i get a error. is this specific to Background tag?.

Feature: Display Alarm & Audio

Narrative: As a clinician I want Visual indication of high priority alarm symbol with Audio indication for US1 compressed parameter block 

so that it helps me in clinical decision making

Background: verify Alarms are displayed 

Given Alarm is enabled

And Audio is enabled

cucumber.runtime.CucumberException: Error parsing feature file Feature/Alarm.feature

at cucumber.runtime.FeatureBuilder.parse(FeatureBuilder.java:133)

at cucumber.runtime.model.CucumberFeature.loadFromFeaturePath(CucumberFeature.java:104)

at cucumber.runtime.model.CucumberFeature.load(CucumberFeature.java:54)

at cucumber.runtime.model.CucumberFeature.load(CucumberFeature.java:34)

at cucumber.runtime.RuntimeOptions.cucumberFeatures(RuntimeOptions.java:235)

at cucumber.api.junit.Cucumber.<init>(Cucumber.java:60)

at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)

at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)

at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)

at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Unknown Source)

at org.junit.internal.builders.AnnotatedBuilder.buildRunner(AnnotatedBuilder.java:104)

at org.junit.internal.builders.AnnotatedBuilder.runnerForClass(AnnotatedBuilder.java:86)

at org.junit.runners.model.RunnerBuilder.safeRunnerForClass(RunnerBuilder.java:59)

at org.junit.internal.builders.AllDefaultPossibilitiesBuilder.runnerForClass(AllDefaultPossibilitiesBuilder.java:26)

at org.junit.runners.model.RunnerBuilder.safeRunnerForClass(RunnerBuilder.java:59)

at org.junit.internal.requests.ClassRequest.getRunner(ClassRequest.java:33)

at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit4.runner.JUnit4TestLoader.createUnfilteredTest(JUnit4TestLoader.java:84)

at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit4.runner.JUnit4TestLoader.createTest(JUnit4TestLoader.java:70)

at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit4.runner.JUnit4TestLoader.loadTests(JUnit4TestLoader.java:43)

at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.runTests(RemoteTestRunner.java:444)

at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.runTests(RemoteTestRunner.java:678)

at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.run(RemoteTestRunner.java:382)

at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.main(RemoteTestRunner.java:192)

Caused by: gherkin.parser.ParseError: Parse error at Feature/Alarm.feature:9. Found background when expecting one of: examples, feature, scenario, scenario_outline, tag. (Current getState: tag).

at gherkin.parser.Parser$Machine.event(Parser.java:207)

at gherkin.parser.Parser.event(Parser.java:159)

at gherkin.parser.Parser.background(Parser.java:103)

at gherkin.lexer.En.scan(En.java:753)

at gherkin.lexer.I18nLexer.scan(I18nLexer.java:36)

at gherkin.parser.Parser.parse(Parser.java:62)

at cucumber.runtime.FeatureBuilder.parse(FeatureBuilder.java:131)

... 22 more

Build Details:

cucumber-html-0.2.3.jar

cucumber-jvm-deps-1.0.5.jar

gherkin-2.12.2.jar

gherkin-4.0.0.jar

gherkin-jvm-deps-1.0.4.jar

hamcrest-all-1.3.jar

hamcrest-core-1.3.jar

cucumber-core-1.2.4.jar

cucumber-java-1.2.4.jar

cucumber-junit-1.2.4.jar

[Björn Rasmusson]

This error says that you have a tag (@tag_name) before the background keyword, something lik:

  @foo
  Background: ...
 

If you remove the tag before the background keyword, the feature should work.

Regards
Björn


 

[sachin bhangade]

In your feature file, you forgot to use Scenario or Scenario Outline. After Background keyword there should be some Scenario. There is no scenario to execute at this moment in your feature file.

[Vikram Upadhya]

Thanks guys, this Worked.

Feature: Checking tags for Requirement Update

Narrative:  To test background tags

Background: 

Given TestA

@MISC_TAGS

@https://github.com/cucumber/cucumber/wiki/Background

Scenario:  TestScenario#6

When  TestB

Then  TestC

@test

Scenario: TestScenario#6_1

When  TestB

Then i must try to automate

@test

Scenario: TestScenario#6_2

When  TestB

Then two files are created