[JVM Spring] How to use @DirtiesContext to reset test data between features

[Marcel Overdijk]

I'm using Spring Boot and would like to convert my Spring MockMvc Java tests to Cucumber.

We are already using Cucumber to run automated AT test using Selenium.

Between each feature I want to reset the database.

With the Java tests this works using the @DirtiesContext annotation.

I've added this annotation to the Stepdefs classes but it has no effect.

Any ideas?

[Björn Rasmusson]

Hi,

What version of Cucumber-JVM are you using? In v1.2.0-SNAPSHOT some spring issues of previous version has been fixed.

If one of the stepdef classes have both a @ContextConfiguration and a @DirtiesContext (like this), the spring-context should be reloaded between each scenario.
How that works together with Spring Boot, I do not know.

Best Regards
Björn

[Marcel Overdijk]

I was using 1.1.8 and it works now.

My in memory HSQLDB database was not closing/resetting between scenario's.

I fixed this by adding ;shutdown=true to the jdb connection url.

The strange thing is that I saw different behaviour when I run ordinary junit tests.

Btw do you know which kind of issues are fixed in 1.2.0 snapshot?

[Marcel Overdijk]

I think btw the different behaviour between using cucumber and ordinary junit tests is that the org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Transactional annotation works for junit tests but not for cucumber.

Or should I do something special to be able to use @Transactional on my stepdef classes?

On Tuesday, October 7, 2014 10:34:42 PM UTC+2, Björn Rasmusson wrote:

[Björn Rasmusson]

Marcel Overdijk wrote:

I was using 1.1.8 and it works now.

My in memory HSQLDB database was not closing/resetting between scenario's.

I fixed this by adding ;shutdown=true to the jdb connection url.

The strange thing is that I saw different behaviour when I run ordinary junit tests.

Btw do you know which kind of issues are fixed in 1.2.0 snapshot?

Hi,

Please use interleaved answers according to http://cukes.info/posting-rules.html.
issues fixed in v1.2-SNAPSHOT (mainly in #711):
- autowiring one stepdef class into another
- the @txn transaction support, using the @txn annotation in a feature file executes the scenarios in a transaction.
- the @ContextConfiguration annotation not neede on every stepdef class.
- fallback to use a cucumber.xml configuration file from the classpath if no @ContextConfiguration is found.

Best Regards
Björn

[Marcel Overdijk]

On Wednesday, October 8, 2014 1:53:11 PM UTC+2, Björn Rasmusson wrote:

Marcel Overdijk wrote:

I was using 1.1.8 and it works now.

My in memory HSQLDB database was not closing/resetting between scenario's.

I fixed this by adding ;shutdown=true to the jdb connection url.

The strange thing is that I saw different behaviour when I run ordinary junit tests.

Btw do you know which kind of issues are fixed in 1.2.0 snapshot?

Hi,

Please use interleaved answers according to http://cukes.info/posting-rules.html.
issues fixed in v1.2-SNAPSHOT (mainly in #711):
- autowiring one stepdef class into another
- the @txn transaction support, using the @txn annotation in a feature file executes the scenarios in a transaction.
- the @ContextConfiguration annotation not neede on every stepdef class.
- fallback to use a cucumber.xml configuration file from the classpath if no @ContextConfiguration is found.

Best Regards
Björn

Thanks Bjorn.

I switched to 1.2.0-SNAPSHOT. Do you know the roadmap for 1.2.0? Are there any planned milestones releases?