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Reputation: 1361

jbehave - How to execute code before each example of a scenario

When using Serenity with JBehave, my step definition adds information provided through @Given and @When into an internal state class, which is validated in @Then methods.

The state class needs to be reinitialized for each test, that is before each scenario without example and before each example of a scenario with examples.

How can I achieve that?

I found a JIRA ticket requesting @BeforeExample (which would solve my problem) at http://jbehave.github.io/Old_JBehave_Issues/548/. However, using @BeforeScenario clears only before each scenario, but not before each example.

Clearing state in each @Given would not work in the cases where a scenario has multiple @Givens (using Given... And....).

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1495

Answers (3)

AlexandrMel
AlexandrMel

Reputation: 1

Old post, but if someone get's here, know that there is already a @BeforeExample and @AfterExample annotation for this purpose

Upvotes: 0

Erijk
Erijk

Reputation: 420

You might try to reset scenario-state using JBehave's 'Before' LifeCycle:

Narrative:
...

Lifecycle: 
Before:
Given a step that is executed before each scenario

Some additional Lifecycle options:

Lifecycle:
After:
Outcome: ANY    
Given a step that is executed after each scenario regardless of outcome
Outcome: SUCCESS 
Given a step that is executed after each successful scenario
Outcome: FAILURE 
Given a step that is executed after each failed scenario

Source: JBehave Story Syntax

Upvotes: 0

JRA_TLL
JRA_TLL

Reputation: 1361

@BeforeScenario does not work (is ignored for scenarios with examples alltogether).

@BeforeScenario(uponType = ScenarioType.ANY) does work, which I found not working before posting this question, but was apparently caused by another reason.

Either way, the method must be public.

Upvotes: 0

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