I've implemented a customized junit runner as below. The idea is to add tags during runtime.
So say for a scenario we need new users, we tag the scenarios as "@requires_new_user". Then if we run our test in an environment (say production environment which dose not allow you to register new user easily), then we will figure out that we are not able to get new user. Then the ""not @requires_new_user" will be added to cucumber options to skip the scenario.
This is the most clean solution I can imagine now.
public class WebuiCucumberRunner extends ParentRunner<FeatureRunner> {
private final JUnitReporter jUnitReporter;
private final List<FeatureRunner> children = new ArrayList<FeatureRunner>();
private final Runtime runtime;
private final Formatter formatter;
/**
* Constructor called by JUnit.
*
* @param clazz the class with the @RunWith annotation.
* @throws java.io.IOException if there is a problem
* @throws org.junit.runners.model.InitializationError if there is another problem
*/
public WebuiCucumberRunner(Class clazz) throws InitializationError, IOException {
super(clazz);
ClassLoader classLoader = clazz.getClassLoader();
Assertions.assertNoCucumberAnnotatedMethods(clazz);
RuntimeOptionsFactory runtimeOptionsFactory = new RuntimeOptionsFactory(clazz);
RuntimeOptions runtimeOptions = runtimeOptionsFactory.create();
addTagFiltersAsPerTestRuntimeEnvironment(runtimeOptions);
ResourceLoader resourceLoader = new MultiLoader(classLoader);
runtime = createRuntime(resourceLoader, classLoader, runtimeOptions);
formatter = runtimeOptions.formatter(classLoader);
final JUnitOptions junitOptions = new JUnitOptions(runtimeOptions.getJunitOptions());
final List<CucumberFeature> cucumberFeatures = runtimeOptions.cucumberFeatures(resourceLoader, runtime.getEventBus());
jUnitReporter = new JUnitReporter(runtime.getEventBus(), runtimeOptions.isStrict(), junitOptions);
addChildren(cucumberFeatures);
}
private void addTagFiltersAsPerTestRuntimeEnvironment(RuntimeOptions runtimeOptions)
{
String channel = Configuration.TENANT_NAME.getValue().toLowerCase();
runtimeOptions.getTagFilters().add("@" + channel);
if (!TestEnvironment.getEnvironment().isNewUserAvailable()) {
runtimeOptions.getTagFilters().add("not @requires_new_user");
}
}
...
}
Or you can extends the official Cucumber Junit test runner cucumber.api.junit.Cucumber and override method
/**
* Create the Runtime. Can be overridden to customize the runtime or backend.
*
* @param resourceLoader used to load resources
* @param classLoader used to load classes
* @param runtimeOptions configuration
* @return a new runtime
* @throws InitializationError if a JUnit error occurred
* @throws IOException if a class or resource could not be loaded
* @deprecated Neither the runtime nor the backend or any of the classes involved in their construction are part of
* the public API. As such they should not be exposed. The recommended way to observe the cucumber process is to
* listen to events by using a plugin. For example the JSONFormatter.
*/
@Deprecated
protected Runtime createRuntime(ResourceLoader resourceLoader, ClassLoader classLoader,
RuntimeOptions runtimeOptions) throws InitializationError, IOException {
ClassFinder classFinder = new ResourceLoaderClassFinder(resourceLoader, classLoader);
return new Runtime(resourceLoader, classFinder, classLoader, runtimeOptions);
}
You can manipulate runtimeOptions here as you wish. But the method is marked as deprecated, so use it with caution.