Error while running cucumber in junit

Question

Hi i am new to cucumber java. i am trying to run a simple cucumber feature test. below are my feature file, step definition file and junit runner file. but i am not able to run the test succesfully in cucumber-java,cucumber-junit 1.1.6 version.

Feature file

Feature: Test if f1 feature is working
Scenario: valid scenario
Given input1 is "t"
When input2 is also "t"
Then result should be "pass"

Stepdefinition file

package cucumberFrameworkPractise;

import org.junit.Assert;

import cucumber.api.java.en.Given;
import cucumber.api.java.en.Then;
import cucumber.api.java.en.When;



public class CucumberStepDefinitionTest {
    String input1,input2,result;
@Given("input1 is \"([^\"]*)\"$")
public void input1(String input1)
{
    this.input1=input1;
}
@When("input2 is also \"([^\"]*)\"$")
public void input2(String input2)
{
    this.input2=input2;
}
@Then("result should be \"([^\"]*)\"$")
public void result(String result)
{
    this.result=result;
    Assert.fail();
}
}

Cucumber runner file

package cucumberFrameworkPractise;

import org.junit.runner.RunWith;

import cucumber.api.CucumberOptions;
import cucumber.api.junit.Cucumber;

@RunWith(Cucumber.class)
@CucumberOptions(features = "src/test/resources/cucumberFrameworkPractise", format = {
        "pretty", "html:target/cucumber-htmlreport",
"json-pretty:target/cucumber-report.json" })
public class CucumberRunner {

}

I am getting below error:

java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: cucumber.runtime.RuntimeOptions.<init>(Ljava/util/List;)V
    at cucumber.runtime.RuntimeOptionsFactory.create(RuntimeOptionsFactory.java:24)
    at cucumber.api.junit.Cucumber.<init>(Cucumber.java:58)
    at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:57)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45)
    at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:526)
    at org.junit.internal.builders.AnnotatedBuilder.buildRunner(AnnotatedBuilder.java:29)
    at org.junit.internal.builders.AnnotatedBuilder.runnerForClass(AnnotatedBuilder.java:21)
    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:26)
    at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit4.runner.JUnit4TestReference.<init>(JUnit4TestReference.java:33)
    at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit4.runner.JUnit4TestClassReference.<init>(JUnit4TestClassReference.java:25)
    at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit4.runner.JUnit4TestLoader.createTest(JUnit4TestLoader.java:48)
    at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit4.runner.JUnit4TestLoader.loadTests(JUnit4TestLoader.java:38)
    at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.runTests(RemoteTestRunner.java:452)
    at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.runTests(RemoteTestRunner.java:683)
    at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.run(RemoteTestRunner.java:390)
    at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.main(RemoteTestRunner.java:197)

POM.xml

<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
  <groupId>mrunal</groupId>
  <artifactId>cucumbertest</artifactId>
  <version>1.0</version>
  <build>
  <plugins>
  <plugin>
        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>2.12.1</version>
        <executions>
          <execution>
            <id>default-test</id>
            <phase>test</phase>
            <goals>
              <goal>test</goal>
            </goals>
          </execution>
        </executions>
      </plugin>
  </plugins>
  </build>
  <dependencies>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>junit</groupId>
        <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
        <version>4.11</version>
        <scope>test</scope>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>info.cukes</groupId>
        <artifactId>cucumber-java</artifactId>
        <version>1.0.14</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>info.cukes</groupId>
        <artifactId>cucumber-junit</artifactId>
        <version>1.0.14</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>info.cukes</groupId>
        <artifactId>cucumber-testng</artifactId>
        <version>1.1.5</version>
    </dependency>
  </dependencies>
</project>

But when i am running with 1.0.14 version of the same i am able to run it successfully. whys is it so? does 1.1.6 version has some bug in it to run? TIA!!!

could you try adding `cucumber-core` dependency (I am using version `1.1.5`) and see if it works. I have had issues not including it although documentation says it is included automatically. — Bala, May 09 '14 at 09:40
Hi Bala still same error it is not working it is failing while trying to create RuntimeOptions runtimeOptions = runtimeOptionsFactory.create(); not sure why is it failing. did what you suggested. any other pointers. i still wonder why is it working in lower version 1.0.14 — Mrunal Gosar, May 09 '14 at 13:05
Try one final thing. Remove `Testng` dependency but keep `junit` and see if that works. — Bala, May 09 '14 at 13:28

Sakthi · Answer 1 · 2016-06-14T11:54:02.627

In Simple term, We need same jar version for cucumber-core,cucumber-java,cucumber-junit. To overcome this issue :)

Error, we are getting because of the jar files and corresponding version(not suitable for our JDK). I played with jar file - now issue is resolved. And also able to run and generate output.

My JDK version- 1.8.0_60 JARS, junit -4.12 cucumber-java-1.2.2.jar cucumber-junit-1.2.2.jar cucumber-core-1.2.2.jar gherkin-2.12.2.jar cucumber-jvm-deps-1.0.3.jar

Note: java,junit,core should be in same version. Remove unwanted cucumber jars. Debug by install only two(Java and Junit) jar files(different version) and try to resolve NoSuchMethod error.

This answer might have some truth in it but it's very hard to understand what you are saying. Please try to edit and rephrase your answer. — Ross Presser, Jun 13 '16 at 21:07

score 8 · Accepted Answer · answered May 09 '14 at 09:16

The error means that cucumber.runtime.RuntimeOptions has no constructor which takes a List as argument.

Since all classes are part of cucumber, I suspect a bug in the release. Run mvn dependency:tree and search the output for cucumber. Make sure that you have only a single version of the dependency.

If your classpath is good, try an older version.

If that works, download the sources for cucumber and compile them. Does it work now? If so, open a bug report telling the Cucumber project that the latest release wasn't compile correctly.

where should i report the bug. I found out the bug. The bug is that in RuntimeOptionsFactory class of cucumber-core jar one import statement is missing for importing RuntimeOptions class. I was just wondering where should i report this bug for cucumber core? TIA — Mrunal Gosar, Jun 15 '14 at 08:50

zagoo2000 · Answer 3 · 2018-09-13T16:07:44.373

I'm new and still learning. I had a similar 'cucumber runner initialization error' message:

java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: cucumber.runtime.RuntimeOptionsFactory.<init>(Ljava/lang/Class;[Ljava/lang/Class;)V
    at cucumber.api.junit.Cucumber.<init>(Cucumber.java:59)
    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:29)
    at org.junit.internal.builders.AnnotatedBuilder.runnerForClass(AnnotatedBuilder.java:21)
    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:26)
    at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit4.runner.JUnit4TestLoader.createUnfilteredTest(JUnit4TestLoader.java:87)
    at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit4.runner.JUnit4TestLoader.createTest(JUnit4TestLoader.java:73)
    at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit4.runner.JUnit4TestLoader.loadTests(JUnit4TestLoader.java:46)
    at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.runTests(RemoteTestRunner.java:522)
    at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.runTests(RemoteTestRunner.java:760)
    at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.run(RemoteTestRunner.java:460)
    at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.main(RemoteTestRunner.java:206)

Referenced Libraries <= My Jars when I was having an error. I then replaced my cucumber-junit-1.1.5.jar with cucumber-junit-1.2.2.jar and the error message is now resolved. I can now run my cucumber junit test. I started with the latest jars but they seems to have issues. I then tried several different combination. I read 'rule of thumb' (also mentioned above) that the three jars (-core, -java and -junit) need to be of same version. Only then I was able to run my feature files and junit tests.

My current working jars are:

gherkin-2.12.2
cucumber-core-1.2.2
cucumber-java-1.2.2
cucumber-junit-1.2.2
cucumber-html-0.2.3
cucumber-jvm-deps-1.0.3
hamcrest-all-1.3
junit-4.11
selenium-server-standalone-3.13.0

I hope this helps.

I can confirm that align all above libs by version resolves the issue — 27P, Jul 30 '19 at 16:22

score 0 · Answer 4 · edited Jun 26 '19 at 03:18

Check your dependencies: Cucumber dependencies should be all aligned:

<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/info.cukes/cucumber-jvm --> 
<dependency>
   <groupId>info.cukes</groupId>
   <artifactId>cucumber-jvm</artifactId>
   <version>1.2.2</version>
   <type>pom</type>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/info.cukes/cucumber-java --> 
<dependency>
   <groupId>info.cukes</groupId>
   <artifactId>cucumber-java</artifactId>
   <version>1.2.2</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/info.cukes/cucumber-core --> 
<dependency>
   <groupId>info.cukes</groupId>
   <artifactId>cucumber-core</artifactId>
   <version>1.2.2</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/info.cukes/cucumber-junit --> 
<dependency>
   <groupId>info.cukes</groupId>
   <artifactId>cucumber-junit</artifactId>
   <version>1.2.2</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/info.cukes/cucumber-jvm-deps --> 
<dependency>
   <groupId>info.cukes</groupId>
   <artifactId>cucumber-jvm-deps</artifactId>
   <version>1.0.3</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/junit/junit --> 
<dependency>
   <groupId>junit</groupId>
   <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
   <version>4.11</version>
</dependency>

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Sep 30 '20 at 17:24

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i resolved similar issue by, keeping version of cucumber-junit and cucumber-java same.

answered Sep 30 '20 at 17:24

Abhishek Garg

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Oct 22 '20 at 06:27

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gherkin-2.12.2 cucumber-core-1.2.2 cucumber-java-1.2.2 cucumber-junit-1.2.2 cucumber-html-0.2.3 cucumber-jvm-deps-1.0.3 hamcrest-all-1.3 junit-4.11 selenium-server-standalone-3.13.0

this worked for me and No Such method found error get resolved

answered Oct 22 '20 at 06:27

Manish

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