Unable to generate the extent-report

Question

Using the plugin com.vimalselvam.cucumber.listener.ExtentCucumberFormatter (the only that worked for me), my report is generated but with several errors on the log of intellij

I've tried to generate the report with a scenario not defined (just for the speed). Using more than one plugin, as the plugin

These are the depencies I'm using:

<dependency>
            <groupId>info.cukes</groupId>
            <artifactId>cucumber-java</artifactId>
            <version>1.2.5</version>
</dependency>
 <dependency>
            <groupId>com.vimalselvam</groupId>
            <artifactId>cucumber-extentsreport</artifactId>
            <version>3.1.1</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
            <groupId>com.aventstack</groupId>
            <artifactId>extentreports</artifactId>
            <version>4.0.9</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
            <groupId>com.aventstack</groupId>
            <artifactId>extentreports-cucumber4-adapter</artifactId>
            <version>1.0.7</version>
</dependency>

---

@CucumberOptions(plugin = {"com.vimalselvam.cucumber.listener.ExtentCucumberFormatter:output/report.html")

@AfterClass
    public static void writeExtentReport() {
Reporter.loadXMLConfig(new File("path/extent-config.xml"));
}

The errors:

log4j:WARN No appenders could be found for logger (freemarker.cache).
log4j:WARN Please initialize the log4j system properly.


java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: com.aventstack.extentreports.reporter.ExtentHtmlReporter.loadXMLConfig(Ljava/io/File;)V

at com.vimalselvam.cucumber.listener.Reporter.loadXMLConfig(Reporter.java:66)
at test.runner.TestRunner.writeExtentReport(TestRunner.java:31)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at org.junit.runners.model.FrameworkMethod$1.runReflectiveCall(FrameworkMethod.java:50)
at org.junit.internal.runners.model.ReflectiveCallable.run(ReflectiveCallable.java:12)
at org.junit.runners.model.FrameworkMethod.invokeExplosively(FrameworkMethod.java:47)
at org.junit.internal.runners.statements.RunAfters.evaluate(RunAfters.java:33)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.run(ParentRunner.java:363)
at cucumber.api.junit.Cucumber.run(Cucumber.java:100)
at org.junit.runner.JUnitCore.run(JUnitCore.java:137)
at com.intellij.junit4.JUnit4IdeaTestRunner.startRunnerWithArgs(JUnit4IdeaTestRunner.java:68)
at com.intellij.rt.execution.junit.IdeaTestRunner$Repeater.startRunnerWithArgs(IdeaTestRunner.java:47)
at com.intellij.rt.execution.junit.JUnitStarter.prepareStreamsAndStart(JUnitStarter.java:242)
at com.intellij.rt.execution.junit.JUnitStarter.main(JUnitStarter.java:70)


java.lang.NullPointerException
    at com.vimalselvam.cucumber.listener.ExtentCucumberFormatter.result(ExtentCucumberFormatter.java:252)...

Answer 1

You are using vimal, avenstack and adapter dependencies all together in pom.xml which is not advisable and expected. One shall use vimal or avenstack or both together in specific use case or use adapter dependency only. Please follow below instructions.

Vimal Selvam Library: Below is the required maven dependency and a sample test to demonstrate how configuration set up is done.

Maven Dependency

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.vimalselvam</groupId>
    <artifactId>cucumber-extentsreport</artifactId>
    <version>3.1.1</version>
</dependency>


<dependency>
    <groupId>com.aventstack</groupId>
    <artifactId>extentreports</artifactId>
    <version>4.0.9</version>
</dependency>

Please note that Java 8+ and adding the dependency of ExtentReport v3.1.1+ is mandatory.

Cucumber Runner File

 @RunWith(Cucumber.class)
    @CucumberOptions(
            features = {"src/test/resources/features"},
            glue = {"com.cucumber.stepdefinitions"},
            plugin = {"com.cucumber.listener.ExtentCucumberFormatter:output/report.html"}
            )
    public class RunCukesTest {
        @AfterClass
        public static void teardown() {
            Reporter.loadXMLConfig(new File("src/test/resources/extent-config.xml"));
            Reporter.setSystemInfo("user", System.getProperty("user.name"));
            Reporter.setSystemInfo("os", "Mac OSX");
            Reporter.setTestRunnerOutput("Sample test runner output message");
        }
    }

The above setup will generate the report in output directory with the name of report.html.

Please remove adapter dependency from pom.xml. We shall use vimal/avenstack or extent adapter but not all together.

Extent Adapter: Beauty is, you do not need to write any code any where to generate report this way except from setting adapter in runner below.

Maven Dependency

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.aventstack</groupId>
    <artifactId>extentreports-cucumber4-adapter</artifactId>
    <version>1.0.6</version>
</dependency>

Add the com.aventstack.extentreports.cucumber.adapter.ExtentCucumberAdapter plugin to the runner.

@RunWith(Cucumber.class)
@CucumberOptions(plugin = {"com.aventstack.extentreports.cucumber.adapter.ExtentCucumberAdapter:"})
public class RunCukesTest {
    // ..
} 

Report Output Directory - ../Project Directory/test-output/HtmlReport

Additional Note: In future, we would request you to use Cucumber v>=4.0.0 as you are using pretty old dependency(v1.2.5) of Cucumber.

For doing so, you can add below set of cucumber minimal dependencies.

<dependency>
    <groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
    <artifactId>cucumber-junit</artifactId>
    <version>4.2.6</version>
    <scope>test</scope>
</dependency>

<dependency>
    <groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
    <artifactId>cucumber-picocontainer</artifactId>
    <version>4.2.6</version>
    <scope>test</scope>
</dependency>

Answer 2

  <build>
        <plugins>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>3.7.0</version>
                <configuration>
                    <source>1.8</source>
                    <target>1.8</target>
                </configuraton>
            </plugin>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>2.21.0</version>
                <configuration>
                    <configuration>
                    <parallel>classes</parallel>
                    <threadCount>2</threadCount>
                    </configuration>
                    <suiteXmlFiles>
                        <suiteXmlFile>${suiteXmlFile}</suiteXmlFile>
                    </suiteXmlFiles>
                </configuration>
            </plugin>
            <plugin>
                    <groupId>net.masterthought</groupId>
                    <artifactId>maven-cucumber-reporting</artifactId>
                    <version>4.10.0</version>
                    <executions>
                        <execution>
                            <id>execution</id>
                            <phase>verify</phase>
                            <goals>
                                <goal>generate</goal>
                            </goals>
                            <configuration>
                                <projectName>CucumberWebGui</projectName>
                                <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/cucumber-report-html</outputDirectory>
                                <cucumberOutput>${project.build.directory}/cucumber.json</cucumberOutput>
                            </configuration>
                        </execution>
                    </executions>
                </plugin>
        </plugins>
    </build> 
    
    <licenses>
        <license>
            <name>MIT License</name>
            <url>http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php</url>
            <distribution>repo</distribution>
        </license>
    </licenses>
  

  
   <properties>
        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
        <cucumber.version>4.8.0</cucumber.version>
        <!-- <extentreports.version>5.0.3</extentreports.version> -->
    </properties>

  <dependencies>
    
        <dependency>
            <groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
            <artifactId>cucumber-junit</artifactId>
            <version>${cucumber.version}</version>
            <!-- <scope>test</scope> -->
        </dependency>
        
        <dependency>
    <groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
    <artifactId>cucumber-picocontainer</artifactId>
    <version>${cucumber.version}</version>
    <scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
    <groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
    <artifactId>cucumber-picocontainer</artifactId>
    <version>${cucumber.version}</version>
    <scope>test</scope>
</dependency>

       
<dependency>
    <groupId>info.cukes</groupId>
    <artifactId>gherkin</artifactId>
    <version>2.12.2</version>
    <scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.testng</groupId>
            <artifactId>testng</artifactId>
            <version>6.9.10</version>
            <!-- <scope>test</scope> -->
        </dependency>
        
        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.beust</groupId>
            <artifactId>jcommander</artifactId>
            <version>1.72</version>
        </dependency>

        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/io.cucumber/cucumber-testng -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
            <artifactId>cucumber-testng</artifactId>
            <version>${cucumber.version}</version>
        </dependency>
        
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
            <artifactId>poi</artifactId>
            <version>3.17</version>
        </dependency>
        
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
            <artifactId>poi-ooxml</artifactId>
            <version>3.17</version>
        </dependency>
        
        <dependency>
            <groupId>io.appium</groupId>
            <artifactId>java-client</artifactId>
             <version>6.1.0</version>
        </dependency>
        
        <dependency>
            <groupId>junit</groupId>
            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
            <version>4.12</version>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>
        
       
        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.aventstack</groupId>
            <artifactId>klov-reporter</artifactId>
            <version>5.0.0</version>
        </dependency>
        
        <dependency>
            <groupId>io.github.bonigarcia</groupId>
            <artifactId>webdrivermanager</artifactId>
            <version>3.8.0</version>
        </dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
            <version>1.2.17</version>
        </dependency>
        
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
            <artifactId>selenium-server</artifactId>
            <version>3.12.0</version>
        </dependency>
        
        
<dependency>
    <groupId>com.aventstack</groupId>
    <artifactId>extentreports-cucumber4-adapter</artifactId>
    <version>1.0.11</version>
</dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
            <artifactId>cucumber-java</artifactId>
            <version>${cucumber.version}</version>
            <scope>provided</scope>
        </dependency>

        <!-- <dependency>
            <groupId>com.aventstack</groupId>
            <artifactId>extentreports</artifactId>
            <version>5.0.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
            <version>4.0.9</version>
            <scope>provided</scope>
        </dependency> -->
        
        
        <dependency>
<groupId>net.masterthought</groupId>
<artifactId>cucumber-reporting</artifactId>
<version>4.10.0</version>
</dependency> 
        
        <!-- <dependency>
            <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
            <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
            <version>2.7</version>
        </dependency> -->
    </dependencies>

    <distributionManagement>
        <snapshotRepository>
            <id>ossrh</id>
            <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
        </snapshotRepository>
        <repository>
            <id>ossrh</id>
            <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/</url>
        </repository>
    </distributionManagement>

<profiles>
  <profile>
     <id>allow-snapshots</id>
        <activation><activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault></activation>
     <repositories>
       <repository>
         <id>snapshots-repo</id>
         <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
         <releases><enabled>false</enabled></releases>
         <snapshots><enabled>true</enabled></snapshots>
       </repository>
     </repositories>
   </profile>

        <profile>
        
            <id>release</id>
            <build>
                <plugins>
                    <plugin>
                        <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
                        <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                        <version>1.6.8</version>
                        <extensions>true</extensions>
                        <configuration>
                            <serverId>ossrh</serverId>
                            <nexusUrl>https://oss.sonatype.org/</nexusUrl>
                            <autoReleaseAfterClose>true</autoReleaseAfterClose>
                        </configuration>
                    </plugin>

                    <plugin>
                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                        <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
                        <version>3.0.1</version>
                        <executions>
                            <execution>
                                <id>attach-sources</id>
                                <goals>
                                    <goal>jar-no-fork</goal>
                                </goals>
                            </execution>
                        </executions>
                    </plugin>

                    <plugin>
                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                        <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
                        <version>3.0.1</version>
                        <executions>
                            <execution>
                                <id>attach-javadocs</id>
                                <goals>
                                    <goal>jar</goal>
                                </goals>
                            </execution>
                        </executions>
                    </plugin>

                    <plugin>
                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                        <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
                        <version>1.6</version>
                        <executions>
                            <execution>
                                <id>sign-artifacts</id>
                                <phase>verify</phase>
                                <goals>
                                    <goal>sign</goal>
                                </goals>
                            </execution>
                        </executions>
                    </plugin>
                </plugins>
            </build>
        </profile>
    </profiles>
  
  <name>WebAutomation</name>
  <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
    <description>Web Automation Framework</description>
    <organization>
        <name>MidTrans Demo</name>
    </organization>
</project>