Unable to access @Autowired classes inside @Steps class

[iamtech123]

What happened?

@autowire not initiating the class inside @steps class with Junit 5 - @IncludeEngines("cucumber")

What did you expect to happen?

@autowire class should be accessible inside @steps classes

Serenity BDD version

4.0.28

JDK version

17

Execution environment

OS: Windows
Browser : Chrome
Framework :
Spring boot - 3.4.0
Junit 5
Cucumber - 7.15.0

How to reproduce the bug.

Runner class
@suite
@IncludeEngines("cucumber")
@SelectClasspathResource("/features")
@ConfigurationParameter(key = GLUE_PROPERTY_NAME, value = "com.automation.springboot.cucumber.steps")
public class TestRunner {
}

Init class
@SpringBootTest(classes = CucumberTestApp.class)
public class Init extends PageObject {

@Autowired
RunConfig runConfig;

}

Run config

@DaTa
@component
@propertysource("classpath:config/newprop.properties")
public class RunConfig {

@Value("${app_url}")
private String strApp_URL;

}

Step Def

@component
public class DemoStepDef extends Init{

@Autowired
RunConfig runConfig;

@Steps
GooglePage googlePage;

@Given("Sample test")
public void demoStep(){
    System.out.println("In the test case-----");
    System.out.println("App URL : "+runConfig.getStrApp_URL());
    googlePage.openApp();
}

@Then("search with {string}")
public void searchWith(String arg0) {
    try {
        Thread.sleep(5000);
    } catch (InterruptedException e) {
        throw new RuntimeException(e);
    }
    googlePage.search(arg0);
}

}

Google page

@component
public class GooglePage extends PageObject {

@Autowired
RunConfig runConfig;

@Step
public void openApp(){
    getDriver().get(runConfig.getStrApp_URL());

}

@Step
public void search(String strKeyword){
    find(By.name("q")).sendKeys(strKeyword);
}

}

RunConfig works find in Step definition class but returns null in GooglePage class. How to inject Spring boot context inside @steps classes?

How can we make it happen?

Add it to the Serenity BDD backlog and wait for a volunteer to pick it up

[iamtech123]

@wakaleo could you please look into it?

[wakaleo]

@wakaleo could you please look into it?

This is most likely a configuration issue in your test setup. I work on many client projects using Spring and SpringBoot with Serenity, but the annotations can be tricky to get right so that they are picked up correctly. I would be happy to take a look as part of a commercial support package.

[iamtech123]

Hi @wakaleo, is there any sample project i could refer?

[wakaleo]

Have a look at https://github.com/serenity-dojo/wordle

[iamtech123]

Thank you @wakaleo .. I will look into it.