OK - I found a workaround. I simply tag the first scenario with '@first', then do Before('@first') and i get what I want - executing a block once for the feature file.
Except for one problem: most of my scenarios are done as scenario outlines, which are run multiple times - once for each row of my Example table. A workaround to that problem might be to put a 'dummy' scenario that is run before the other scenarios in my feature file... @first Scenario: Call a before block before running other scenarios... But this puts junk in my feature files. Is there a better, cleaner way?? On Apr 28, 8:32 am, Arco <akl...@gmail.com> wrote: > I also would like a hook that executes a block once before running a > feature file. > > In my testing i found that: > - Background: executes before each scenario > - Before executes before each scenario > - Before('@tag') executes before each scenario > > Is there a way to execute a block once before each feature, but not > before each scenario? > > On Apr 28, 7:08 am, aslak hellesoy <aslak.helle...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hi -- is it possible to set before and after blocks for individual feature > > > files? > > > Yes. Use tagged hooks:http://wiki.github.com/aslakhellesoy/cucumber/hooks > > > Aslak > > > > I've tried putting them in step files, but they just get called before > > > everything, like they'd been declared in env.rb, which is consistent with > > > how I thought cucumber worked, but I thought I'd best try it anyway. > > > Anyway, I have some features that require a specific state be set up > > > before > > > they run -- is this possible to do, and how would I go about doing it? > > > Thanks for any & all help, > > > Doug. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > rspec-users mailing list > > > rspec-us...@rubyforge.org > > >http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users > > > _______________________________________________ > > rspec-users mailing list > > rspec-us...@rubyforge.orghttp://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users > > _______________________________________________ > rspec-users mailing list > rspec-us...@rubyforge.orghttp://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users _______________________________________________ rspec-users mailing list rspec-users@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users