On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 6:15 PM, Arco <akl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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??
>
a) Why do you need one thing to happen before a feature?
b) Why can't you do it before each scenario?
Aslak
>
> 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.
> >
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