@Before doesn't execute in java Cucumber Step

Question

I\'ve got a Cucumber Step class that i\'m attempting to initialise a page model for all scenarios. So I added a @Before annotated method :

@Before()
private void         


        

Answer 1

There is an accepted answer to this question, but I wanted to point out the comment made by Matt Watson which solved the issue for me and for which I have not seen similar advice elsewhere:

I've had a play about with some of my cucumber-jvm tests and I think I've spotted it. Your @Before method should be public rather than private

The @Before method must be public.