Cucumber with Spring Boot 1.4: Dependencies not injected when using @SpringBootTest and @RunWith(SpringRunner.class)

Question

I am writing a new app and trying to do BDD using cucumber and Spring Boot 1.4. Working code is as shown below:

@SpringBootApplication
public class Application {         


        

Answer 1

I've got it working in Spring Boot 1.5. I want to share the configuration with you:

pom.xml

        org.springframework.boot
        spring-boot-starter-parent
        1.5.7.RELEASE
         
    

        ...
    
            ...
        
            info.cukes
            cucumber-java
            1.2.5
            test
        
        
            info.cukes
            cucumber-spring
            1.2.5
            test
        
        
            info.cukes
            cucumber-junit
            1.2.5
            test
        
    
        ...

Feature file

Feature: User should be greeted

  Background:
    Given The database is empty
    Then All connections are set

  Scenario: Default user is greeted
    Given A default user
    When The application is started
    Then The user should be greeted with "Hello Marc!"

Cucumber hook

@RunWith(Cucumber.class)
@CucumberOptions(features = "src/test/resources", strict = true)
public class CucumberTests {    // Classname should end on *Tests

}

Abstract Spring Configuration

@SpringBootTest(webEnvironment = SpringBootTest.WebEnvironment.RANDOM_PORT)
@ContextConfiguration
abstract class AbstractSpringConfigurationTest {

}

Glue

class CucumberGlue : AbstractSpringConfigurationTest() {

    @Autowired
    lateinit var restTemplate: TestRestTemplate

    @Autowired
    lateinit var restController: RestController

    @Autowired
    lateinit var personRepository: PersonRepository

    @Autowired
    lateinit var entityManager: EntityManager

    private var result: String? = null

    @Given("^The database is empty$")
    fun the_database_is_empty() {
        personRepository.deleteAll()
    }

    @Then("^All connections are set$")
    fun all_connections_are_set() {
        assertThat(restTemplate).isNotNull()
        assertThat(entityManager).isNotNull()
    }

    @Given("^A default user$")
    fun a_default_user() {
    }

    @When("^The application is started$")
    fun the_application_is_started() {
        result = restController.testGet()
    }

    @Then("^The user should be greeted with \"([^\"]*)\"$")
    fun the_user_should_be_greeted_with(expectedName: String) {
        assertThat(result).isEqualTo(expectedName)
    }

}