How to pass value from testng.xml to hooks java class

Question

Passing value from testNG.xml to hooks file gives error When a hook declares an argument it must be of type cucumber.api.Scenario. public void Step_Defination.Hooks.openBrowser(java.lang.String) throws java.io.IOException

Answer 1

When using TestNG & Cucumber together, we shall not use @Before (cucumber.api.java.Before) to read values from testng.xml rather we shall use @BeforeTest (org.testng.annotations.BeforeTest) Below is an example of Hooks.java

import org.testng.annotations.BeforeTest;
import org.testng.annotations.Parameters;
import cucumber.api.testng.AbstractTestNGCucumberTests;

public class Hooks extends AbstractTestNGCucumberTests {

    @Parameters({ "browser" })
    @BeforeTest
    public void setUpScenario(String browser){
        //BaseSteps.getInstance().getBrowserInstantiation(browser);
    }
}