Can we pass Cucumber Options values like Features and Tags values dynamically from TestNg.xml file?

Question

I am trying to run my regression test suite from TestNg.xml file. Most Testcases use different tags and different feature filenames. So i want to pass these input as a parameter from TestNg.xml file.

I currently have duplicate runner class with different combination of tags to handle this problem. Is there any solution for this issue?

Answer 1

This is possible. See Cucumber TestNG - README md.

Suppose you have a runner class like this:

package com.example;

import io.cucumber.testng.AbstractTestNGCucumberTests;

public class RunCucumberTest extends AbstractTestNGCucumberTests {
}

You can use it multiple times in testng.xml.

<!DOCTYPE suite SYSTEM "http://testng.org/testng-1.0.dtd" >
<suite name="Example Suite">
    <parameter name="cucumber.filter.tags" value="@Gherkin and not @Zucchini" />
    
    <test name="Vegetable garden" preserve-order="true">
        <parameter name="cucumber.features" value="classpath:com/example/features/vegetable"/>
        <parameter name="cucumber.glue" value="com.example.vegetables.glue"/>
        <classes>
            <class name="com.example.RunCucumberTests"/>
        </classes>
    </test>
    
    <test name="Herb garden" preserve-order="true">
        <parameter name="cucumber.features" value="classpath:com/example/features/herbs"/>
        <parameter name="cucumber.glue" value="com.example.herbs.glue"/>
        <classes>
            <class name="com.example.RunCucumberTests"/>
        </classes>
    </test>
</suite>

For a list of properties see Cucumber Core - README.md.