import cucumber.api.DataTable; cannot be resolved - maven

Question

I am trying to automate DataTables in Cucumber where i have written the appropriate feature and step definition for the same.
Eclipse is suggesting to import io.cucumber.datatable.DataTable; and when I use the raw() method, eclipse throws an error saying "The method raw() is undefined for the type DataTable"
Feature : Then user enters username and password
| mngr193115 | edytadA |
Step Definition :
#Then("^user enters username and password$")
public void user_enters_username_and_password(DataTable credentials) {
//driver.findElement(By.linkText("ACCOUNT")).click();
List<List<String>> data = credentials.raw();
driver.findElement(By.xpath("//input[#type='text']")).sendKeys();
driver.findElement(By.name("password")).sendKeys(password);
}
Below is my POM.xml file
<dependencies>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/io.cucumber/cucumber-java -->
<dependency>
<groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
<artifactId>cucumber-java</artifactId>
<version>4.3.0</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/io.cucumber/cucumber-jvm -->
<dependency>
<groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
<artifactId>cucumber-jvm</artifactId>
<version>4.3.0</version>
<type>pom</type>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/io.cucumber/cucumber-junit -->
<dependency>
<groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
<artifactId>cucumber-junit</artifactId>
<version>4.3.0</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/io.cucumber/cucumber-jvm-deps -->
<dependency>
<groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
<artifactId>cucumber-jvm-deps</artifactId>
<version>1.0.6</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/net.masterthought/cucumber-reporting -->
<dependency>
<groupId>net.masterthought</groupId>
<artifactId>cucumber-reporting</artifactId>
<version>4.6.0</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/io.cucumber/cucumber-core -->
<dependency>
<groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
<artifactId>cucumber-core</artifactId>
<version>3.0.2</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/io.cucumber/gherkin -->
<dependency>
<groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
<artifactId>gherkin</artifactId>
<version>5.1.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<version>3.8.1</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
<artifactId>selenium-java</artifactId>
<version>3.141.59</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/io.cucumber/cucumber-picocontainer -->
<dependency>
<groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
<artifactId>cucumber-picocontainer</artifactId>
<version>4.3.0</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</project>
expected - to resolve the import issues and import cucumber.api.DataTable;
Actual - Eclipse is suggesting to import import io.cucumber.datatable.DataTable; for DataTable and when I import the same, i am not able to use raw() method.

Answer 1

Main Point: People have been facing few errors (mentioned below) as they mix direct & transitive dependencies. So we shall not mix direct & transitive dependencies specially their versions! Doing so can cause unpredictable outcome.
The import cucumber.api.junit cannot be resolved
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: gherkin/IGherkinDialectProvider
import cucumber.api.DataTable; cannot be resolved
Solution: Please remove cucumber-java, cucumber-core, cucumber-jvm-deps, gherkin & junit. They're transitive dependencies and will be provided by your dependencies. You can add below set of minimal cucumber dependencies.
<dependency>
<groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
<artifactId>cucumber-junit</artifactId>
<version>4.3.0</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
<artifactId>cucumber-picocontainer</artifactId>
<version>4.3.0</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>

Answer 2

If you are using io.cucumber instead of cucumber.api import then use cells() method which is an alternative of the raw() method in io.cucumber package.
Example:
List<List<String>> testData = data.cells();
System.out.println(testData.get(0).get(0)); //displays the first element of dataTable //of 0th row and 0th column

Answer 3

I. option
https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/io.cucumber/datatable-dependencies/1.1.12
https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/io.cucumber/datatable/1.0.3
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/io.cucumber/datatable-dependencies -->
<dependency>
<groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
<artifactId>datatable-dependencies</artifactId>
<version>1.1.12</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/io.cucumber/datatable -->
<dependency>
<groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
<artifactId>datatable</artifactId>
<version>1.0.3</version>
</dependency>
II. option
Try out to update cucumber-core and cucumber java dependencies up to latest versions:
https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/io.cucumber/cucumber-core/4.3.1
<dependency>
<groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
<artifactId>cucumber-core</artifactId>
<version>4.3.1</version>
</dependency>
https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/io.cucumber/cucumber-java
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/io.cucumber/cucumber-java -->
<dependency>
<groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
<artifactId>cucumber-java</artifactId>
<version>4.3.1</version>
</dependency>
And after that- do maven reimport.
Hope this helps

Answer 4

I also had an issue while using raw() so instead I changed it to cells() which worked fine
#And("^I enter following for login$")
public void iEnterFollowingForLogin(DataTable table) throws Throwable{
List<List<String>> data = table.cells();
System.out.println("Username: "+data.get(1).get(0));
System.out.println("Password: "+data.get(1).get(1));
}

Answer 5

Feature : Then user enters username and password
| mngr193115 | edytadA |
From your question what is notice was above was the feature file you used.
I agree that you have to do import for datatable and before that can you please change the feature file to below if not
Feature : To check the UN and Pwd
Scenario : ScenarioName
Then user enters username and password
| mngr193115 | edytadA |