Autowire failed in cucumber Step Def test - spring

Question

I have a series cucumber feature files and a list of associated step def tests in current project
in the step def tests package, I have this Hook definition
#ContextConfiguration(classes = Application.class)
#SpringBootTest(webEnvironment = SpringBootTest.WebEnvironment.RANDOM_PORT)
public class Hooks {
....
}
and RunCukesTest
#RunWith(Cucumber.class)
#CucumberOptions(features = "src/test/resources/features", glue = { "com.myapp.test.jersey.rest.v1" })
#ContextConfiguration(classes = Application.class)
public class RunCukesTest {
....
}
above classpaths are correct.
And there is one of the step def test
package com.myapp.test.jersey.rest.v1;
....
#ContextConfiguration(classes = Application.class)
public class OrderCreateServiceTest {
....
#Autowired
private OrderRepository repository;
}
However I got follow error by Spring Boot
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IllegalStateException: Failed to load ApplicationContext
Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCurrentlyInCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'entityManagerFactory': Requested bean is currently in creation: Is there an unresolvable circular reference?
Then if I take out the #ContextConfiguration from step def class, like this
//#ContextConfiguration(classes = Application.class)
public class CashpointCreateServiceTest {
apparently autowire of repository object will fail by throwing NullPointerException
It's greatly appreciated if anyone can share
(1) With Hook and CukeTest configuration, how to autowire bean in the step def class?
(2) Is it ok to have #ContextConfiguration in both Hook and CukeTest class?

Answer 1

You don't need the ContextConfiguration on RunCukesTest class. For running cucumber tests I use the following setup.
Junit test class to launch the cucumber tests:
package mypackage.test;
import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
import cucumber.api.CucumberOptions;
import cucumber.api.junit.Cucumber;
#RunWith(Cucumber.class)
#CucumberOptions(features = "src/test-integration/resources/features")
public class RunFeatures {
}
Base class which all step definition classes extend. This is so that all the step classes have the same spring annotations.
package mypackage.test.steps;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest.WebEnvironment;
import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
import mypackage.Application;
#ContextConfiguration(classes = { Application.class })
#SpringBootTest(webEnvironment=WebEnvironment.DEFINED_PORT)
public class BaseSteps {
}
Then the tests steps
package mypackage.test.steps;
import mypackage.repo.SampleRepo;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import cucumber.api.java.en.When;
public class SampleSteps extends BaseSteps {
#Autowired
private SampleRepo sampleRepo;
#When("^Sample repo is called$")
public void no_words_are_saved() {
sampleRepo.findAll("something");
}
I don't understand what your Hooks class is for. I've only used annotated hooks in cucumber-jvm (e.g. #Before or #After). If you need some other hook, can you explain a bit more about what you're trying to do?