Spring & Cucumber integration: #Sql import didn't execute - spring

Question

I need to integrate the cucumber with spring in a practice. But I can't import some test data with spring's #Sql annotation. However the other integration tests that not use cucumber works fine. I didn't find why? The cucumber runner:
#RunWith(Cucumber.class)
#CucumberOptions(features={"classpath:features/"})
public class CucumberIT {
}
And the step defination:
#RunWith(SpringRunner.class)
#ContextConfiguration(classes={DevDbConfig.class})
#Sql("classpath:test-reader-data.sql")
#Transactional
#ActiveProfiles("dev")
public class StepDefines {
#Autowired
ReaderService readerService;
Reader reader;
#Given("^a user with name Lily$")
public void a_user_with_name_Lily() throws Throwable {
reader = readerService.findByName("Lily"); // reader is null here!
}
#Given("^this user Lily exists$")
public void this_user_Lily_exists() throws Throwable {
assertThat(reader, notNullValue());
}
#Then("^Lily's info should be returned$")
public void lily_s_info_should_be_returned() throws Throwable {
assertThat(reader.getName(), is("Lily"));
}
}
But the following testing code can import the testing data normally:
#RunWith(SpringRunner.class)
#ContextConfiguration(classes={DevDbConfig.class})
#Sql("classpath:test-reader-data.sql")
#Transactional
#ActiveProfiles("dev")
public class ReaderServiceTest {
#Autowired
ReaderService readerService;
#Autowired
EntityManager entityManager;
#Test
public void testQueryByIdAndShouldNotReturnNull() {
Reader reader = readerService.findByName("Lily");
assertThat(reader, notNullValue()); // reader is not null!
}
}
Thanks!

Answer 1

The #Sql will be executed by SqlScriptsTestExecutionListener. The Spring SpringJUnit4ClassRunner will register all of the TestExecutionListeners.
From theSqlScriptsTestExecutionListenerjava doc, it says:
Scripts and inlined statements will be executed before or after execution of the corresponding test method, depending on the configured value of the executionPhase flag.
So a class level #Sql is equivalent to all #Testmethods with individual #Sqlannotation.
However, when cucumber is running, it won't execute any #Test method and the #Sql doesn't have chance to be executed.
Finally, I have to do it myself:
#Autowired
DataSource ds;
#Given("^a user with name Lily$")
public void a_user_with_name_Lily() throws Throwable {
ScriptUtils.executeSqlScript(ds.getConnection(), new ClassPathResource("test-reader-data.sql"));
reader = readerService.findByName("Lily");
}
#Given("^this user Lily exists$")
public void this_user_Lily_exists() throws Throwable {
assertThat(reader, notNullValue());
}
#Then("^Lily's info should be returned$")
public void lily_s_info_should_be_returned() throws Throwable {
assertThat(reader.getName(), is("Lily"));
}