Null Pointer exception due to Step Class not able to be Injected/Resolved...

[pats-john]

I am getting the following error.

java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.test.functional.employee.EmployeeServiceTest.testSuccessfullPost(EmployeeServiceTest.java:22)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:566)
at org.junit.platform.commons.util.ReflectionUtils.invokeMethod(ReflectionUtils.java:686)
at org.junit.jupiter.engine.execution.MethodInvocation.proceed(MethodInvocation.java:60)

My Runner File Looks like this

package com.test.functional.employee;

import com.testfunctional.employee.steps.EmployeeSteps;

import net.serenitybdd.junit.runners.SerenityRunner;
import net.thucydides.core.annotations.Narrative;
import net.thucydides.core.annotations.Steps;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
import org.junit.runner.RunWith;

@RunWith(SerenityRunner.class)
@Narrative(text={"In order to test that the Employee Service is working properly",
"As a tester",
"I want to be able to execute the tests for various endpoints"})
public class EmployeeServiceTest {

@Steps
EmployeeSteps cftOrCrime;

@Test
public void testSuccessfullPost () {
    cftOrCrime.invokeEmployee();

}

}

My Step Files look like this

package uk.gov.hmcts.futurehearings.hmi.functional.employee.steps;

import net.thucydides.core.annotations.Step;

public class EmployeeSteps {

private String actor;

@Step
public void invokeEmployee () {
   System.out.println("The value is sorted");
}

}

My dependencies are

//functionalTestCompile ("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web")
//functionalTestCompile group: 'net.serenity-bdd', name: 'serenity-rest-assured', version: versions.serenity
functionalTestCompile group: 'net.serenity-bdd', name: 'serenity-core', version: versions.serenity
functionalTestCompile group: 'net.serenity-bdd', name: 'serenity-junit', version: versions.serenity
//functionalTestCompile group: 'net.serenity-bdd', name: 'serenity-spring', version: versions.serenity
functionalTestCompile group: 'net.serenity-bdd', name: 'serenity-screenplay', version :versions.serenity
//functionalTestCompile group: 'net.serenity-bdd', name: 'serenity-single-page-report', version: versions.serenityreporter
functionalTestCompile "ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:1.2.3"
functionalTestCompile "org.assertj:assertj-core:3.8.0"

functionalTestImplementation group: 'io.rest-assured', name: 'xml-path', version: versions.restAssured
functionalTestImplementation group: 'io.rest-assured', name: 'json-path', version: versions.restAssured
//functionalTestImplementation group: 'org.skyscreamer', name: 'jsonassert', version: '1.5.0'

with versions

def versions = [
junit : '5.6.2',
junitPlatform : '1.6.2',
reformLogging : '5.1.5',
springBoot : springBoot.class.package.implementationVersion,
springfoxSwagger: '2.9.2',
serenity : '2.2.9',
restAssured : '4.2.0',
serenityreporter : '2.1.4',
assertJ : '3.8.0',
logbackVersion : '1.2.3'
]

I am using Java 11 and Junit 5...

On running my test from the command line with the info option,I seem to get the following...

22:16:32.157 [Test worker] DEBUG org.apache.http.impl.conn.BasicClientConnectionManager - Releasing connection org.apache.http.impl.conn.ManagedClientConnectionImpl@3519571a
22:16:32.158 [Test worker] INFO net.serenitybdd.rest.decorators.request.RequestSpecificationDecorated - No BaseStepListener, GET not registered.

What could I be missing?Can someone help?????

[wakaleo]

Are you trying to run the Serenity test with JUnit 5?

[pats-john]

Yes I am and I got it running on Junit 4....I found that later on...

Thanks for the response...I missed your comment.Apologies for the delay...

[pats-john]

This ticket can be closed if there is no further support for Junit 5...

[wakaleo]

Yep, JUnit 5 runners aren't supported yet, so you need to run it using the legacy JUnit 4 mode.

[pats-john]

Thanks for the confirmation...

[Dvoreth]

I encountered this in Serenity 2.6.0 when using JUnit5 . I'm assuming it simply doesn't work yet since the JUnit 5 support is still in beta?

[wakaleo]

Are you using the serenity-junit5 module?

[Dvoreth]

Yes :)

    <dependency>
        <groupId>net.serenity-bdd</groupId>
        <artifactId>serenity-junit5</artifactId>
        <version>2.6.0</version>
        <scope>test</scope>
    </dependency>

[wakaleo]

Have a look at https://github.com/serenity-dojo/serenity-web-training/tree/junit5-solution.

[Dvoreth]

Thank you so so much for that example project! I was missing the line
<junit.jupiter.extensions.autodetection.enabled>true</junit.jupiter.extensions.autodetection.enabled>
in my maven-failsafe-plugin configuration in the pom.xml. With this line it works. Thanks again!