What is BDD?

• BDD stands for Behaviour-Driven Development and you can learn more about BBD from our Introduction.

  What Java version is required by JBehave 2.x?

• JBehave 2.x uses Java 5 annotations, so any JDK 1.5+ will work.

  How do I use JBehave within my development environment?

• Scenarios can be run in IDE. More info
• Scenarios can be run in command-line. More info
• Scenarios can be run via the Web Runner interface. More info

  What are the libraries that JBehave 2.x depends on?

• Refer to the JBehave dependencies page

  Eclipse can’t seem to find annotations if they are contained within a jar

• Some versions of Eclipse need to be aware of the JBehave source to enable the JUnit plugin for scenarios, as they can’t spot the @Test annotation in a class jar. The link to the core sources is available from the download page.
• Alternatively, Maven users can add the sources automatically to the build path.
• A workaround is to override the runScenario() method annotated with @Test

  public class YourScenario extends JUnitScenario {
   
      @Test
      public void runScenario() throws Throwable {
          super.runScenario();
      }
   
  }

  Note that this is only required for the root scenario of all your scenarios.

  Can I run my scenarios in IDE with TestNG?

• Similarly to the proposed workaround above, you should be able to run with TestNG by simply annotating the runScenario() method in your root Scenario class with the TestNG @Test annotation.

  public class YourScenario extends JUnitScenario {
   
      @org.testng.annotations.Test 
      public void runScenario() throws Throwable {
          super.runScenario();
      }
   
  }

  Note that we don’t tend to use TestNG so this solution as not been tested. If you encounter any issues please let us know.

  How do I make my scenarios fail when steps are not matched and are shown as pending?

• Configure the PendingErrorStrategy in Configuration:

  new Configuration(){
     public PendingErrorStrategy forPendingSteps() {
         return PendingErrorStrategy.FAILING;
     }
  }

  How do I output all my scenario steps – and not just when a scenario fails?

• Configure the ScenarioReporter in Configuration:

  new Configuration(){
       public ScenarioReporter forReportingScenarios() {
            return new PrintStreamScenarioReporter();
      }
  }

• Alternatively, you can use PropertyBasedConfiguration, setting system property “org.jbehave.outputall”.

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