Running cucumber test in parallel - cucumber

I have multiple cucumber features that I want to run.
The steps are spread across multiple classes , and they share common data between then for this purpose we use dependency injection (pico-container) , we share the driver object and data using this method
I understand that because of the pico container we cannot run test in parallel as it will mess up the execution.
I want to know if there is any other way to run test in parallel in this approach.
Project arch :
Package : Feature file : This includes all the feature file.
Package : StepDefination : This includes multiple class and step
definitions are split in those
classes based on the microservices they interact
This also include the scenarioContext class that we use the share
data.
Package : Runner class : This includes the runner class with features parameter pointing to the
feature package
Please throw your ideas on my problem here.

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All step definition files are parsed when Cucumber starts executing. Cucumber then uses the scenarios in your feature files to determine which step definitions to call. There is no concept of "running a step definition file".
A Before hook will run before each Scenario that Cucumber executes. It makes no difference which feature file the scenario is written in or which step definition file the hook is defined in.
You may want to consider using a Background instead, especially if a non-technical reader of the feature file would find the behaviours it describes important. A Background runs before each scenario written in the same feature file.
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Thanks
func is not a flow method provided by Origen, rather it is a method that is commonly used in examples to indicate the notion of "a functional test".
The underlying API provided by Origen is flow.test(test_object, options), and within most test program source code the flow will be inferred, so often you will see code that simply calls test.
The test object can be just a name, or it can be an object representing the test like a TestInstance or TestSuite object provided by the Teradyne and Advantest APIs respectively.
You can create a test program flow (and documentation for it) by using only the test method, you can see examples of that in the source code for this video on how to create test program flows: http://origen-sdk.org/origen/videos/5-create-program-flow/
A test program however, is comprised of more than just a flow, and you would normally also want the other files that define what the test is to be generated in addition to the flow.
In time, we hope that the Origen community will produce libraries of off-the-shelf methods like func which would generate the complete test as well as inserting into the flow, currently though it is the application's responsibility to create such methods within their test program interface.
See this example source code for how to create a func method that can target multiple tester types - http://origen-sdk.org/origen/videos/6-create-program-tests/
To start with, you shouldn't worry about the multiple tester aspect, just refer to this guide for the APIs that are available to generate the test program artefacts for creating tests on the V93K - http://origen-sdk.org/origen/guides/program/v93k/

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I'd like to have a module which can be developed in isolated envorinment but still remains a module which can be plugged into anoter project.
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Is this possible?
Is there some best practice of how to automatically forward events from the main context throught the module to the module context?
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It seems to be completely possible
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HexMachina only support one context by applications (parent-child context should be supported in future). I’m not certain to understand exactly what you want, but let start with few things.
Communication between modules.
Modules have two dispatchers, one internal for all internal communication with FrontController, and one public for all external communication.
To communicate between module, one module has to subscribe to the other. In DSL, it defines like that :
<chat id="chat" type="hex.ioc.parser.xml.mock.MockChatModule">
<listen ref="translation"/>
</chat>
<translation id="translation" type="hex.ioc.parser.xml.mock.MockTranslationModule">
<listen ref="chat">
<event static-ref="hex.ioc.parser.xml.mock.MockChatModule.TEXT_INPUT" method="onSomethingToTranslate"/>
</listen>
</translation>
In this example, when chat module dispatchPublicMessage(MockChatModule.TEXT_INPUT, [“data”]), the onSomethingToTranslate(textToTranslate : String) method of translation module is executed.
Split DSL in many files
You can use context inclusion and conditional attributes to organize your DSL files by “component”, and define what you want to use at compile time.
<root name="applicationContext">
<include if=“useModuleA” file="context/ModuleA.xml"/>
</root>
Conditional attribute value is defined by compiler flags (-D useModuleA=1) or directly in code check this link.
Driven many modules with the state machine
If you want driven many modules on one state change, you have used command to manage that.
<state id="assemblingEnd" ref="applicationContext.state.ASSEMBLING_END">
<enter command-class="hex.ioc.parser.xml.assembler.mock.MockStateCommand" fire-once="true"/>
</state>
I hope this can help you. Let me know if you want more detail.

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An artifact is the specification of a physical piece of information
that is used or produced by a software development process, or by
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