I am getting io.cucumber.java.InvalidMethodSignatureException in Cucumber Java - selenium

Question

My Feature file -
Feature: Open google page
#Sanity
Scenario: Open google search
Given User open google search
Then enter text "hi" in search bar
And close the browser
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Page Object class -
package pageObjects;
import org.openqa.selenium.Keys;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
import org.openqa.selenium.support.CacheLookup;
import org.openqa.selenium.support.FindBy;
import org.openqa.selenium.support.PageFactory;
public class GoogleObjects {
public WebDriver ldriver;
public GoogleObjects(WebDriver rdriver) {
ldriver = rdriver;
PageFactory.initElements(rdriver, this);
}
#FindBy(name = "q")
#CacheLookup
WebElement search;
public void Search(String searchTxt) {
search.sendKeys(searchTxt);
search.sendKeys(Keys.DOWN, Keys.ENTER);
}
public void btnClick() {
ldriver.close();
}
}
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StepDifinition class -
package stepDefinitions;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import io.cucumber.java.en.*;
import pageObjects.GoogleObjects;
public class GoogleSearch {
public WebDriver driver;
#Given("^User open google search$")
public void user_open_google_search() throws Throwable {
driver.get("https://www.google.com");
}
#Then("^enter text \"([^\"]*)\" in search bar$")
public void enter_text_something_in_search_bar(String TxT) throws Throwable {
GoogleObjects gb = new GoogleObjects(driver);
gb.Search(TxT);
}
#And("^close the browser$")
public void close_the_browser() throws Throwable {
GoogleObjects gb = new GoogleObjects(driver);
gb.close();
}
}
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Test Runner class -
package runner;
import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
import io.cucumber.junit.Cucumber;
import io.cucumber.junit.CucumberOptions;
#RunWith(Cucumber.class)
#CucumberOptions(
features = {".//Features/google.feature"},
glue = {"stepDefinitions"},
monochrome=true,
tags = "#Sanity",
plugin = {"pretty","html:target/reports.html" ,
"json:target/reports.json"}
)
public class testRunner {
}
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hooks class -
package stepDefinitions;
import java.io.IOException;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver;
import io.cucumber.java.After;
import io.cucumber.java.Before;
public class hooks {
WebDriver driver;
#Before
public WebDriver setUp() throws IOException {
System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver","*:\\****\\***\\Drivers\\chromedriver.exe");
driver = new ChromeDriver();
return driver;
}
#After
public void tearDown() {
driver.quit();
}
}
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I created a Maven project with cucumber framework and wrote a feature file, step
definitions, test runner and hooks file.
When I run my test runner I am getting "io.cucumber.java.InvalidMethodSignatureException", when I import io.cucumber.java.before/after but my test is running when I import from junit, but #before and #after doesn't work in cucumber if we import from juint. I not understanding why I am getting InvalidMethodSignatureException.
I tried providing order=0 for #Before annotation. It doesn't work
Above is the code, please help me.

Answer 1

You get this issue because methods annotated with io.cucumber.java.Before have to be void.
In your example it returns WebDriver. This is why you get InvalidMethodSignatureException.