FAQs

What is BDD?

BDD stands for Behaviour-Driven Development and you can learn more about BBD from our More on BDD page.

What Java version is required by JBehave?

JBehave requires a JDK 1.5 or greater.

How do I use JBehave within my development environment?

Scenarios can be run in IDEs, as JUnit tests.

Scenarios can also be run on command line, see running scenarios. It can also be run via web runner, although the web support is not part of JBehave Core. For more info on web support refer to JBehave Web.

What libraries does JBehave depend on?

Check the dependencies details.

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 canŐt spot the @Test annotation in a class jar. The link to the core sources is available from the download page.

Alternatively, M2Eclipse users can downlaod the sources automatically.

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 as we don't tend to use TestNG this solution has not been well-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".