NullPointerException when calling Scenario.write in before hook to JSONFormatter

[K76154]

I have a before hook, and I do something in it, including writing something into the reporters. I have no problem writing to HTML and JUnit reports, but for JSON report, I have the following exception:

11-26 23:19:03.980: V/Unknown Source(29862): java.lang.NullPointerException
11-26 23:19:03.980: V/Unknown Source(29862): at gherkin.formatter.JSONFormatter.getSteps(JSONFormatter.java:235)
11-26 23:19:03.980: V/Unknown Source(29862): at gherkin.formatter.JSONFormatter.getCurrentStep(JSONFormatter.java:65)
11-26 23:19:03.980: V/Unknown Source(29862): at gherkin.formatter.JSONFormatter.getOutput(JSONFormatter.java:253)
11-26 23:19:03.980: V/Unknown Source(29862): at gherkin.formatter.JSONFormatter.write(JSONFormatter.java:136)
11-26 23:19:03.980: V/Unknown Source(29862): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
11-26 23:19:03.980: V/Unknown Source(29862): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511)
11-26 23:19:03.980: V/Unknown Source(29862): at cucumber.runtime.Utils$1.call(Utils.java:35)
11-26 23:19:03.980: V/Unknown Source(29862): at cucumber.runtime.Timeout.timeout(Timeout.java:12)
11-26 23:19:03.980: V/Unknown Source(29862): at cucumber.runtime.Utils.invoke(Utils.java:31)
11-26 23:19:03.980: V/Unknown Source(29862): at cucumber.runtime.RuntimeOptions$2.invoke(RuntimeOptions.java:178)
11-26 23:19:03.980: V/Unknown Source(29862): at $Proxy7.write(Native Method)
11-26 23:19:03.980: V/Unknown Source(29862): at cucumber.runtime.ScenarioImpl.write(ScenarioImpl.java:62)
11-26 23:19:03.980: V/Unknown Source(29862): at com.lotus.sync.traveler.test.common.TestLogger.writeToScenario(TestLogger.java:525)
11-26 23:19:03.980: V/Unknown Source(29862): at com.lotus.sync.traveler.test.common.TestLogger.log(TestLogger.java:469)
11-26 23:19:03.980: V/Unknown Source(29862): at com.lotus.sync.traveler.test.common.TestLogger.log(TestLogger.java:408)
11-26 23:19:03.980: V/Unknown Source(29862): at com.lotus.sync.traveler.test.common.TestLogger.info(TestLogger.java:207)
11-26 23:19:03.980: V/Unknown Source(29862): at com.lotus.sync.traveler.test.steps.SharedDependencies.before(SharedDependencies.java:126)
11-26 23:19:03.980: V/Unknown Source(29862): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
11-26 23:19:03.980: V/Unknown Source(29862): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511)
11-26 23:19:03.980: V/Unknown Source(29862): at cucumber.runtime.Utils$1.call(Utils.java:35)
11-26 23:19:03.980: V/Unknown Source(29862): at cucumber.runtime.Timeout.timeout(Timeout.java:12)
11-26 23:19:03.980: V/Unknown Source(29862): at cucumber.runtime.Utils.invoke(Utils.java:31)
11-26 23:19:03.980: V/Unknown Source(29862): at cucumber.runtime.java.JavaHookDefinition.execute(JavaHookDefinition.java:59)
11-26 23:19:03.980: V/Unknown Source(29862): at cucumber.runtime.Runtime.runHookIfTagsMatch(Runtime.java:221)
11-26 23:19:03.980: V/Unknown Source(29862): at cucumber.runtime.Runtime.runHooks(Runtime.java:209)
11-26 23:19:03.980: V/Unknown Source(29862): at cucumber.runtime.Runtime.runBeforeHooks(Runtime.java:199)
11-26 23:19:03.980: V/Unknown Source(29862): at cucumber.runtime.model.CucumberScenario.run(CucumberScenario.java:41)
11-26 23:19:03.980: V/Unknown Source(29862): at cucumber.runtime.model.CucumberFeature.run(CucumberFeature.java:116)
11-26 23:19:03.980: V/Unknown Source(29862): at cucumber.api.android.CucumberInstrumentation.onStart(CucumberInstrumentation.java:175)
11-26 23:19:03.980: V/Unknown Source(29862): at android.app.Instrumentation$InstrumentationThread.run(Instrumentation.java:1619)
11-26 23:19:03.980: V/Unknown Source(29862): java.lang.NullPointerException
11-26 23:19:03.980: V/Unknown Source(29862): at gherkin.formatter.JSONFormatter.getSteps(JSONFormatter.java:235)
11-26 23:19:03.980: V/Unknown Source(29862): at gherkin.formatter.JSONFormatter.getCurrentStep(JSONFormatter.java:65)
11-26 23:19:03.980: V/Unknown Source(29862): at gherkin.formatter.JSONFormatter.getOutput(JSONFormatter.java:253)
11-26 23:19:03.980: V/Unknown Source(29862): at gherkin.formatter.JSONFormatter.write(JSONFormatter.java:136)
11-26 23:19:03.980: V/Unknown Source(29862): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
11-26 23:19:03.980: V/Unknown Source(29862): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511)
11-26 23:19:03.980: V/Unknown Source(29862): at cucumber.runtime.Utils$1.call(Utils.java:35)
11-26 23:19:03.980: V/Unknown Source(29862): at cucumber.runtime.Timeout.timeout(Timeout.java:12)
11-26 23:19:03.980: V/Unknown Source(29862): at cucumber.runtime.Utils.invoke(Utils.java:31)
11-26 23:19:03.980: V/Unknown Source(29862): at cucumber.runtime.RuntimeOptions$2.invoke(RuntimeOptions.java:178)
11-26 23:19:03.980: V/Unknown Source(29862): at $Proxy7.write(Native Method)
11-26 23:19:03.980: V/Unknown Source(29862): at cucumber.runtime.ScenarioImpl.write(ScenarioImpl.java:62)
11-26 23:19:03.980: V/Unknown Source(29862): at com.lotus.sync.traveler.test.common.TestLogger.writeToScenario(TestLogger.java:525)
11-26 23:19:03.980: V/Unknown Source(29862): at com.lotus.sync.traveler.test.common.TestLogger.log(TestLogger.java:469)
11-26 23:19:03.980: V/Unknown Source(29862): at com.lotus.sync.traveler.test.common.TestLogger.log(TestLogger.java:408)
11-26 23:19:03.980: V/Unknown Source(29862): at com.lotus.sync.traveler.test.common.TestLogger.info(TestLogger.java:207)
11-26 23:19:03.980: V/Unknown Source(29862): at com.lotus.sync.traveler.test.steps.SharedDependencies.before(SharedDependencies.java:126)
11-26 23:19:03.980: V/Unknown Source(29862): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
11-26 23:19:03.980: V/Unknown Source(29862): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511)
11-26 23:19:03.980: V/Unknown Source(29862): at cucumber.runtime.Utils$1.call(Utils.java:35)
11-26 23:19:03.980: V/Unknown Source(29862): at cucumber.runtime.Timeout.timeout(Timeout.java:12)
11-26 23:19:03.980: V/Unknown Source(29862): at cucumber.runtime.Utils.invoke(Utils.java:31)
11-26 23:19:03.980: V/Unknown Source(29862): at cucumber.runtime.java.JavaHookDefinition.execute(JavaHookDefinition.java:59)
11-26 23:19:03.980: V/Unknown Source(29862): at cucumber.runtime.Runtime.runHookIfTagsMatch(Runtime.java:221)
11-26 23:19:03.980: V/Unknown Source(29862): at cucumber.runtime.Runtime.runHooks(Runtime.java:209)
11-26 23:19:03.980: V/Unknown Source(29862): at cucumber.runtime.Runtime.runBeforeHooks(Runtime.java:199)
11-26 23:19:03.980: V/Unknown Source(29862): at cucumber.runtime.model.CucumberScenario.run(CucumberScenario.java:41)
11-26 23:19:03.980: V/Unknown Source(29862): at cucumber.runtime.model.CucumberFeature.run(CucumberFeature.java:116)
11-26 23:19:03.980: V/Unknown Source(29862): at cucumber.api.android.CucumberInstrumentation.onStart(CucumberInstrumentation.java:175)
11-26 23:19:03.980: V/Unknown Source(29862): at android.app.Instrumentation$InstrumentationThread.run(Instrumentation.java:1619)

[ankigure22]

Hi
When we can expect a fix for that problem as I would like to use scenario.write under @before method for my project.
Thanks

[lunivore]

Hi @K76154 and @ankigure22 , sorry that nobody was able to get to this at the time! The codebase has moved on significantly, and I believe your problem has been fixed by now, so I'm closing this ticket. If this is still an issue for you, please could you submit a new report with an up-to-date stack trace? Thanks!

[brasmusson]

This is a duplicate of #701, now when Cucumber-JVM has been upgraded to use Gherkin v4 - available as 2.0.0-SNAPSHOT (with the groupId io.cucumber), the Json Formatter handles writes from before hooks correctly.

[lock]

This thread has been automatically locked since there has not been any recent activity after it was closed. Please open a new issue for related bugs.