CucumberOptions cannot be resolved to a type

Question

In my testrunner class, on using @CucumberOptions, I am getting an error message saying "CucumberOptions cannot be resolved to a type". I am using the latest version of eclipse cucumber dependencies. I have tried every possible way by installing and uninstalling eclipse, by lowering the cucumber dependencies version.

My runner class is :

import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
import cucumber.api.junit.*;
import cucumber.api.testng.AbstractTestNGCucumberTests;    

@RunWith(Cucumber.class)
@CucumberOptions(
        // format = {"pretty","html:target/html/" } ,
        features = "src/test/resources", glue = "com.cucumber.bhsibase.party.tests")
public class TestRunner extends AbstractTestNGCucumberTests {
}

And my POM.xml :

<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>

    <groupId>BHSI_BASE</groupId>
    <artifactId>BHSI_BASE</artifactId>
    <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
    <packaging>jar</packaging>

    <name>BHSI_BASE</name>
    <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>

    <properties>
        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
    </properties>

    <dependencies>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>junit</groupId>
            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
            <version>3.8.1</version>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>

        <!-- dependencies added for testng start -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.testng</groupId>
            <artifactId>testng</artifactId>
            <version>6.11</version>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>
        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/info.cukes/cucumber-testng -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>info.cukes</groupId>
            <artifactId>cucumber-testng</artifactId>
            <version>1.2.5</version>
        </dependency>
        <!-- dependencies added for testng completed -->

        <!-- dependencies on cucumber jarss -->

        <dependency>
            <groupId>info.cukes</groupId>
            <artifactId>cucumber-java</artifactId>
            <version>1.2.5</version>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>info.cukes</groupId>
            <artifactId>cucumber-junit</artifactId>
            <version>1.2.5</version>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>jdom</groupId>
            <artifactId>jdom</artifactId>
            <version>1.1</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
            <artifactId>selenium-server</artifactId>
            <version>2.53.0</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>info.cukes</groupId>
            <artifactId>cucumber-core</artifactId>
            <version>1.2.5</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>info.cukes</groupId>
            <artifactId>cucumber-jvm</artifactId>
            <version>1.2.5</version>
            <type>pom</type>
        </dependency>

        <!-- dependencies on log4j jarss -->
        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/log4j/log4j -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
            <version>1.2.17</version>
        </dependency>

    </dependencies>
</project>

Please let me know how to proceed ahead with this .

Solution 1

I met the same issue. cucumber-java 1.2.2 is working for me.

<dependency>
    <groupId>info.cukes</groupId>
    <artifactId>cucumber-java</artifactId>
    <version>1.2.2</version>
</dependency>

Solution 2

This answer is outdated.

Assuming you are either doing a new project or don't rely on any related legacy version code.

Now you need

import io.cucumber.junit.CucumberOptions;

in maven pom.xml, and replace the 7.0.0 to the most recent version.

<dependency>
  <groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
  <artifactId>cucumber-junit</artifactId>
  <version>7.0.0</version>
</dependency>

Solution 3

import cucumber.api.CucumberOptions;
import cucumber.api.junit.Cucumber;

Most probably both are not getting resolved.

Solution:

1. Step 1: Change scope of cucumber-junit from test to compile.

2. Step 2: In your Test runner class

Import Below:

import io.cucumber.junit.CucumberOptions;
import io.cucumber.junit.Cucumber;

Instead of :

import cucumber.api.CucumberOptions;
import cucumber.api.junit.Cucumber;

Working for me