Package com.thoughtworks.gauge

Annotation Type BeforeSpec

@Target(METHOD) @Retention(RUNTIME) public @interface BeforeSpec
Methods annotated with this hook, execute before every Specification execution completes. The specification can be filtered by passing additional attributes.

If there is more than one method annotated with @BeforeSpec, the order of execution is as follows:

  • Hooks which are not filtered by tags.
  • Hooks filtered by tags.
If there is more than one hook of these categories, they are executed in alphabetical order based on method names.

  • Element Details

    • tags

      String[] tags
      Returns:
      Array of tags to filter which specifications the hook runs before.
      Default:
      {}

    • tagAggregation

      Operator tagAggregation
      Returns:
      OR: if hook should run for a specification containing any of the tags provided AND: if hook should run for a specification containing all of the tags provided Default is AND
      Default:
      AND