Enterprise Selenium Cucumber Hybrid Automation Framework

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Overview

This project is an Enterprise Selenium Cucumber Hybrid Automation Framework developed using Java, Selenium WebDriver, Cucumber, JUnit, Maven, and the Page Object Model (POM).

The framework is designed to be scalable, reusable and maintainable, following industry best practices for UI test automation.

The application under test is Automation Exercise.

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Tech Stack

Technology	Purpose
Java	Programming Language
Selenium WebDriver	Web UI Automation
Cucumber	Behaviour Driven Development (BDD)
JUnit	Test Execution
Maven	Build & Dependency Management
Log4j2	Logging
Extent Reports	HTML Reporting
Git & GitHub	Version Control

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Framework Architecture

                 Feature Files
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               Step Definitions
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                    Hooks
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                 Page Objects
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                  WebActions
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              Selenium WebDriver
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              Automation Exercise

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Project Structure

src
└── test
    ├── java
    │   ├── base
    │   ├── hooks
    │   ├── pages
    │   ├── reports
    │   ├── runner
    │   ├── stepdefinitions
    │   └── utilities
    │
    └── resources
        ├── features
        ├── config.properties
        └── log4j2.xml

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Framework Design

The framework follows a layered architecture to promote maintainability and code reuse.

Base Layer

• BaseTest
• BasePage

Page Layer

• HomePage
• LoginPage
• SignupPage
• ProductsPage
• CartPage

Utilities

• EnvironemntUtils
• WaitUtils
• TestDataReader
• ScreenshotUtils
• LoggerUtils
• ConfigReader

Reports

• Extent Reports
• Cucumber Reports

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Design Patterns Used

• Page Object Model (POM)
• Base Page Design
• Singleton Pattern (Extent Reports)
• Utility Class Pattern
• ThreadLocal (Extent Report Management)

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Features Implemented

Authentication

• User Registration
• User Login
• Logout
• Delete Account

Products

• Search Product
• View Product Details
• Add Product to Cart

Cart

• View Cart
• Remove Product
• Verify Empty Cart

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Framework Features

• Behaviour Driven Development (BDD)
• Page Object Model (POM)
• Reusable WebActions Utility
• Centralized Configuration Management
• Explicit Wait Utilities
• Log4j2 Logging
• Extent Reports
• Cucumber HTML Reports
• JSON Reports
• XML Reports
• Automatic Screenshot Capture on Failure
• Reusable Hooks for Test Setup & Cleanup
• Maven Build Support
• Modular Framework Design

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Reporting

The framework generates the following reports:

• Extent HTML Report
• Cucumber HTML Report
• Cucumber JSON Report
• Cucumber XML Report

Screenshots are automatically captured and attached whenever a scenario fails.

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Logging

Log4j2 is integrated throughout the framework.

Logs are generated for:

• Framework Initialization
• Browser Launch
• Application Navigation
• Page Actions
• Test Data Reading
• Assertions
• Screenshot Capture
• Test Completion

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How to Execute

Clone Repository

git clone https://github.com/Dishi-Gogia/cucumber-java-hybrid-framework.git

Navigate to Project

cd cucumber-java-hybrid-framework

Install Dependencies

mvn clean install

Execute Tests

mvn clean test

or execute:

src/test/java/runner/TestRunner.java

directly from your IDE.

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Reports Generated

target
│
├── cucumber-reports
│      ├── CucumberReport.html
│      ├── CucumberReport.json
│      └── CucumberReport.xml
│
├── extent-reports
│      └── ExtentReport.html
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└── screenshots

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Future Enhancements

• Parallel Execution
• Cross Browser Execution
• Selenium Grid Integration
• Docker Integration
• GitHub Actions CI/CD
• Jenkins Pipeline
• BrowserStack Integration
• Allure Reports
• REST Assured API Framework Integration

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Author

Dishi Gogia

Senior QA Automation Engineer

GitHub

https://github.com/Dishi-Gogia

LinkedIn

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dishi-gogia

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