c# - In SpecFlow how can I share data between steps/features?

Question

I have 2 features that use a common 'When' step but have different 'Then' steps in different classes.

How do I access, for example, the ActionResult from my MVC controller call in the When step in my two Then steps?

Answer 1

In SpecFlow 1.3 there are three methods:

1. static members
2. ScenarioContext
3. ContextInjection

Comments:

1. static members are very pragmatic and in this case not so evil as we as developers might first think (there is no threading or need for mocking/replacing in step-definitions)

2. See answer from @Si Keep in this thread

3. If the constructor of a step definition class needs arguments, Specflow tries to inject these arguments. This can be used to inject the same context into several step-definitions.

   See an example here: https://docs.specflow.org/projects/specflow/en/latest/Bindings/Context-Injection.html