NullPointerException parsing a Background section that has a Before hook.

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      As of Cucumber 2.0.1 (cucumber-core 1.2.0), the JSON output format has changed. It now adds a before array into the Background element. That causes GherkinCallback.java to crash because it assumes before will only exist for a Scenario:

      ERROR: Build step failed with exception
java.lang.NullPointerException
	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.cucumber.jsontestsupport.GherkinCallback.before(GherkinCallback.java:221)
	at gherkin.JSONParser.before(JSONParser.java:82)
	at gherkin.JSONParser.parse(JSONParser.java:48)
	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.cucumber.jsontestsupport.CucumberJSONParser.parse(CucumberJSONParser.java:77)
	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.cucumber.jsontestsupport.CucumberJSONParser.parse(CucumberJSONParser.java:43)
	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.cucumber.jsontestsupport.DefaultTestResultParserImpl$ParseResultCallable.invoke(DefaultTestResultParserImpl.java:159)
	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.cucumber.jsontestsupport.DefaultTestResultParserImpl$ParseResultCallable.invoke(DefaultTestResultParserImpl.java:105)
	at hudson.FilePath.act(FilePath.java:991)
	at hudson.FilePath.act(FilePath.java:969)
	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.cucumber.jsontestsupport.DefaultTestResultParserImpl.parse(DefaultTestResultParserImpl.java:99)
	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.cucumber.jsontestsupport.CucumberJSONParser.parse(CucumberJSONParser.java:99)
	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.cucumber.jsontestsupport.CucumberTestResultArchiver.perform(CucumberTestResultArchiver.java:112)
	at hudson.plugins.templateproject.ProxyPublisher.perform(ProxyPublisher.java:71)
	at hudson.tasks.BuildStepMonitor$2.perform(BuildStepMonitor.java:32)
	at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractBuildExecution.perform(AbstractBuild.java:779)
	at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractBuildExecution.performAllBuildSteps(AbstractBuild.java:726)
	at hudson.model.Build$BuildExecution.post2(Build.java:185)
	at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractBuildExecution.post(AbstractBuild.java:671)
	at hudson.model.Run.execute(Run.java:1769)
	at hudson.model.FreeStyleBuild.run(FreeStyleBuild.java:43)
	at hudson.model.ResourceController.execute(ResourceController.java:98)
	at hudson.model.Executor.run(Executor.java:374)

      Example feature:

      Feature:

    Background:
        Given I am in the app

    Scenario:
        When I do something
        Then I should see something

      Example hooks:

      Before do |scenario|
    # Do something.
end

      Produces a JSON output similar to:

      [{
  uri: "features/background_before.feature",
  line: 1,
  ...
  elements: [
    {keyword: "Background",
    ...
     before: []
     steps: []
    }
  ]
}]

      When locking cucumber to version 2.0.0, and all else remaining the same, the old JSON format is produced:

      [{
  uri: "features/background_before.feature,
  ...
  elements: [
    {
      keyword: "Background",
      steps: []
    },
    {
      keyword: "Scenario",
      steps: []
    }
  ]
}]

      Note that it does not even have the before array at all.

            Assignee:
            Unassigned
            Reporter:
            Joe Hansche
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