Add custom information to Spock Global Extension - spock

Question

I have configured Spock Global Extension and static class ErrorListener inside it. Works fine for test errors when I want to catch feature title and errors if they happen. But how can I add some custom information to the listener?
For example I have test that calls some API. In case it fails I want to add request/response body to the listener (and report it later). Obviously I have request/response inside the feature or I can get it. How can I pass this information to the Listener and read later in the handling code?
package org.example
import groovy.json.JsonSlurper
import org.spockframework.runtime.AbstractRunListener
import org.spockframework.runtime.extension.AbstractGlobalExtension
import org.spockframework.runtime.model.ErrorInfo
import org.spockframework.runtime.model.IterationInfo
import org.spockframework.runtime.model.SpecInfo
import spock.lang.Specification
class OpenBrewerySpec extends Specification{
def getBreweryTest(){
def breweryText = new URL('https://api.openbrewerydb.org/breweries/1').text
def breweryJson = new JsonSlurper().parseText(breweryText)
//TODO catch breweryText for test result reporting if it is possible
expect:
breweryJson.country == 'United States'
}
def cleanup() {
specificationContext.currentSpec.listeners
.findAll { it instanceof TestResultExtension.ErrorListener }
.each {
def errorInfo = (it as TestResultExtension.ErrorListener).errorInfo
if (errorInfo)
println "Test failure in feature '${specificationContext.currentIteration.name}', " +
"exception class ${errorInfo.exception.class.simpleName}"
else
println "Test passed in feature '${specificationContext.currentIteration.name}'"
}
}
}
class TestResultExtension extends AbstractGlobalExtension {
#Override
void visitSpec(SpecInfo spec) {
spec.addListener(new ErrorListener())
}
static class ErrorListener extends AbstractRunListener {
ErrorInfo errorInfo
#Override
void beforeIteration(IterationInfo iteration) {
errorInfo = null
}
#Override
void error(ErrorInfo error) {
errorInfo = error
}
}
}
Create file src/test/resources/META-INF/services/org.spockframework.runtime.extension.IGlobalExtension
and place string "org.example.TestResultExtension" there to enable extension.

Answer 1

I am pretty sure you found my solution here. Then you also know that it is designed to know in a cleanup() methods if the test succeeded or failed because otherwise Spock does not make the information available. I do not understand why deliberately omitted that information and posted a fragment instead of the whole method or at least mentioned where your code snippet gets executed. That is not a helpful way of asking a question. Nobody would know except for me because I am the author of this global extension.
So now after having established that you are inside a cleanup() method, I can tell you: The information does not belong into the global extension because in the cleanup() method you have access to information from the test such as fields. Why don't you design your test in such a way that whatever information cleanup() needs it stored in a field as you would normally do without using any global extensions? The latter is only meant to help you establish the error status (passed vs. failed) as such.
BTW, I even doubt if you need additional information in the cleanup() method at all because its purpose it cleaning up, not reporting or logging anything. For that Spock has a reporting system which you can also write extensions for.
Sorry for not being more specific in my answer, but your question is equally unspecific. It is an instance of the XY problem, explaining how you think you should do something instead of explaining what you want to achieve. Your sample code omits important details, e.g. the core test code as such.