Create Behat Context

create-behat-context

Read @.ai/Component/Behat/CONTEXT.md for conventions (base class, entity references, stateless steps, bus access).

1. Context class

Create tests/Integration/Behaviour/Features/Context/Domain/{Domain}/{Domain}FeatureContext.php:

• Extend AbstractDomainFeatureContext
• Implement step definitions as methods with @Given, @When, @Then annotations
• Use $this->getCommandBus()->handle(...) for write operations
• Use $this->getQueryBus()->handle(...) for read/verification
• Use $this->referenceToId($reference) to resolve string references to integer IDs
• After creating an entity, store reference: $this->getSharedStorage()->set($reference, $newId)

Reference: tests/Integration/Behaviour/Features/Context/Domain/Tax/TaxFeatureContext.php (simple)

2. Step implementation patterns

Action steps (@When)

/**
 * @When I add a {domain} :reference with following properties:
 */
public function iAddDomainWithProperties(string $reference, TableNode $table): void
{
    $data = $this->localizeByRows($table);
    $command = new Add{Domain}Command(
        $data['name'],
        (bool) $data['active'],
    );
    $id = $this->getCommandBus()->handle($command);
    $this->getSharedStorage()->set($reference, $id->getValue());
}

Assertion steps (@Then) — must be stateless

/**
 * @Then {domain} :reference should have the following properties:
 */
public function domainShouldHaveProperties(string $reference, TableNode $table): void
{
    $id = $this->referenceToId($reference);
    $result = $this->getQueryBus()->handle(new Get{Domain}ForEditing($id));
    // Assert each field independently
}

The assertion loads the entity fresh from the database — it does NOT rely on state from a previous step.

Error steps (capture-then-assert pattern)

Errors are tested in two paired steps: the @When step catches the domain exception and stores it via $this->setLastException(...); the next @Then step asserts the stored exception via $this->assertLastErrorIs(...).

/**
 * @When I add a {domain} :reference with invalid name
 */
public function addWithInvalidName(string $reference): void
{
    try {
        $this->getCommandBus()->handle(new Add{Domain}Command(''));
    } catch ({Domain}ConstraintException $e) {
        $this->setLastException($e);
    }
}

/**
 * @Then I should get error that {domain} name is invalid
 */
public function assertLastErrorIsInvalidName(): void
{
    $this->assertLastErrorIs(
        {Domain}ConstraintException::class,
        {Domain}ConstraintException::INVALID_NAME, // optional error code
    );
}

Two safety nets enforced by CommonFeatureContext:

• A captured exception must be asserted by a following step. If the next step ends without calling assertLastErrorIs, the checkExpectedExceptionAfterStep @AfterStep hook re-throws it as a RuntimeException — preventing a domain exception from being silently swallowed.
• cleanStoredExceptionsBeforeScenario (@BeforeScenario) clears any leftover exception so scenarios don't leak state into each other.

So: never try/catch and ignore — always pair the capture with an assertion in the very next step.

3. Registration in behat.yml

Open tests/Integration/Behaviour/behat.yml and add the context to the domain suite:

domain:
    contexts:
        - PrestaShop\Tests\Integration\Behaviour\Features\Context\Domain\{Domain}\{Domain}FeatureContext

Verify: php vendor/bin/behat --dry-run to confirm all steps are matched.

Rules

Conventions (stateless steps, referenceToId, deterministic steps, typed exceptions, error scenarios) are in [Behat/CONTEXT.md](../../CONTEXT.md). Skill-specific reminders:

• Use referenceToId / referencesToIds — not getSharedStorage()->get() directly
• Check existing contexts for reusable steps before creating new ones

Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

• Author: jeffsenso
• Source: jeffsenso/prestashop-skills
• License: MIT

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.