# Create Behat Context

> Create the PHP feature context class that implements step definitions for a domain, and register it in behat.yml. Covers the PHP implementation side of Behat tests. Trigger: "create behat context for {Domain}".

- Skill: `gabrielmoreira/create-behat-context` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add gabrielmoreira/create-behat-context`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/gabrielmoreira/create-behat-context/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Web & Frontend
- Author: gabrielmoreira (https://skillmd.com/u/gabrielmoreira)
- Updated: 2026-09-09
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/gabrielmoreira/create-behat-context

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# 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)

```php
/**
 * @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

```php
/**
 * @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(...)`.

```php
/**
 * @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:

```yaml
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