added -x switch to allow setting global timeout via command line

Author: John Doherty

README.MD

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ node ./node_modules/selenium-cucumber-js/index.js -s ./step-definitions
 -j, --junit <path>           output path to save junit-report.xml defaults to ./reports
 -t, --tags <tagName>         name of tag to run
 -f, --featureFile <path>     a specific feature file to run
+-x, --timeOut <n>            steps definition timeout in milliseconds. defaults to 10 seconds
 ```
 
 By default tests are run using Google Chrome, to run tests using another browser supply the name of that browser along with the `-b` switch. Available options are:

index.js

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ program
   .option('-j, --junit <path>', 'output path to save junit-report.xml defaults to ./reports')
   .option('-t, --tags <tagName>', 'name of tag to run')
   .option('-f, --featureFile <path>', 'a specific feature file to run')
+  .option('-x, --timeOut <n>', 'steps definition timeout in milliseconds. defaults to 10 seconds', parseInt)
   .parse(process.argv);
 
 program.on('--help', function() {
@@ -39,6 +40,9 @@ global.reportsPath = path.resolve(program.reports);
 // used within world.js to output junit reports
 global.junitPath = path.resolve(program.junit || program.reports);
 
+// set the default timeout to 10 seconds if not already globally defined or passed via the command line
+global.DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = global.DEFAULT_TIMEOUT || program.timeOut || 10 * 1000;
+
 // used within world.js to import shared objects into the shared namespace
 global.sharedObjectPaths = program.sharedObjects.map(function(item){
     return path.resolve(item);

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "selenium-cucumber-js",
-  "version": "1.3.5",
+  "version": "1.3.6",
   "description": "A debuggable JS BDD framework that uses the official selenium-webdriver for Node and cucumber-js",
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {

runtime/world.js

@@ -19,10 +19,6 @@ var fs = require('fs-plus'),
     reporter = require('cucumber-html-reporter'),
     cucumberJunit = require('cucumber-junit');
 
-if (!global.DEFAULT_TIMEOUT) {
-    global.DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = 10 * 1000; // 10 second default
-}
-
 /**
  * create the selenium browser based on global var set in index.js
  */
@@ -144,7 +140,7 @@ module.exports = function () {
     this.World = World;
 
     // set the default timeout for all tests
-    this.setDefaultTimeout(DEFAULT_TIMEOUT);
+    this.setDefaultTimeout(global.DEFAULT_TIMEOUT);
 
     // create the driver before scenario if it's not instantiated
     this.registerHandler('BeforeScenario', function(scenario) {