Execute Cucumber step before/after a specific feature

It is if you are using junit to run your tests. We use the annotations to create a unit test class and a separate steps class. The standard @Before stuff goes in the steps class, but the @BeforeClass annotation can be used in the main unit test class:

@RunWith(Cucumber.class)
@Cucumber.Options(format = {"json", "<the report file"},
    features = {"<the feature file>"},
    strict = false,
    glue = {"<package with steps classes"})
public class SomeTestIT {
    @BeforeClass
    public static void setUp(){
       ...
    }

    @AfterClass
    public static void tearDown(){
       ...
    }
}