Problem with cucumber-weld, every step creates a new Objekt of the stepclass. which means it is not possible to create a state over several methods.

GenericDao.feature

Feature: GenericDAO
  Abstract Object which offers the basic capability of CRUD to all specific DAO'S

Scenario: Create GenericEntity via JPA

  Given there is a valid generic entity
  When I persist the valid generic entity
  Then lastModificationTimestamp in the entity should be set
  And  creationTimestamp in the entity should be set
  And persist should only be called once

GenericDataAccessObjectStepDefs.java

private EntityManager em;
    private DataAccessObject dataAccessObject;
    private GenericEntity genericEntity;

    public GenericDataAccessObjectStepDefs(){
        System.out.println("i get called for every step");
    }

    @Before
    public void before() 
        em = mock(EntityManager.class);
        dataAccessObject = spy(new DataAccessObjectJPA(GenericEntity.class, em) {
        });
    }

    @Given("^there is a valid generic entity$")
    public void there_is_a_valid_generic_entity() {
        genericEntity = spy(new GenericEntity() {
        });
    }

    @When("^I persist the valid generic entity$")
    public void I_call_the_generic_create_method() throws SystemException {
         dataAccessObject.create(genericEntity);
    }

    @Then("^lastModificationTimestamp in the entity should be set$")
    public void lastModificationTimestamp_in_the_entity_should_be_set(){
        verify(genericEntity,atMost(1)).setLastModificationTimestamp(anyLong());
    }

    @And("^creationTimestamp in the entity should be set$")
    public void creationTimestamp_in_the_entity_should_be_set(){
        verify(genericEntity,atMost(1)).setCreationTimestamp(anyLong());
    }

    @And("^persist should only be called once$")
    public void persist_should_only_be_called_once(){
        verify(em,atMost(1)).persist(genericEntity);
    }

pom.xml

    <dependency>
            <groupId>info.cukes</groupId>
            <artifactId>cucumber-core</artifactId>
            <version>1.1.2</version>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>info.cukes</groupId>
            <artifactId>cucumber-java</artifactId>
            <version>1.1.2</version>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>info.cukes</groupId>
            <artifactId>cucumber-weld</artifactId>
            <version>1.1.2</version>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>info.cukes</groupId>
            <artifactId>cucumber-junit</artifactId>
            <version>1.1.2</version>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.jboss.weld.se</groupId>
            <artifactId>weld-se</artifactId>
            <version>2.0.0.Final</version>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>

RunCukesTest.java

@RunWith(Cucumber.class)
@Cucumber.Options(format = {"pretty", "html:target/cucumber-html-report", "json-pretty:target/cucumber-json-report.json"})
public class RunCukesTest {
}