Package hu.ibello.plugins

The ibello Plugin Architecture.

See: Description

Interface Summary

Interface	Description
IbelloReporter	A special ibello Plugin interface which receives information about test execution progress and therefore can be used to generate custom test reports.
IbelloTaskRunner	Task runner is something which runs named tasks.
Plugin	Base interface of ibello plugins.
PluginInitializer	A simple interface, which is used in ibello plugins.

Exception Summary

Exception	Description
PluginException	An exception which can be raised when a fatal error occurs during a plugin initialization/execution.

Package hu.ibello.plugins Description

The ibello Plugin Architecture.

Plugins are pluggable components of ibello. Everybody can write a plugin and include it in ibello tests. For that, 2 things should be done.

1. There should be a class which implements the Plugin interface. It should have an Plugin.initialize(PluginInitializer) method which will be called by the ibello system before any test step. This class should be accessible on the classpath during the test execution.
2. The plugin class should be registered in ibello configuration, with the ibello.plugin parameter. The value of this parameter should be the full class name of the plugin. Multiple plugin classes can be registered, in this case the class names should be separated by comma.

A plugin class which implements the IbelloReporter interface is a reporter plugin. It will receive information about test execution steps and may do something with it. (For example, generate a test report with a custom format.)

A plugin class which implements the IbelloTaskRunner interface is a task runner plugin. It receives a task name and should perform that task - or return false. Tasks can be executed from command line.

Author:

Kornél Simon