New and Newsworthy in Pax Exam 0.4

Pax Exam 0.4 has been released today!
There are not less than 19(!) features and enhancements in this release compared to the 0.3 version about one month ago. (Pax Exam Roadmap)

New Maven Plugin

There is now a maven plugin shipping with exam that allows you to define most configurations including dependencies right inside your pom.
Just configure the plugin like so:

org.ops4j.pax.exam
maven-paxexam-plugin

 
   generate-paxexam-config
   
     generate-paxexam-config
   
 


 provided
 
   ${target-framework}
 

Then you let the test know you want to pull the configuration from maven instead of defining them right inside the TestCase:

@RunWith( org.ops4j.pax.exam.junit.MavenConfiguredJUnit4TestRunner.class )
public class DependencyTest
{

@Inject
BundleContext context;

@Test
public void usePlugin()
{
assertNotNull( context );
}
}

Maven Archetype
You can get started with paxexam very quickly by using the new archetype.
Just run for example this mvn command to create a pre-configured maven based pax exam project.

mvn archetype:create -DarchetypeGroupId=org.ops4j.pax.exam -DarchetypeArtifactId=paxexam-junit-archetype -DarchetypeVersion=0.4.0-SNAPSHOT -DgroupId=com.company -DartifactId=company-osgitests

Mock Frameworks
Pax Exam now has bundled profiles of the following mock frameworks for you ready to use:

• EasyMock
• Mockito
• JMock

More Profiles
Thanks to Pax Runner 0.18, which comes with pax exam 0.4 we support much more profiles.
Here are some:

• CXF (webservices,soap)
  
• equinox configadmin
• equinox DS
• equinox even admin
• equinox http service
• equinox preference
• felix configadmin
• felix DS
• felix event admin
• felix webconsole
• modulefusion.hibernate
• modulefusion.ipojo
• modulefusion.wicket
• peaberry
• servicemix kernel gshell (karaf, anyone ?)
• spring dm
• Pax Web
• Pax URL
• .. and much more
  

The latest supported frameworks are:

• Apache Felix 1.6.0
• Equinox 3.5 M6
  
• Knopflerfish 2.2.1
• Concierge 1.0 RC2

To see all resolved tasks have a look at Pax Exam Roadmap.