These are the release notes for Lightest Core.


==== Lightest Core 0.4 ====

New Features:

*   The "built-in" XML, pending, and failed reporters can now be overridden in
    the configuration.

*   Reporters implementing IReporter but not ILightestReporter are now
    automatically wrapped with an adapter class that allows for generateReport()
    to be invoked at the end of each test method run. An optional cooldown
    factor may be applied to reduce the performance penalty of generating
    reports frequently.


Changes:

*   Improved memory usage and general performance of the runner, and also
    improved javascript performance in the report.

*   Report aesthetics improved for non-Firefox browsers.

*   Upgraded the bundled version of TestNG from 5.8 to 5.10 .

*   Upgraded the bundled version of TestNG-XSLT to 1.1 .

*   Added the "started-at", "finished-at", and "duration" attributes to the
    <test> element in the testng-results.xml .

*   Added a check for duplicate suite names at the beginning of the suite run.

*   Divided responsibility of removed "DefaultReporter" class between two new
    classes: DefaultDetailsReporter and DefaultSummaryReporter.
    
*   The following interfaces have been modified since 0.3:
    -   IConfiguration
    -   ILightestReporter
    -   ILightestTestListener
    -   ITaskDispatcher


Bugfixes:

*   Fixed Issue 3: "testng-failed.xml Not Always Updated Throughout Run".
*   Fixed configuration method links not working in report.
*   Fixed Issue 4: "Disabled Tests Still Display as Pending in Report"


==== Lightest Core 0.3 ====

New Features:

*   Tests and tasks can now access a "context" object, in addition to env and
    prefs. The lifetime of values associated with the context is typically
    the lifetime of the test method. This facilitates passing of values between
    tasks that does not involve mucking with env.
    
*   The test report now displays a list of pending method invocations, along
    with a percentage slice of the SVG pie chart. It is created and updated
    as the test runs, i.e. not just once at the end.
    
*   Added a canRunIn() method to LightestTestCase, which can provide hints to
    a dispatcher assignment strategy as to whether the test can be run in a
    given test environment.
    
*   Invoking the runner with -b or --batch will disable the ability to enter
    interactive mode by hitting [Enter].
    
*   The following are now configurable in the configuration file:
    -   taskDispatchStrategy (by class)
    -   context              (by class)
    -   reporters            (multiple can be specified, by class)
    -   listeners            (multiple can be specified, by class)
    
*   Parameter values specified in task invocation are now auto-wired to
    properties with the same name, in LightestTask's. For example, if a task
    class declares a property "String foo", the value of config.'@foo', as a
    String, will be assigned to the property by the time doPerform() is called.
    Two notable exceptions are "value" and "name", which have special meaning
    to tasks.

*   Tests can now be run by package, as specified in the TestNG suite XML file.
    This was not working previously - .groovy files were being ignored by the
    TestNG class finder.

*   Finer-grained control over HTML links that appear in the task details of
    the report.

*   A TestNG suite XML representing the pending tests is created and updated
    throughout the test run. This does not include failed tests - only ones
    that have not yet been run.


Changes:

*   Added ITaskProvider interface, and ability to query for a task provider
    from the context object. This makes it possible for tasks to be executed
    outside of test and task classes.
    
*   The context object is now thread-agnostic; each thread of a test with
    method-level threading now keeps its own local context values. Previously,
    all threads would have shared the same values.
    
*   The context, env, and prefs objects are now all available in the
    configure() method of LightestTask's.
    
*   Improvements to Selenium tutorial.

*   Upgraded bundled Groovy version to 1.6.3 .

*   The format of the testng-results.xml file has mostly been reverted to its
    original TestNG format. Task information is now saved as separated
    test-result-X.xml files. Task information is not maintained in memory
    throughout the duration of the test run, alleviating some memory issues.
    
*   Improved usability of dynamic behavior in report details page.

*   Unloadable Groovy classes are skipped by the runner, with a message printed
    to the console. This avoids crashing the TestNG runner with a cryptic error
    message.

*   The following interfaces have been modified since 0.2:
    -   IConfiguration
    -   IInterruptibleTaskDispatchStrategy (added)
    -   ILightestReporter
    -   ILightestTestListener
    -   IPreferences
    -   IReporterInfoSource (added)
    -   ITask
    -   ITaskDispatcher
    -   ITaskProvider (added)
    -   ITaskResult
    -   ITestEnvironment
    -   ITestRegistryAcceptor (added)
    -   ITestRunner


Bugfixes:

*   Fixed some concurrency issues when running tests in parallel.
*   Fixed error in task duration calculation.
*   Fixed exception stack trace not being shown in report.
*   Fixed before / after methods not being run for tests with groups.
*   Many other fixes.