Release 4.0.1 (#271)

Author: kerrykimbrough

README.md

@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
 # Tcases: A Model-Based Test Case Generator #
 
-[![Maven](https://img.shields.io/badge/maven-4.0.0-green.svg)](https://search.maven.org/search?q=tcases-shell)
-[![Javadoc](https://img.shields.io/badge/javadoc-4.0.0-green.svg)](https://javadoc.io/doc/org.cornutum.tcases/tcases-shell)
+[![Maven](https://img.shields.io/badge/maven-4.0.1-green.svg)](https://search.maven.org/search?q=tcases-shell)
+[![Javadoc](https://img.shields.io/badge/javadoc-4.0.1-green.svg)](https://javadoc.io/doc/org.cornutum.tcases/tcases-shell)
 
 ## What's New? ##
-  * The latest version ([Tcases 4.0.0](ReleaseNotes.md#400)) is now available at the Maven Central Repository.
+  * The latest version ([Tcases 4.0.1](ReleaseNotes.md#401)) is now available at the Maven Central Repository.
     See [*How To Download Tcases*](HowToDownload.md) for download instructions.
 
-  * With Tcases 4.0.0, JSON becomes the preferred format for all Tcases documents. Also new in this release:
-    [schema-based value definitions](./Tcases-Guide.md#defining-value-schemas) and the
-    [`tcases-copy`](./Tcases-Guide.md#copying-a-tcases-project) command.
+  * Tcases 4.0.1 provides several improvements, including a new guide to [using the Tcases API](Using-Tcases-API.md).
+    See the [release notes](ReleaseNotes.md#401) for details.
 
   * Having trouble with Tcases? Check out [these tips](./Troubleshooting-FAQs.md).
 
@@ -67,6 +66,7 @@ definition into a Java source code template for a JUnit or TestNG test class.
   * **Helpful Guides**
     * [How To Download Using Maven](HowToDownload.md)
     * [How To Setup a Tcases Web Service](./Tcases-Web-Service.md)
+    * [Using The Tcases API](./Using-Tcases-API.md)
     * [Troubleshooting FAQ](./Troubleshooting-FAQs.md#troubleshooting-faqs)
     * [Release Notes](ReleaseNotes.md)
 

ReleaseNotes.md

@@ -1,5 +1,36 @@
 # Release Notes #
 
+## 4.0.1 ##
+
+This release provides the following improvements.
+
+  * **Using the Tcases API to generate tests**
+
+    The Tcases command line interface is implemented using a Java API. You can use the same API to do all of the same things in
+    your own Java program, including creating a system input definition, generating test cases, and reading or writing Tcases
+    documents. For details, see [_Using The Tcases API_](./Using-Tcases-API.md).
+
+    Thanks to [grzegorzgrzegorz](https://github.com/grzegorzgrzegorz) for inspiring improvements to make this API easier to use.
+
+  * **`Tcases::getTests`: Resolve schemas by default**
+
+    The [`Tcases::getTests`](http://www.cornutum.org/tcases/docs/api/org/cornutum/tcases/Tcases.html#getTests-org.cornutum.tcases.SystemInputDef-org.cornutum.tcases.generator.IGeneratorSet-org.cornutum.tcases.resolve.TestCaseResolverFactory-org.cornutum.tcases.SystemTestDef-org.cornutum.tcases.generator.GeneratorOptions-)
+    method is the basic interface for generating test cases. It includes an optional
+    [`TestCaseResolverFactory`](http://www.cornutum.org/tcases/docs/api/org/cornutum/tcases/resolve/TestCaseResolverFactory.html)
+    parameter that defines how test case values are resolved. In this release, the default `TestCaseResolverFactory` uses the
+    schemas defined by variable definitions and value definitions to resolve test case values.
+
+  * **`Tcases::getEffectiveInputDef`: Normalize all schemas**
+
+    In this release, the `Tcases::getEffectiveInputDef` method ensures that all schema definitions in the resulting system input
+    definition have been "normalized". Schema normalization updates the original schema definition to resolve any
+    inconsistencies. For example, a schema that defined both `"minimum": 0` and `"exclusiveMinimum": 1` would be normalized to
+    define only `"minimum": 2`. Any change made during schema normalization is reported in a log message.
+
+  * **Upgraded dependencies**
+
+    Upgraded to swagger-parser 2.1.10.
+
 ## 4.0.0 ##
 
 With this major release, JSON becomes the preferred format for all Tcases documents. From now on, unless otherwise stated, new

Using-Tcases-API.md

@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+# Using The Tcases API #
+
+## Tcases In Code ##
+
+The Tcases command line interface is implemented using a Java API. You can use the same API to do all of the same things in your own Java program,
+including [creating a system input definition](#builders), [generating test cases](#test-cases), and [reading or writing Tcases documents](#documents).
+
+## Builders ##
+
+The [`tcases-lib`](https://search.maven.org/search?q=g:org.cornutum.tcases%20AND%20a:tcases-lib) JAR contains all of the core
+classes needed to create a [system input definition](Tcases-Guide.md#defining-system-functions).  You can use methods from the
+[`SystemInputs`](http://www.cornutum.org/tcases/docs/api/org/cornutum/tcases/SystemInputs.html) class for a fluent interface to
+the various builder classes needed to construct a complete [`SystemInputDef`](http://www.cornutum.org/tcases/docs/api/org/cornutum/tcases/SystemInputDef.html).
+For a complete example, see the [`SystemInputBuilderTest`](./tcases-io/src/test/java/org/cornutum/tcases/io/SystemInputBuilderTest.java).
+
+## Test Cases ##
+
+The [`tcases-lib`](https://search.maven.org/search?q=g:org.cornutum.tcases%20AND%20a:tcases-lib) JAR all contains all of the interfaces needed to
+generate a [system test definition](http://www.cornutum.org/tcases/docs/api/org/cornutum/tcases/SystemTestDef.html)
+that contains all of the [test cases](http://www.cornutum.org/tcases/docs/api/org/cornutum/tcases/TestCase.html) for a system input definition.
+
+To generate test cases, use the [`Tcases`](http://www.cornutum.org/tcases/docs/api/org/cornutum/tcases/Tcases.html) class. `Tcases` defines
+several variations on the
+[`getTests`](http://www.cornutum.org/tcases/docs/api/org/cornutum/tcases/Tcases.html#getTests-org.cornutum.tcases.SystemInputDef-org.cornutum.tcases.generator.IGeneratorSet-org.cornutum.tcases.resolve.TestCaseResolverFactory-org.cornutum.tcases.SystemTestDef-org.cornutum.tcases.generator.GeneratorOptions-)
+method perform this task. The primary input parameter is the `SystemInputDef` but additional parameters define optional helper objects.
+For these, you can use a `null` value to apply a default value.
+For an example, see the [`SystemInputBuilderTest`](./tcases-io/src/test/java/org/cornutum/tcases/io/SystemInputBuilderTest.java).
+
+For example, `Tcases:getTests` accepts a [generator definition](http://www.cornutum.org/tcases/docs/api/org/cornutum/tcases/generator/IGeneratorSet.html)
+object to define the required [coverage](Tcases-Guide.md#defining-higher-coverage) for test cases.
+You can use methods from the [`Generators`](http://www.cornutum.org/tcases/docs/api/org/cornutum/tcases/generator/Generators.html) class for a
+fluent interface to the various builder classes needed to construct a generator definition.
+For a complete example, see the [`GeneratorsTest`](./tcases-io/src/test/java/org/cornutum/tcases/generator/io/GeneratorsTest.java).
+
+To run the [Tcases Reducer](Tcases-Guide.md#reducing-test-cases-a-random-walk),
+use the [`Reducer`](http://www.cornutum.org/tcases/docs/api/org/cornutum/tcases/Reducer.html) class.
+`Reducer` defines several variations on the
+[`reduce`](http://www.cornutum.org/tcases/docs/api/org/cornutum/tcases/Reducer.html#reduce-org.cornutum.tcases.SystemInputDef-org.cornutum.tcases.generator.GeneratorSet-org.cornutum.tcases.SystemTestDef-org.cornutum.tcases.ReducerOptions-)
+method to perform this task.
+
+## Documents ##
+
+The [`tcases-io`](https://search.maven.org/search?q=g:org.cornutum.tcases%20AND%20a:tcases-io) JAR contains classes needed to handle
+the following types of Tcases documents.
+
+  * System input definition
+
+    * [`SystemInputJsonReader`](http://www.cornutum.org/tcases/docs/api/org/cornutum/tcases/io/SystemInputJsonReader.html)
+    * [`SystemInputJsonWriter`](http://www.cornutum.org/tcases/docs/api/org/cornutum/tcases/io/SystemInputJsonWriter.html)
+    * [`SystemInputDocReader`](http://www.cornutum.org/tcases/docs/api/org/cornutum/tcases/io/SystemInputDocReader.html)
+    * [`SystemInputDocWriter`](http://www.cornutum.org/tcases/docs/api/org/cornutum/tcases/io/SystemInputDocWriter.html)
+
+  * Generator definition
+
+    * [`GeneratorSetJsonReader`](http://www.cornutum.org/tcases/docs/api/org/cornutum/tcases/generator/io/GeneratorSetJsonReader.html)
+    * [`GeneratorSetJsonWriter`](http://www.cornutum.org/tcases/docs/api/org/cornutum/tcases/generator/io/GeneratorSetJsonWriter.html)
+    * [`GeneratorSetDocReader`](http://www.cornutum.org/tcases/docs/api/org/cornutum/tcases/generator/io/GeneratorSetDocReader.html)
+    * [`GeneratorSetDocWriter`](http://www.cornutum.org/tcases/docs/api/org/cornutum/tcases/generator/io/GeneratorSetDocWriter.html)
+
+  * System test definition
+
+    * [`SystemTestJsonReader`](http://www.cornutum.org/tcases/docs/api/org/cornutum/tcases/io/SystemTestJsonReader.html)
+    * [`SystemTestJsonWriter`](http://www.cornutum.org/tcases/docs/api/org/cornutum/tcases/io/SystemTestJsonWriter.html)
+    * [`SystemTestDocReader`](http://www.cornutum.org/tcases/docs/api/org/cornutum/tcases/io/SystemTestDocReader.html)
+    * [`SystemTestDocWriter`](http://www.cornutum.org/tcases/docs/api/org/cornutum/tcases/io/SystemTestDocWriter.html)
+
+  * Project definition
+
+    * [`ProjectJsonReader`](http://www.cornutum.org/tcases/docs/api/org/cornutum/tcases/io/ProjectJsonReader.html)
+    * [`ProjectJsonWriter`](http://www.cornutum.org/tcases/docs/api/org/cornutum/tcases/io/ProjectJsonWriter.html)

pom.xml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <groupId>org.cornutum.tcases</groupId>
   <artifactId>tcases</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>4.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>4.0.1</version>
 
   <name>Tcases</name>
   <description>Generates test cases from system input space models</description>

tcases-ant/pom.xml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.cornutum.tcases</groupId>
     <artifactId>tcases</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.0.1</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>tcases-ant</artifactId>

tcases-cli/pom.xml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.cornutum.tcases</groupId>
         <artifactId>tcases</artifactId>
-        <version>4.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.0.1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>tcases-cli</artifactId>

tcases-io/pom.xml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.cornutum.tcases</groupId>
         <artifactId>tcases</artifactId>
-        <version>4.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.0.1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>tcases-io</artifactId>

tcases-io/src/main/java/org/cornutum/tcases/generator/io/GeneratorSetJsonReader.java

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 import javax.json.JsonReader;
 
 /**
- * An {@link IGeneratorSetSource} that reads from an JSON document.
+ * An {@link IGeneratorSetSource} that reads from a JSON document.
  *
  */
 public class GeneratorSetJsonReader implements IGeneratorSetSource, Closeable

tcases-io/src/main/java/org/cornutum/tcases/io/ProjectJsonReader.java

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 import javax.json.JsonReader;
 
 /**
- * Reads a {@link Project} definition from an JSON document.
+ * Reads a {@link Project} definition from a JSON document.
  *
  */
 public class ProjectJsonReader implements Closeable

tcases-io/src/main/java/org/cornutum/tcases/io/SystemInputJsonReader.java

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 import javax.json.JsonReader;
 
 /**
- * An {@link ISystemInputSource} that reads from an JSON document.
+ * An {@link ISystemInputSource} that reads from a JSON document.
  */
 public class SystemInputJsonReader extends ContextHandler<SystemInputContext> implements ISystemInputSource, Closeable
   {