Overview

Unit testing of Java EE applications by using arquillian and shrinkwrap simplifies und speeds up the development process. Skip the build and spend more time on implementation and testing. Arquillian and Shrinkwrap are work nicely together for this work.

But there is a third thing, the Shrinkwrap Descriptor project. For some junit tests, there is no need for deployment descriptors but I believe, most applications require one or even more deployment descriptors. If you need deployment descriptors in your regular application, then you need most probably deployment descriptors in your unit tests as well. Shrinkwrap Descriptor provides exactly this. As easy you can create Java EE archives with Shrinkwrap, you can create distinct deployment descriptors for your unit tests with Shrinkwrap Descriptors.

Goal

The goal is to provide most of the Java EE deployment descriptors. Each descriptor follows the same API style and allows to manipulate all elements as the specification describes.

API Style

The API is based a fluent API style as described by M. Fowler.

What is not supported

Not supported are the order of the elements. This is in the responsibility of the user.  

Examples:

There is nothing better than examples. Please have a look at the attached examples.

Full API documentation

A full API documentation can be found here: tbd

Availability of the deployment descriptors: