Citric

Citric is a plugin for IntelliJ-based IDEs that provides integration for the Citrus Framework.

It offers various tools to generate, validate and simplify Citrus related test code and configuration in all Citrus DSLs.

Supported IDEs, trial period and license

The plugin is available via a paid license that you can purchase on the JetBrains Marketplace. You can find more information about pricing and licensing options there, including a 14-day trial period.

The list of supported IDEs include all free versions of IntelliJ (Community, Educational, etc.) as well as Ultimate.

Issues and feature requests

If you found a bug, have a feature request, or just a question regarding the plugin’s functionality, you can raise them on the Issues tab in the Citric GitHub repository.

Dependencies

Citric depends on a few specific plugins whose absence alters the functionality of the plugin, and turns off the following features. Some are already bundled with the IDE:

JUnit (optional): Citrus JUnit specific test framework support (see Test frameworks)
TestNG (optional): Citrus TestNG specific test framework support (see Test frameworks)
Properties (optional): code completion in citrus-application.properties files
IntelliLang (optional): various language injections (see Language Injections)
Yaml (optional): YAML test DSL related features (see YAML Test DSL)
Groovy (optional): Citrus functions and validation matchers in Groovy files
XPathView+XSLT (optional): XPath specific language injections
Spring (optional, only in IntelliJ Ultimate): Spring bean lookup for certain Citrus types
JavaScript (optional): JavaScript language injections
Gradle (optional): Running and debugging Citrus test source files with Gradle (see Execute test source files)
JSON (optional): Citrus functions and validation matchers in JSON files, JSON schema for the Citrus YAML DSL
Database Tools and SQL (optional): SQL language injection and SQL action support (see Databases)

Documentation

The documentation is split mostly by Citrus functionality. It also incorporates custom badges to mark the following:

the type of IDE feature the functionality is implemented as

the plugin version the feature was introduced in

the feature requires a non-bundled plugin to be installed and enabled

the feature requires a bundled plugin to be installed and enabled

the feature is available only in IntelliJ Ultimate. For instance, this is the case for features using the Spring plugin, since it is available only in Ultimate.

The + markings below mean if the corresponding documentations contain details about those DSLs.

Feature areas	JAVA DSL	XML DSL	Spring XML DSL	YAML DSL	Groovy DSL
Test frameworks	+	+	+	+	+
Citrus and Spring configuration	+
Citrus registry and resource injection	+
Test actions	+
Test variables	+
Containers	+			+	+
Endpoints	+	+	+	+	+
Templating (Citrus functions and validation matchers)	+	+	+	+	+
Messaging	+	+	+	+	+
Databases	+	+	+	+	+
Resource	+
Citrus Test DSL Specific Features		+	+	+
Language Injections	+	+	+	+	+
Live templates	+
Miscellaneous	+