Citrus TestFramework
                        ====================

WELCOME TO CITRUS

  http://www.citrusframework.org

  Citrus is a test framework written in Java that is able to create 
  fully automated end-to-end use case tests for enterprise SOA 
  applications. Citrus simulates surrounding interface partners 
  supporting a huge set of different transports and protocols like 
  SOAP WebServices, Http and JMS.
  
  Visit the official website on 'http://www.citrusframework.org' 
  in order to find more information and detailed documentation.

PRECONDITIONS

  You need following software on your machine in order to use the 
  Citrus framework:
 
  * Java 5.0 or higher
    Installed JDK 5.0 or higher plus JAVA_HOME environment variable set 
    up and pointing to your Java installation directory
   
  * Java IDE (optional)
    A Java IDE will help you to manage your Citrus project (e.g. creating 
    and executing test cases). You can use the Java IDE that you like best 
    like Eclipse or IntelliJ IDEA.
 
  * Maven 2.2.1 or higher (optional)
    Citrus projects will fit best with Maven2 (http://maven.apache.org). 
    However it is not required to use Maven2. You can also run tests using 
    ANT (http://ant.apache.org/) for instance.
   
INSTALLATION

  * Download the latest Citrus release archive
 
  * Extract the archive into an appropriate location on your local storage
 
  * Use the ANT tutorial in our tutorials section to find out how to run 
    tests using ANT.
 
  * Read the Maven2 tutorial to find out how to integrate the Citrus tests 
    into the Maven2 build lifecycle

RELEASE NOTES

Each release comes with a complete reference documentation. At the beginning of
the reference you will find a section about the changes and notes for this release. For detailed 
description of changed packages and classes do also consult the provided javadoc.

RESOURCES

  * Citrus's source repository is hosted on github.com. You can clone the
    repository with git://github.com/christophd/citrus.git as URL

  * Find our blog and more interesting articles around Citrus on 
    http://labs.consol.de and checkout the various post categories for
    selecting a specific topic.

  * http://www.citrusframework.org offers tutorials and more information about
    Citrus framework.

SAMPLES

  Our sample section is still growing. Nevertheless you can find a sample 
  project called 'FlightBookingService' in our distribution. To build and 
  run the sample applications go to the 'samples' directory and run 'build.xml' 
  script with ANT (ant -p).

LICENSING
  
  Copyright 2006-2011 ConSol* Software GmbH.
 
  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
  You may obtain a copy of the License at
 
      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 
  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  limitations under the License.
  
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

  Just in case you need professional support for Citrus have a look at
  'http://www.citrusframework.org/contact.html'. 
  Contact [email protected] directly for any request or questions 
  (or use the contact form at 'http://www.consol.com/contact/')

BUGS 

  Please report any bugs and/or feature requests to [email protected]
  or directly to http://github.com/christophd/citrus/issues
  
AUTHORS/TEAM

  ConSol* Software GmbH
  Christoph Deppisch
  [email protected]
  
  http://www.citrusframework.org