Citrus v4.9.0

✨ New Features

• Combined validation mode (#1419)
  Introduces a new validation mode that allows combining multiple validation strategies in a single test.
• Timezone selection for current date (#1081)
  Allows selecting a specific timezone when working with the current date in tests.
• JSON Patch function (#1444)
  Adds a new jsonPatch function for flexible JSON manipulation.
• Test flow reporter (#1449)
  Implements a reporter to visualize and analyze test execution flow.
• JBang test engine support
  Adds a dedicated JBang test engine for running Citrus tests.
• Kubernetes test actions
  New connect and disconnect test actions for Kubernetes.
• Camel JBang receive command support
  Extends Camel JBang integration with receive command support.

🛠 Improvements & Enhancements

• YAML DSL
  • Significantly improved YAML DSL support and schema generation.
  • Generated YAML DSL schemas for:
    • Core DSL
    • Functions
    • Validation matchers (#1395)
  • Improved schema support forwaitFor test actions.
  • Improved auto-remove behavior for Camel JBang XML and YAML DSL.
• Citrus Agent
  • Improved Citrus agent functionality and defaults.
  • Fixed multi-platform Docker image support.
  • Fixed default Docker image registry.
  • Included default modules in the Citrus agent Docker image.
• Camel & Kubernetes
  • Improved Camel JBang Kubernetes test actions.
  • Set Camel version dynamically from test variables (#1439).
• Registry & Test Actions
  • Register test endpoint definitions as Spring beans.
  • Ensure proper test action names for alias actions.
  • Added validation matcher support for text message validation.

🐞 Bug Fixes

• YAML DSL schema generation fixes (#1395)
  Corrected schema generation for DSL, functions, and validation matchers.
• String concatenation fix (#506)
  Fixed concatenation behavior when handling single quotes.
• Dependency cleanup
  • Fixed duplicate Jackson versions in the POM.
  • Fixed duplicate dependencies in citrus-bom.