Serenity Includes Too Much Stuff that I Don't Need or Want by Default

[nathandelane]

There is a whole crapload of dependencies in serenity-core that I both don't need and don't want.

Also, it appears that I can't get a project with serenity-core to build with Maven enforcer-plugin and banDuplicateClasses running - it complains about a whole lot of duplicate classes, which I tried to resolve, but when it came to appium vs. selenium that failed.

Instead could you please break all of these extra dependencies out from serenity-core into their own artifacts, or at least make them not transitive into my project.

I want a lightweight serenity-core module that only contains the stuff serenity needs to run tests and provide reporting.

I am using: net.serenity-bdd:serenity-core:2.3.8, as can be seen here.

This is a ton of bloat I don't need in order to use serenity for simple testing - not everybody needs or wants all of this.

[INFO] +- net.serenity-bdd:serenity-core:jar:2.3.8:compile
[INFO] |  +- net.bytebuddy:byte-buddy:jar:1.10.10:compile
[INFO] |  +- net.bytebuddy:byte-buddy-agent:jar:1.10.10:compile
[INFO] |  +- com.google.guava:guava:jar:25.0-jre:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- com.google.code.findbugs:jsr305:jar:1.3.9:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- org.checkerframework:checker-compat-qual:jar:2.0.0:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- com.google.errorprone:error_prone_annotations:jar:2.1.3:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- com.google.j2objc:j2objc-annotations:jar:1.1:compile
[INFO] |  |  \- org.codehaus.mojo:animal-sniffer-annotations:jar:1.14:compile
[INFO] |  +- com.google.inject:guice:jar:4.2.2:compile
[INFO] |  |  \- javax.inject:javax.inject:jar:1:compile
[INFO] |  +- org.ow2.asm:asm:jar:8.0.1:compile
[INFO] |  +- commons-codec:commons-codec:jar:1.10:compile
[INFO] |  +- org.objenesis:objenesis:jar:3.1:compile
[INFO] |  +- org.slf4j:slf4j-api:jar:1.7.26:compile
[INFO] |  +- xml-apis:xml-apis:jar:1.4.01:compile
[INFO] |  +- commons-logging:commons-logging:jar:1.2:compile
[INFO] |  +- io.vavr:vavr:jar:0.9.0:compile
[INFO] |  |  \- io.vavr:vavr-match:jar:0.9.0:compile
[INFO] |  +- javax.xml.bind:jaxb-api:jar:2.3.1:compile
[INFO] |  |  \- javax.activation:javax.activation-api:jar:1.2.0:compile
[INFO] |  +- com.sun.xml.bind:jaxb-core:jar:2.3.0.1:compile
[INFO] |  +- org.mockito:mockito-core:jar:3.1.0:compile
[INFO] |  +- net.serenity-bdd:serenity-report-resources:jar:2.3.8:compile
[INFO] |  +- net.serenity-bdd:serenity-model:jar:2.3.8:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- commons-net:commons-net:jar:3.6:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- org.apache.commons:commons-text:jar:1.8:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- org.reflections:reflections:jar:0.9.11:compile
[INFO] |  |  |  \- org.javassist:javassist:jar:3.21.0-GA:compile
[INFO] |  |  \- es.nitaur.markdown:txtmark:jar:0.16:compile
[INFO] |  +- net.serenity-bdd:serenity-reports:jar:2.3.8:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- net.serenity-bdd:serenity-stats:jar:2.3.8:compile
[INFO] |  |  \- org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk8:jar:1.4.10:compile
[INFO] |  |     +- org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib:jar:1.4.10:compile
[INFO] |  |     |  +- org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-common:jar:1.4.10:compile
[INFO] |  |     |  \- org.jetbrains:annotations:jar:13.0:compile
[INFO] |  |     \- org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk7:jar:1.4.10:compile
[INFO] |  +- com.google.code.gson:gson:jar:2.8.6:compile
[INFO] |  +- commons-io:commons-io:jar:2.6:compile
[INFO] |  +- org.seleniumhq.selenium:selenium-server:jar:3.141.59:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- org.seleniumhq.selenium:selenium-firefox-driver:jar:3.141.59:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- org.seleniumhq.selenium:selenium-ie-driver:jar:3.141.59:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- com.beust:jcommander:jar:1.72:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- org.apache.commons:commons-exec:jar:1.3:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- net.jcip:jcip-annotations:jar:1.0:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- org.seleniumhq.selenium:jetty-repacked:jar:9.4.12.v20180830:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:jar:3.11.0:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- com.squareup.okio:okio:jar:1.14.0:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api:jar:3.1.0:compile
[INFO] |  |  \- org.yaml:snakeyaml:jar:1.19:compile
[INFO] |  +- org.seleniumhq.selenium:selenium-java:jar:3.141.59:compile
[INFO] |  +- org.seleniumhq.selenium:selenium-api:jar:3.141.59:compile
[INFO] |  +- org.seleniumhq.selenium:selenium-chrome-driver:jar:3.141.59:compile
[INFO] |  +- org.seleniumhq.selenium:selenium-edge-driver:jar:3.141.59:compile
[INFO] |  +- org.seleniumhq.selenium:selenium-remote-driver:jar:3.141.59:compile
[INFO] |  +- org.seleniumhq.selenium:selenium-safari-driver:jar:3.141.59:compile
[INFO] |  +- org.seleniumhq.selenium:selenium-opera-driver:jar:3.141.59:compile
[INFO] |  +- org.seleniumhq.selenium:selenium-support:jar:3.141.59:compile
[INFO] |  +- com.paulhammant:ngwebdriver:jar:1.1.5:compile
[INFO] |  +- com.assertthat:selenium-shutterbug:jar:0.9.3:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- org.projectlombok:lombok:jar:1.18.8:compile
[INFO] |  |  \- com.github.zafarkhaja:java-semver:jar:0.9.0:compile
[INFO] |  +- com.codeborne:phantomjsdriver:jar:1.4.4:compile
[INFO] |  +- org.seleniumhq.selenium:htmlunit-driver:jar:2.37.0:compile
[INFO] |  +- io.appium:java-client:jar:7.3.0:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- commons-validator:commons-validator:jar:1.6:compile
[INFO] |  |  |  +- commons-beanutils:commons-beanutils:jar:1.9.2:compile
[INFO] |  |  |  \- commons-digester:commons-digester:jar:1.8.1:compile
[INFO] |  |  \- org.aspectj:aspectjweaver:jar:1.9.4:compile
[INFO] |  +- org.springframework:spring-context-support:jar:5.1.2.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- org.springframework:spring-beans:jar:5.1.2.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- org.springframework:spring-context:jar:5.1.2.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] |  |  |  +- org.springframework:spring-aop:jar:5.1.2.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] |  |  |  \- org.springframework:spring-expression:jar:5.1.2.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] |  |  \- org.springframework:spring-core:jar:5.1.2.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] |  +- org.codehaus.groovy:groovy:jar:3.0.5:compile
[INFO] |  +- net.sf.opencsv:opencsv:jar:2.0:compile
[INFO] |  +- joda-time:joda-time:jar:2.7:compile
[INFO] |  +- com.thoughtworks.xstream:xstream:jar:1.4.13:compile
[INFO] |  |  \- xpp3:xpp3_min:jar:1.1.4c:compile
[INFO] |  +- org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:jar:3.8.1:compile
[INFO] |  +- commons-collections:commons-collections:jar:3.2.2:compile
[INFO] |  +- org.freemarker:freemarker:jar:2.3.29:compile
[INFO] |  +- net.sourceforge.jexcelapi:jxl:jar:2.6.12:compile
[INFO] |  +- net.sourceforge.htmlunit:htmlunit:jar:2.37.0:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- net.sourceforge.htmlunit:htmlunit-core-js:jar:2.37.0:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- net.sourceforge.htmlunit:neko-htmlunit:jar:2.37.0:compile
[INFO] |  |  |  \- xerces:xercesImpl:jar:2.12.0:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- net.sourceforge.htmlunit:htmlunit-cssparser:jar:1.5.0:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- org.brotli:dec:jar:0.1.2:compile
[INFO] |  |  \- org.eclipse.jetty.websocket:websocket-client:jar:9.4.26.v20200117:compile
[INFO] |  |     +- org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-client:jar:9.4.26.v20200117:compile
[INFO] |  |     |  \- org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-http:jar:9.4.26.v20200117:compile
[INFO] |  |     +- org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-xml:jar:9.4.26.v20200117:compile
[INFO] |  |     +- org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-util:jar:9.4.26.v20200117:compile
[INFO] |  |     +- org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-io:jar:9.4.26.v20200117:compile
[INFO] |  |     \- org.eclipse.jetty.websocket:websocket-common:jar:9.4.26.v20200117:compile
[INFO] |  |        \- org.eclipse.jetty.websocket:websocket-api:jar:9.4.26.v20200117:compile
[INFO] |  +- org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient:jar:4.5.5:compile
[INFO] |  |  \- org.apache.httpcomponents:httpcore:jar:4.4.9:compile
[INFO] |  +- org.apache.httpcomponents:httpmime:jar:4.5.5:compile
[INFO] |  +- org.fluentlenium:fluentlenium-core:jar:0.10.2:compile
[INFO] |  +- com.jhlabs:filters:jar:2.0.235:compile
[INFO] |  +- org.asciidoctor:asciidoctorj:jar:1.5.6:compile
[INFO] |  +- org.imgscalr:imgscalr-lib:jar:4.2:compile
[INFO] |  +- javax.el:javax.el-api:jar:2.2.4:compile
[INFO] |  +- org.glassfish.web:javax.el:jar:2.2.4:compile
[INFO] |  +- xalan:xalan:jar:2.7.2:compile
[INFO] |  +- xalan:serializer:jar:2.7.2:compile
[INFO] |  +- org.awaitility:awaitility:jar:4.0.1:compile
[INFO] |  |  \- org.hamcrest:hamcrest:jar:2.1:compile
[INFO] |  +- com.typesafe:config:jar:1.3.1:compile
[INFO] |  +- org.jsoup:jsoup:jar:1.10.3:compile
[INFO] |  +- com.google.jimfs:jimfs:jar:1.1:compile
[INFO] |  +- com.vladsch.flexmark:flexmark-all:jar:0.34.30:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- com.vladsch.flexmark:flexmark:jar:0.34.30:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- com.vladsch.flexmark:flexmark-ext-abbreviation:jar:0.34.30:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- com.vladsch.flexmark:flexmark-ext-admonition:jar:0.34.30:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- com.vladsch.flexmark:flexmark-ext-anchorlink:jar:0.34.30:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- com.vladsch.flexmark:flexmark-ext-aside:jar:0.34.30:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- com.vladsch.flexmark:flexmark-ext-attributes:jar:0.34.30:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- com.vladsch.flexmark:flexmark-ext-autolink:jar:0.34.30:compile
[INFO] |  |  |  \- org.nibor.autolink:autolink:jar:0.6.0:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- com.vladsch.flexmark:flexmark-ext-definition:jar:0.34.30:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- com.vladsch.flexmark:flexmark-ext-emoji:jar:0.34.30:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- com.vladsch.flexmark:flexmark-ext-enumerated-reference:jar:0.34.30:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- com.vladsch.flexmark:flexmark-ext-escaped-character:jar:0.34.30:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- com.vladsch.flexmark:flexmark-ext-footnotes:jar:0.34.30:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- com.vladsch.flexmark:flexmark-ext-gfm-issues:jar:0.34.30:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- com.vladsch.flexmark:flexmark-ext-gfm-strikethrough:jar:0.34.30:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- com.vladsch.flexmark:flexmark-ext-gfm-tables:jar:0.34.30:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- com.vladsch.flexmark:flexmark-ext-gfm-tasklist:jar:0.34.30:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- com.vladsch.flexmark:flexmark-ext-gfm-users:jar:0.34.30:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- com.vladsch.flexmark:flexmark-ext-gitlab:jar:0.34.30:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- com.vladsch.flexmark:flexmark-ext-jekyll-front-matter:jar:0.34.30:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- com.vladsch.flexmark:flexmark-ext-jekyll-tag:jar:0.34.30:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- com.vladsch.flexmark:flexmark-ext-media-tags:jar:0.34.30:compile
[INFO] |  |  |  \- com.vladsch.flexmark:flexmark-test-util:jar:0.34.30:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- com.vladsch.flexmark:flexmark-ext-ins:jar:0.34.30:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- com.vladsch.flexmark:flexmark-ext-xwiki-macros:jar:0.34.30:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- com.vladsch.flexmark:flexmark-ext-superscript:jar:0.34.30:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- com.vladsch.flexmark:flexmark-ext-tables:jar:0.34.30:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- com.vladsch.flexmark:flexmark-ext-toc:jar:0.34.30:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- com.vladsch.flexmark:flexmark-ext-typographic:jar:0.34.30:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- com.vladsch.flexmark:flexmark-ext-wikilink:jar:0.34.30:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- com.vladsch.flexmark:flexmark-ext-yaml-front-matter:jar:0.34.30:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- com.vladsch.flexmark:flexmark-ext-youtube-embedded:jar:0.34.30:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- com.vladsch.flexmark:flexmark-formatter:jar:0.34.30:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- com.vladsch.flexmark:flexmark-html-parser:jar:0.34.30:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- com.vladsch.flexmark:flexmark-jira-converter:jar:0.34.30:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- com.vladsch.flexmark:flexmark-pdf-converter:jar:0.34.30:compile
[INFO] |  |  |  +- com.openhtmltopdf:openhtmltopdf-core:jar:0.0.1-RC13:compile
[INFO] |  |  |  +- com.openhtmltopdf:openhtmltopdf-pdfbox:jar:0.0.1-RC13:compile
[INFO] |  |  |  |  +- org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox:jar:2.0.8:compile
[INFO] |  |  |  |  |  \- org.apache.pdfbox:fontbox:jar:2.0.8:compile
[INFO] |  |  |  |  +- org.apache.pdfbox:xmpbox:jar:2.0.8:compile
[INFO] |  |  |  |  \- de.rototor.pdfbox:graphics2d:jar:0.12:compile
[INFO] |  |  |  +- com.openhtmltopdf:openhtmltopdf-rtl-support:jar:0.0.1-RC13:compile
[INFO] |  |  |  |  \- com.ibm.icu:icu4j:jar:59.1:compile
[INFO] |  |  |  \- com.openhtmltopdf:openhtmltopdf-jsoup-dom-converter:jar:0.0.1-RC13:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- com.vladsch.flexmark:flexmark-profile-pegdown:jar:0.34.30:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- com.vladsch.flexmark:flexmark-util:jar:0.34.30:compile
[INFO] |  |  \- com.vladsch.flexmark:flexmark-youtrack-converter:jar:0.34.30:compile
[INFO] |  \- io.github.bonigarcia:webdrivermanager:jar:4.2.2:compile
[INFO] |     +- org.apache.httpcomponents.client5:httpclient5:jar:5.0.1:compile
[INFO] |     |  +- org.apache.httpcomponents.core5:httpcore5:jar:5.0.1:compile
[INFO] |     |  \- org.apache.httpcomponents.core5:httpcore5-h2:jar:5.0.1:compile
[INFO] |     \- org.rauschig:jarchivelib:jar:1.1.0:compile
[INFO] |        \- org.apache.commons:commons-compress:jar:1.20:compile

[nathandelane]

It also appears that this starts to initialize selenium/webdriver components through this enum net.thucydides.core.webdriver.SupportedWebDriver, even though I'm not planning to use it - since that's part of serenity-core I have no way to disable it.

This is a waste of my heap space.

[wakaleo]

This isn't a high priority issue but feel free to propose a PR if you want to exclude some unnecessary transitive dependencies if you can identify them or spilt out module that you don't think are necessary for the core reporting (this is non trivial). It's an open source project, so if it is important to you, chip in and contribute.

[nathandelane]

Will do - I'll take a stab at it.