Features and modules

The required shaft-engine artifact provides the public facade and core test automation capabilities. Three dependency-heavy integrations are optional.

Feature-to-module map

Feature	Maven artifact
Web, mobile/Appium/Flutter, API, database, CLI, test data, accessibility, reporting, screenshots	`shaft-engine`
Direct BrowserStack WebDriver/Appium sessions and app upload	`shaft-engine`
BrowserStack SDK interception, multi-platform YAML, and SDK orchestration	`shaft-browserstack`
Appium Android/iOS driver-native recording	`shaft-engine`
Local non-headless desktop recording	`shaft-video`
Reference-image assertions and image-path touch actions	`shaft-visual`
Deterministic explainable web element recovery	`shaft-heal`
Screenshot highlighting, animated GIFs, and `compareImageFolders(...)`	`shaft-engine`

See the upgrade guide for the exact method boundaries.

Use the BOM to align the core engine with any optional modules you add:

pom.xml
<dependencyManagement>
  <dependencies>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>io.github.shafthq</groupId>
      <artifactId>shaft-bom</artifactId>
      <version>${shaft.version}</version>
      <type>pom</type>
      <scope>import</scope>
    </dependency>
  </dependencies>
</dependencyManagement>

<dependencies>
  <dependency>
    <groupId>io.github.shafthq</groupId>
    <artifactId>shaft-engine</artifactId>
  </dependency>
  <dependency>
    <groupId>io.github.shafthq</groupId>
    <artifactId>shaft-visual</artifactId>
  </dependency>
</dependencies>

Smart Features

SHAFT provides a lot of out-of-the-box convenience features to facilitate your testing process and eliminate the need for boilerplate code.

All of SHAFT's smart features target the three pillars of successful test automation:

Scalability: The ability to run tests on multiple devices and browsers in parallel.
Reliability: The ability to run tests without flakiness and with detailed reporting.
Maintainability: The ability to easily maintain and update tests as the application changes.

Scalability

CI/CD integration	Cloud device farm integration	Headless testing	Parallel execution	Containerized execution
✅	✅	✅	✅	✅

Reliability

Automated synchronization	Logging	Reporting	Screenshots/Attachments	Video recording
✅	✅	✅	✅	Core for Appium/remote; `shaft-video` for local desktop

Maintainability

Fluent design	Locator builder	Smart locators	Native `WebDriver` access	Element/Browser validations builder	Visual validations
✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	`shaft-visual`

Supported Platforms

Browsers

	Linux	macOS	Windows	Android	iOS
Google Chrome	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Microsoft Edge	✅	✅	✅	_	_
Mozilla Firefox	✅	✅	✅	_	_
Apple Safari	_	✅	_	_	✅

Apps

	Android	iOS	Windows
Native	✅	✅	N/A
Hybrid	✅	✅	N/A
Flutter	✅	✅	N/A
WPF	N/A	N/A	✅

Other

API	Database	CLI	PDF	JSON	YAML	Excel	Property
✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅

Test Orchestration

TestNG	JUnit	Cucumber
✅	✅	✅

Feature-to-module map​

Smart Features​

Scalability​

Reliability​

Maintainability​

Supported Platforms​

Browsers​

Apps​

Other​

Test Orchestration​

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