build: added fancy test logging

build.gradle

@@ -18,6 +18,50 @@ test {
     maxParallelForks = 1
 }
 
+
+
+// Fancy live test output (from https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3963708/gradle-how-to-display-test-results-in-the-console-in-real-time)
+
+import org.gradle.api.tasks.testing.logging.TestExceptionFormat
+import org.gradle.api.tasks.testing.logging.TestLogEvent
+
+tasks.withType(Test) {
+    testLogging {
+        // set options for log level LIFECYCLE
+        events TestLogEvent.FAILED,
+               TestLogEvent.PASSED,
+               TestLogEvent.SKIPPED
+               // TestLogEvent.STANDARD_OUT
+        exceptionFormat TestExceptionFormat.FULL
+        showExceptions true
+        showCauses true
+        showStackTraces true
+
+        // set options for log level DEBUG and INFO
+        debug {
+            events TestLogEvent.STARTED,
+                   TestLogEvent.FAILED,
+                   TestLogEvent.PASSED,
+                   TestLogEvent.SKIPPED,
+                   TestLogEvent.STANDARD_ERROR
+                   TestLogEvent.STANDARD_OUT
+            exceptionFormat TestExceptionFormat.FULL
+        }
+        // info.events = debug.events
+        // info.exceptionFormat = debug.exceptionFormat
+
+        afterSuite { desc, result ->
+            if (!desc.parent) { // will match the outermost suite
+                def output = "Results: ${result.resultType} (${result.testCount} tests, ${result.successfulTestCount} passed, ${result.failedTestCount} failed, ${result.skippedTestCount} skipped)"
+                def startItem = '|  ', endItem = '  |'
+                def repeatLength = startItem.length() + output.length() + endItem.length()
+                println('\n' + ('-' * repeatLength) + '\n' + startItem + output + endItem + '\n' + ('-' * repeatLength))
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+
 jacocoTestReport {
     reports {
         html.enabled true