feat(config): no globals option

docs/referenceConf.js

@@ -97,6 +97,14 @@ exports.config = {
   // ----- What tests to run ---------------------------------------------------
   // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+  // Use default globals: 'protractor', 'brower', '$', '$$', 'element', 'by'.
+  // These also exist as properties of the protractor namespace:
+  // 'protractor.browser', 'protractor.$', 'protractor.$$', 'protractor.element',
+  // 'protractor.by', and 'protractor.By'.
+  // When no globals is set to true, the only available global variable will be
+  // 'protractor'.
+  noGlobals: false,
+
   // Spec patterns are relative to the location of this config.
   specs: [
     'spec/*_spec.js'

lib/configParser.ts

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ export interface Config {
   mochaOpts: {ui: string; reporter: string;};
   chromeDriver?: string;
   configDir: string;
+  noGlobals: boolean;
   plugins: Array<any>;
   skipSourceMapSupport: boolean;
   suite?: string;
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ export default class ConfigParser {
       seleniumArgs: [],
       mochaOpts: {ui: 'bdd', reporter: 'list'},
       configDir: './',
+      noGlobals: false,
       plugins: [],
       skipSourceMapSupport: false,
     };

lib/runner.js

@@ -156,13 +156,26 @@ Runner.prototype.controlFlow = function() {
  * @private
  */
 Runner.prototype.setupGlobals_ = function(browser_) {
-  // Export protractor to the global namespace to be used in tests.
+
+  // Keep $, $$, element, and by/By under the global protractor namespace
+  protractor.browser = browser_;
+  protractor.$ = browser_.$;
+  protractor.$$ = browser_.$$;
+  protractor.element = browser_.element;
+  protractor.by = protractor.By = protractor.By;
+
+  if (!this.config_.noGlobals) {
+    // Export protractor to the global namespace to be used in tests.
+    global.browser = browser_;
+    global.$ = browser_.$;
+    global.$$ = browser_.$$;
+    global.element = browser_.element;
+    global.by = global.By = protractor.By;
+  }
+
   global.protractor = protractor;
-  global.browser = browser_;
-  global.$ = browser_.$;
-  global.$$ = browser_.$$;
-  global.element = browser_.element;
-  global.by = global.By = protractor.By;
+
+
 
   if (!this.config_.skipSourceMapSupport) {
     // Enable sourcemap support for stack traces.

package.json

@@ -33,12 +33,12 @@
     "gulp": "^3.9.1",
     "gulp-clang-format": "^1.0.23",
     "jshint": "2.9.1",
-    "lodash": "^2.4.1",
+    "lodash": "^4.5.1",
     "marked": "^0.3.3",
     "mocha": "2.3.4",
     "rimraf": "~2.5.0",
     "run-sequence": "^1.1.5",
-    "typescript": "~1.8.0",
+    "typescript": "1.8.2",
     "typings": "~0.6.6"
   },
   "repository": {

scripts/test.js

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ var passingTests = [
   'node built/cli.js spec/getCapabilitiesConf.js',
   'node built/cli.js spec/controlLockConf.js',
   'node built/cli.js spec/customFramework.js',
+  'node built/cli.js spec/noGlobalsConf.js',
   'node built/cli.js spec/angular2Conf.js',
   'node scripts/attachSession.js',
   'node scripts/interactive_tests/interactive_test.js',

spec/noGlobals/noGlobals_spec.js

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+describe('configuration with no globals', function() {
+  var URL = '/ng2/#/async';
+
+  it('should have objects belonging to protractor namespace', function() {
+    expect(typeof protractor).toEqual('object');
+    expect(typeof protractor.browser).toEqual('object');
+    expect(typeof protractor.$).toEqual('function');
+    expect(typeof protractor.$$).toEqual('function');
+    expect(typeof protractor.element).toEqual('function');
+    expect(typeof protractor.by).toEqual('object');
+    expect(typeof protractor.By).toEqual('object');
+  });
+
+  it('should not have other globals', function() {
+    expect(typeof browser).toEqual('undefined');
+    expect(typeof $).toEqual('undefined');
+    expect(typeof $$).toEqual('undefined');
+    expect(typeof element).toEqual('undefined');
+    expect(typeof by).toEqual('undefined');
+    expect(typeof By).toEqual('undefined');
+  });
+
+  it('should be able to use methods under the protractor namespace', function() {
+    protractor.browser.get(URL);
+    var increment = protractor.$('#increment');
+    expect(typeof increment).toEqual('object');
+    increment.$('.action').click();
+    expect(increment.$('.val').getText()).toEqual('1');
+  });
+});

spec/noGlobalsConf.js

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+var env = require('./environment');
+
+// This is the configuration for a smoke test for an Angular2 application.
+exports.config = {
+
+  seleniumAddress: env.seleniumAddress,
+
+  framework: 'jasmine',
+
+  specs: [
+    'noGlobals/noGlobals_spec.js'
+  ],
+
+  noGlobals: true,
+
+  capabilities: env.capabilities,
+
+  baseUrl: env.baseUrl,
+
+  useAllAngular2AppRoots: true
+};