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+# Developing Plugins for Ceedling
+
+This guide walks you through the process of creating custom plugins for
+[Ceedling](https://github.com/ThrowTheSwitch/Ceedling).
+
+It is assumed that the reader has a working installation of Ceedling and some
+basic usage experience, *i.e.* project creation/configuration and running tasks.
+
+Some experience with Ruby and Rake will be helpful but not absolutely required.
+You can learn the basics as you go — often by looking at other, existing 
+Ceedling plugins or by simply searching for code examples online.
+
+## Contents
+
+* [Custom Plugins Overview](#custom-plugins-overview)
+* [Plugin Conventions & Architecture](#plugin-conventions--architecture)
+   1. [Configuration Plugin](#plugin-option-1-configuration)
+   1. [Programmatic `Plugin` subclass](#plugin-option-2-plugin-subclass)
+   1. [Rake Tasks Plugin](#plugin-option-3-rake-tasks)
+
+## Development Roadmap & Notes
+
+(See Ceedling's _[release notes](ReleaseNotes.md)_ for more.)
+
+* Ceedling 1.0 marks the beginning of moving all of Ceedling away from relying
+  on Rake. New, Rake-based plugins should not be developed. Rake dependencies
+  among built-in plugins will be refactored as the transition occurs.
+* Ceedling's entire plugin architecture will be overhauled in future releases.
+  The current structure is too dependent on Rake and provides both too little
+  and too much access to Ceedling's core.
+* Certain aspects of Ceedling's plugin structure have developed organically.
+  Consistency, coherence, and usability may not be high — particularly for 
+  build step hook argument hashes and test results data structures used in 
+  programmatic plugins.
+* Because of iterating on Ceedling's core design and features, documentation
+  here may not always be perfectly up to date.
+
+---
+
+# Custom Plugins Overview
+
+Ceedling plugins extend Ceedling without modifying its core code. They are
+implemented in YAML and the Ruby programming language and are loaded by 
+Ceedling at runtime.
+
+Plugins provide the ability to customize the behavior of Ceedling at various
+stages of a build — preprocessing, compiling, linking, building, testing, and
+reporting.
+
+See _[CeedlingPacket]_ for basic details of operation (`:plugins` configuration
+section) and for a [directory of built-in plugins][plugins-directory].
+
+[CeedlingPacket]: CeedlingPacket.md
+[plugins-directory]: CeedlingPacket.md#ceedlings-built-in-plugins-a-directory
+
+# Plugin Conventions & Architecture
+
+Plugins are enabled and configured from within a Ceedling project's YAML
+configuration file (`:plugins` section).
+
+Conventions & requirements:
+
+* Plugin configuration names, the containing directory names, and filenames 
+  must:
+   * All match (i.e. identical names)
+   * Be snake_case (lowercase with connecting underscores).
+* Plugins must be organized in a containing directory (the name of the plugin
+  as used in the project configuration `:plugins` ↳ `:enabled` list is its 
+  containing directory name).
+* A plugin's containing directory must be located in a Ruby load path. Load
+  paths may be added to a Ceedling project using the `:plugins` ↳ `:load_paths`
+  list.
+* Rake plugins place their Rakefiles in the root of thecontaining plugin 
+  directory.
+* Programmatic plugins must contain either or both `config/` and `lib/`
+  subdirectories within their containing directories.
+* Configuration plugins must place their files within a `config/` subdirectory
+  within the plugin's containing directory.
+
+Ceedling provides 3 options to customize its behavior through a plugin. Each
+strategy is implemented with source files conforming to location and naming
+conventions. These approaches can be combined.
+
+1. Configuration (YAML & Ruby)
+1. `Plugin` subclass (Ruby)
+1. Rake tasks (Ruby)
+
+# Plugin Option 1: Configuration
+
+The configuration option, surprisingly enough, provides Ceedling configuration
+values. Configuration plugin values can supplement or override project
+configuration values.
+
+Not long after Ceedling plugins were developed the `option:` feature was added
+to Ceedling to merge in secondary configuration files. This feature is
+typically a better way to manage nultiple configurations and in many ways
+supersedes a configuration plugin.
+
+That said, a configuration plugin is more capable than the `option:` feature and
+can be appropriate in some circumstances. Further, Ceedling's configuration
+pluging abilities are often a great way to provide configuration to
+programmatic `Plugin` subclasses (Ceedling plugins options #2).
+
+## Three flavors of configuration plugins exist
+
+1. **YAML defaults.** The data of a simple YAML file is incorporated into
+   Ceedling's configuration defaults during startup.
+1. **Programmatic (Ruby) defaults.** Ruby code creates a configuration hash 
+   that Ceedling incorporates into its configuration defaults during startup. 
+   This provides the greatest flexibility in creating configuration values.
+1. **YAML configurations.** The data of a simple YAML file is incorporated into
+   Ceedling's configuration much like your project configuration file.
+
+## Example configuration plugin layout
+
+Project configuration file:
+
+```yaml
+:plugins:
+  :load_paths:
+    - support/plugins
+  :enabled:
+    - zoom_zap
+```
+
+Ceedling project directory sturcture:
+
+(Third flavor of configuration plugin shown.)
+
+```
+project/
+├── project.yml
+└── support/
+    └── plugins/
+        └── zoom_zap/
+            └── config/
+                └── zoom_zap.yml
+```
+
+## Ceedling configuration build & use
+
+Configuration is developed at startup by assembling defaults, collecting 
+user-configured settings, and then populating any missing values with defaults.
+
+Defaults:
+
+1. Ceedling loads its own defaults separately from your project configuration
+1. Supporting framework defaults such as for CMock are populated into (1)
+1. Any plugin defaults are merged with (2).
+
+Final project configuration:
+
+1. Your project file is loaded and any mixins merged
+1. Supporting framework settings that depend on project configuration are populated
+1. Plugin configurations are merged with the result of (1) and (2)
+1. Defaults are populated into your project configuration
+1. Path standardization, string replacement, and related occur throughout the final 
+   configuration
+
+Merging means that existing simple configuration valuees are replaced or, in the 
+case of containers such as lists and hashes, values are added to. If no such 
+key/value pairs already exist, they are simply inserted into the configuration. 
+
+Populating means inserting a configuration value if none already exists. As an 
+example, if Ceedling finds no compiler defined for test builds in your project
+configuration, it populates your configuration with its own internal tool definition.
+
+A plugin may implement its own code to use extract custom configuration from
+the Ceedling project file. See the built-in plugins for examples. For instance, the
+Beep plugin makes use of a top-level `:beep` section in project configuration. In 
+such cases, it's typically wise to make use of a plugin's option for defining 
+default values. Configuration handling code is greatly simplified if values are 
+guaranteed to exist in some form. This elimiates a great deal of presence checking
+and related code.
+
+## Configuration Plugin Flavors
+
+### Configuration Plugin Flvaor A: YAML Defaults
+
+Naming and location convention: `<plugin_name>/config/defaults.yml`
+
+Configuration values are defined inside a YAML file just as the Ceedling project
+configuration file.
+
+Keys and values are defined in Ceedling's “base” configuration along with all
+default values Ceedling loads at startup. If a particular key/value pair is
+already set at the time the plugin attempts to set it, it will not be
+redefined.
+
+YAML values are static apart from Ceedling's ability to perform string
+substitution at configuration load time (see _[CeedlingPacket]_ for more).
+Programmatic Ruby defaults (next section) are more flexible but more
+complicated.
+
+```yaml
+# Any valid YAML is appropriate
+:key:
+  :value: <setting>
+```
+
+### Configuration Plugin Flvaor B: Programmatic (Ruby) Defaults
+
+Naming and location convention: `<plugin_name>/config/defaults_<plugin_name>.rb`
+
+Configuration values are defined in a Ruby hash returned by a “naked” function
+`get_default_config()` in a Ruby file. The Ruby file is loaded and evaluated at
+Ceedling startup. It can contain anything allowed in a Ruby script file but
+must contain the accessor function. The returned hash's top-level keys will
+live in Ceedling's configuration at the same level in the configuration
+hierarchy as a Ceedling project file's top-level keys ('top-level' refers to
+the left-most keys in the YAML, not to how “high” the keys are towards the top
+of the file).
+
+Keys and values are defined in Ceedling's “base” configuration along with all
+default values Ceedling loads at startup. If a particular key/value pair is
+already set at the time the plugin attempts to set it, it will not be
+redefined.
+
+This configuration option is more flexible than that documented in the previous
+section as full Ruby execution is possible in creating the defaults hash.
+
+### Configuration Plugin Flvaor C: YAML Values
+
+Naming and location convention: `<plugin_name>/config/<plugin_name>.yml`
+
+Configuration values are defined inside a YAML file just as the Ceedling project
+configuration file.
+
+Keys and values are defined in Ceedling's “base” configuration along with all
+default values Ceedling loads at startup. If a particular key/value pair is
+already set at the time the plugin attempts to set it, it will not be
+redefined.
+
+YAML values are static apart from Ceedling's ability to perform string
+substitution at configuration load time (see _[CeedlingPacket]_ for more).
+Programmatic Ruby defaults (next section) are more flexible but more
+complicated.
+
+```yaml
+# Any valid YAML is appropriate
+:key:
+  :value: <setting>
+```
+
+# Plugin Option 2: `Plugin` Subclass
+
+Naming and location conventions:
+
+* `<plugin_name>/lib/<plugin_name>.rb`
+* The plugin's class name must be the camelized version (a.k.a. “bumpy case")
+  of the plugin filename — `whiz_bang.rb` ➡️ `WhizBang`.
+
+This plugin option allows full programmatic ability connceted to any of a number
+of predefined Ceedling build steps.
+
+The contents of `<plugin_name>.rb` must implement a class that subclasses
+`Plugin`, Ceedling's plugin base class.
+
+## Example `Plugin` subclass
+
+An incomplete `Plugin` subclass follows to illustate the basics.
+
+```ruby
+# whiz_bang/lib/whiz_bang.rb
+require 'ceedling/plugin'
+
+class WhizBang < Plugin
+  def setup
+    # ...
+  end
+  
+  # Build step hook
+  def pre_test(test)
+    # ...
+  end
+  
+  # Build step hook
+  def post_test(test)
+    # ...
+  end
+end
+```
+
+## Example programmatic plugin layout
+
+Project configuration file:
+
+```yaml
+:plugins:
+  :load_paths:
+    - support/plugins
+  :enabled:
+    - whiz_bang
+```
+
+Ceedling project directory sturcture:
+
+```
+project/
+├── project.yml
+└── support/
+    └── plugins/
+        └── whiz_bang/
+            └── lib/
+                └── whiz_bang.rb
+```
+
+It is possible and often convenient to add more `.rb` files to the containing 
+`lib/` directory to allow good organization of plugin code. No Ceedling 
+conventions exist for these supplemental code files. Only standard Ruby 
+constaints exists for these filenames and content.
+
+## `Plugin` instance variables
+
+Each `Plugin` sublcass has access to the following instance variables:
+
+* `@name`
+* `@ceedling`
+
+`@name` is self explanatory. `@ceedling` is a hash containing every object 
+within the Ceedling application; its keys are the filenames of the objects
+minus file extension.
+
+Objects commonly used in plugins include:
+
+* `@ceedling[:configurator]` — Project configuration
+* `@ceedling[:streaminator]` — Logging
+* `@ceedling[:reportinator]` — String formatting for logging
+* `@ceedling[:file_wrapper]` — File operations
+* `@ceedling[:plugin_reportinator]` — Various needs including gathering test 
+  results
+
+## `Plugin` method `setup()`
+
+If your plugin defines this method, it will be called during plugin creation at
+Ceedling startup. It is effectively your constructor for your custom `Plugin`
+subclass.
+
+## `Plugin` hook methods `pre_` and `post_` conventions & concerns
+
+### Multi-threaded protections
+
+Because Ceedling can run build operations in multiple threads, build step hook
+handliers must be thread safe. Practically speaking, this generally requires
+a `Mutex` object `synchronize()`d around any code that writes to or reads from
+a common data structure instantiated within a plugin.
+
+A common example is collecting test results filepaths from the 
+`post_test_fixture_execute()` hook. A hash or array accumulating these 
+filepaths as text executables complete their runs must have appropriate 
+threading protections.
+
+### Command line tool shell results
+
+Pre and post build step hooks are often called on either side of a command line 
+tool operation. If a command line tool is executed for a build step (e.g. test 
+compilation), the `arg_hash` will be the same for the pre and post hooks with
+one difference.
+
+In the `post_` hook, the `arg_hash` parameter will contain a `shell_result` key
+whose associated value is itself a hash with the following contents:
+
+```ruby
+{
+  :output => "<Console output>", # String holding any $stdout / redirected $stderr output
+  :status => <Process::Status>,  # Ruby object of type Process::Status
+  :exit_code => <int>,           # Command line exit code (extracted from :status object)
+  :time => <float>               # Seconds elapsed for shell operation
+}
+```
+
+_**Note:**_ Test preprocessing steps are quite sophissticated and involve various 
+combination of tool executions. The `post_` preprocessing hooks do not inlucde shell 
+results. Future updates to Ceedling’s plugin system will create a more robust means 
+of attaching custom behaviors to test preprocessing or connecting your own preprocessing
+pipeline with toolchains other than GCC.
+
+## `Plugin` hook methods `pre_mock_preprocess(arg_hash)` and `post_mock_preprocess(arg_hash)`
+
+These methods are called before and after execution of preprocessing for header
+files to be mocked (see [CeedlingPacket] to understand preprocessing). If a
+project does not enable preprocessing or a build does not include tests, these
+are not called. This pair of methods is called a number of times equal to the
+number of mocks in a test build.
+
+The argument `arg_hash` follows the structure below:
+
+```ruby
+arg_hash = {
+  # Filepath of header file to be preprocessed on its way to being mocked
+  :header_file =>  "<filepath>",
+  # Filepath of processed header file
+  :preprocessed_header_file => "<filepath>",
+  # Filepath of tests C file the mock will be used by
+  :test => "<filepath>",
+  # List of flags to be provided to `cpp` GNU preprocessor tool
+  :flags => [<flags>],
+  # List of search paths to be provided to `cpp` GNU preprocessor tool
+  :include_paths => [<paths>],
+  # List of compilation symbols to be provided to `cpp` GNU preprocessor tool
+  :defines => [<defines>]
+}
+```
+
+## `Plugin` hook methods `pre_test_preprocess(arg_hash)` and `post_test_preprocess(arg_hash)`
+
+These methods are called before and after execution of test file preprocessing
+(see [CeedlingPacket] to understand preprocessing). If a project does not
+enable preprocessing or a build does not include tests, these are not called.
+This pair of methods is called a number of times equal to the number of test
+files in a test build.
+
+The argument `arg_hash` follows the structure below:
+
+```ruby
+arg_hash = {
+  # Filepath of C test file to be preprocessed on its way to being used to generate runner
+  :test_file => "<filepath>",
+  # Filepath of processed tests file
+  :preprocessed_test_file => "<filepath>",
+  # Filepath of tests C file the mock will be used by
+  :test => "<filepath>",
+  # List of flags to be provided to `cpp` GNU preprocessor tool
+  :flags => [<flags>],
+  # List of search paths to be provided to `cpp` GNU preprocessor tool
+  :include_paths => [<paths>],
+  # List of compilation symbols to be provided to `cpp` GNU preprocessor tool
+  :defines => [<defines>]
+}
+```
+
+## `Plugin` hook methods `pre_mock_generate(arg_hash)` and `post_mock_generate(arg_hash)`
+
+These methods are called before and after mock generation. If a project does not
+enable mocks or a build does not include tests, these are not called. This pair
+of methods is called a number of times equal to the number of mocks in a test
+build.
+
+The argument `arg_hash` follows the structure below:
+
+```ruby
+arg_hash = {
+  # Filepath of the header file being mocked.
+  :header_file => "<filepath>",
+  # Additional context passed by the calling function.
+  # Ceedling passes the :test symbol by default while plugins may provide another
+  :context => :<context>,
+  # Filepath of the tests C file that references the requested mock
+  :test => "<filepath>",
+  # Filepath of the generated mock C code.
+  :output_path => "<filepath>"
+}
+```
+
+## `Plugin` hook methods `pre_runner_generate(arg_hash)` and `post_runner_generate(arg_hash)`
+
+These methods are called before and after execution of test runner generation. A
+test runner includes all the necessary C scaffolding (and `main()` entry point)
+to call the test cases defined in a test file when a test executable runs. If a
+build does not include tests, these are not called. This pair of methods is
+called a number of times equal to the number of test files in a test build.
+
+The argument `arg_hash` follows the structure below:
+
+```ruby
+arg_hash = {
+  # Additional context passed by the calling function.
+  # Ceedling passes the :test symbol by default while plugins may provide another
+  :context => :<context>,
+  # Filepath of the tests C file.
+  :test_file => "<filepath>",
+  # Filepath of the test file to be processed (if preprocessing enabled, this is not the same as :test_file).  
+  :input_file => "<filepath>",
+  # Filepath of the generated tests runner file.
+  :runner_file => "<filepath>"
+}
+```
+
+## `Plugin` hook methods `pre_compile_execute(arg_hash)` and `post_compile_execute(arg_hash)`
+
+These methods are called before and after source file compilation. These are
+called in both test and release builds. This pair of methods is called a number
+of times equal to the number of C files in a test or release build.
+
+The argument `arg_hash` follows the structure below:
+
+```ruby
+arg_hash = {
+  :tool => {
+    # Hash holding compiler tool elements (see CeedlingPacket)
+  },
+  # Symbol of the operation being performed, e.g. :compile, :assemble or :link
+  :operation => :<operation>,
+  # Additional context passed by the calling function.
+  # Ceedling provides :test or :release by default while plugins may provide another.
+  :context => :<context>,
+  # Filepath of the input C file
+  :source => "<filepath>",
+  # Filepath of the output object file
+  :object => "<filepath>",
+  # List of flags to be provided to compiler tool
+  :flags => [<flags>],
+  # List of search paths to be provided to compiler tool
+  :search_paths => [<paths>],
+  # List of compilation symbols to be provided to compiler tool
+  :defines => [<defines>],
+  # Filepath of the listing file, e.g. .lst file
+  :list => "<filepath>",
+  # Filepath of the dependencies file, e.g. .d file
+  :dependencies => "<filepath>"
+}
+```
+
+## `Plugin` hook methods `pre_link_execute(arg_hash)` and `post_link_execute(arg_hash)`
+
+These methods are called before and after linking an executable. These are
+called in both test and release builds. These are called for each test
+executable and each release artifact. This pair of methods is called a number
+of times equal to the number of test files in a test build or release artifacts
+in a release build.
+
+The argument `arg_hash` follows the structure below:
+
+```ruby
+arg_hash = {
+  # Hash holding linker tool properties.
+  :tool => {
+    # Hash holding compiler tool elements (see CeedlingPacket)
+  },
+  # Additional context passed by the calling function.
+  # Ceedling provides :test or :release by default while plugins may provide another.
+  :context => :<context>,
+  # List of object files paths being linked, e.g. .o files
+  :objects => [],
+  # List of flags to be provided to linker tool
+  :flags => [<flags>],
+  # Filepath of the output file, e.g. .out file
+  :executable => "<filepath>",
+  # Filepath of the map file, e.g. .map file
+  :map => "<filepath>",
+  # List of libraries to link, e.g. those passed to the (GNU) linker with -l
+  :libraries => [<names>],
+  # List of libraries paths, e.g. the ones passed to the (GNU) linker with -L
+  :libpaths => [<paths>]
+}
+```
+
+## `Plugin` hook methods `pre_test_fixture_execute(arg_hash)` and `post_test_fixture_execute(arg_hash)`
+
+These methods are called before and after running a test executable. If a build
+does not include tests, these are not called. This pair of methods is called
+for each test executable in a build (each test file is ultimately built into a
+test executable).
+
+The argument `arg_hash` follows the structure below:
+
+```ruby
+arg_hash = {
+  # Hash holding execution tool properties.
+  :tool => {
+    # Hash holding compiler tool elements (see CeedlingPacket)
+  },
+  # Additional context passed by the calling function.
+  # Ceedling provides :test or :release by default while plugins may provide another.
+  :context => :<context>,
+  # Name of the test file minus path and extension (`test/TestIness.c` -> 'TestIness')
+  :test_name => "<name>",
+  # Filepath of original tests C file that became the test executable
+  :test_filepath => "<filepath>",
+  # Path to the tests executable file, e.g. .out file
+  :executable => "<filepath>",
+  # Path to the tests result file, e.g. .pass/.fail file
+  :result_file => "<filepath>"
+}
+```
+
+## `Plugin` hook methods `pre_test(test)` and `post_test(test)`
+
+These methods are called before and after performing all steps needed to run a
+test file — i.e. configure, preprocess, compile, link, run, get results, etc.
+This pair of methods is called for each test file in a test build.
+
+The argument `test` corresponds to the path of the test C file being processed.
+
+## `Plugin` hook methods `pre_release()` and `post_release()`
+
+These methods are called before and after performing all steps needed to run the
+release task — i.e. configure, preprocess, compile, link, etc.
+
+## `Plugin` hook methods `pre_build` and `post_build`
+
+These methods are called before and after executing any ceedling task — e.g:
+test, release, coverage, etc.
+
+## `Plugin` hook methods `post_error()`
+
+This method is called at the conclusion of a Ceedling build that encounters any
+error that halts the build process. To be clear, a test build with failing test
+cases is not a build error.
+
+## `Plugin` hook methods `summary()`
+
+This method is called when invoking the summary task, `ceedling summary`. This
+method facilitates logging the results of the last build without running the
+previous build again.
+
+## Validating a plugin’s tools
+
+By default, Ceedling validates configured tools at startup according to a 
+simple setting within the tool definition. This works just fine for default
+core tools and options. However, in the case of plugins, tools may not be even 
+relevant to a plugin's operation depending on its configurable options. It's
+a bit silly for a tool not needed by your project to fail validation if 
+Ceedling can't find it in your `$PATH`. Similarly, it's irresponsible to skip
+validating a tool just because it may not be needed.
+
+Ceedling provides optional, programmatic tool validation for these cases.
+`@ceedling]:tool_validator].validate()` can be forced to ignore a tool's 
+`required:` setting to validate it. In such a scenario, a plugin should 
+configure its own tools as `:optional => true` but forcibly validate them at 
+plugin startup if the plugin's configuration options require said tool.
+
+An example from the `gcov` plugin illustrates this.
+
+```ruby
+# Validate gcov summary tool if coverage summaries are enabled (summaries rely on the `gcov` tool)
+if summaries_enabled?( @project_config )
+  @ceedling[:tool_validator].validate(
+    tool: TOOLS_GCOV_SUMMARY, # Tool defintion as Ruby hash
+    boom: true                # Ignore optional status (raise exception if invalid)
+  )
+end
+```
+
+The tool `TOOLS_GCOV_SUMMARY` is defined with a Ruby hash in the plugin code.
+It is configured with `:optional => true`. At plugin startup, configuration
+options determine if the tool is needed. It is forcibly validated if the plugin
+configuration requires it.
+
+## Collecting test results from within `Plugin` subclass
+
+Some testing-specific plugins need access to test results to do their work. A
+utility method is available for this purpose.
+
+`@ceedling[:plugin_reportinator].assemble_test_results()`
+
+This method takes as an argument a list of results filepaths. These typically
+correspond directly to the collection of test files Ceedling processed in a
+given test build. It's common for this list of filepaths to be assembled from
+the `post_test_fixture_execute` build step execution hook.
+
+The data that `assemble_test_results()` returns hss a structure as follows. In 
+this example, actual results from a single, real test file are presented as 
+hash/array Ruby code with comments and with some edits to reduce line length.
+
+```ruby
+{
+  # Associates each test executable (i.e. test file) with an execution run time
+  :times => {
+    "test/TestUsartModel.c" => 0.21196400001645088
+  },
+
+  # List of succeeding test cases, grouped by test file.
+  :successes => [
+    {
+      :source => {:file => "test/TestUsartModel.c", :dirname => "test", :basename => "TestUsartModel.c"},
+      :collection => [
+        # If Unity is configured to do so, it will output execution run time for each test case.
+        # Ceedling creates a zero entry if the Unity option is not enabled.
+        {:test => "testCase1", :line => 17, :message => "", :unity_test_time => 0.0},
+        {:test => "testCase2", :line => 31, :message => "", :unity_test_time => 0.0}
+      ]
+    }
+  ],
+
+  # List of failing test cases, grouped by test file.
+  :failures => [
+    {
+      :source => {:file => "test/TestUsartModel.c", :dirname => "test", :basename => "TestUsartModel.c"},
+      :collection => [
+        {:test => "testCase3", :line => 25, :message => "<failure message>", :unity_test_time => 0.0}
+      ]
+    }
+  ],
+
+  # List of ignored test cases, grouped by test file.
+  :ignores => [
+    {
+      :source => {:file => "test/TestUsartModel.c", :dirname => "test", :basename => "TestUsartModel.c"},
+      :collection => [
+        {:test => "testCase4", :line => 39, :message => "", :unity_test_time => 0.0}
+      ]
+    }
+  ],
+
+  # List of strings printed to $stdout, grouped by test file.
+  :stdout => [
+    {
+      :source => {:file => "test/TestUsartModel.c", :dirname => "test", :basename => "TestUsartModel.c"},
+      # Calls to print to $stdout are outside Unity's scope, preventing attaching test file line numbers
+      :collection => [
+        "<$stdout string (e.g. printf() call)>"
+      ]
+    }
+  ],
+
+  # Test suite run stats
+  :counts => {
+    :total   => 4,
+    :passed  => 2,
+    :failed  => 1,
+    :ignored => 1,
+    :stdout  => 1},
+
+  # The sum of all test file execution run times
+  :total_time => 0.21196400001645088
+}
+```
+
+# Plugin Option 3: Rake Tasks
+
+This plugin type adds custom Rake tasks to your project that can be run with `ceedling <custom_task>`.
+
+Naming and location conventions: `<plugin_name>/<plugin_name>.rake`
+
+## Example Rake task
+
+```ruby
+# Only tasks with description are listed by `ceedling -T`
+desc "Print hello world to console"
+task :hello_world do
+  sh "echo Hello World!"
+end
+```
+
+Resulting, example command line:
+
+```shell
+ > ceedling hello_world
+ > Hello World!
+```
+
+## Example Rake plugin layout
+
+Project configuration file:
+
+```yaml
+:plugins:
+  :load_paths:
+    - support/plugins
+  :enabled:
+    - hello_world
+```
+
+Ceedling project directory sturcture:
+
+```
+project/
+├── project.yml
+└── support/
+    └── plugins/
+        └── hello_world/
+            └── hello_world.rake
+```