Change history

The current section provides an overview of new and notable changes in the latest GITB TDL documentation release as well as access to all previous documentation versions.

What’s new in release 1.10.0

The table that follows summarises the notable changes in the latest documentation release that matches the latest GITB TDL and GITB software release. In each case the “type” indicates whether the change applies to the GITB TDL as a whole or specific improvements in the GITB software (or both) . In addition, references are provided to the relevant sections for more information.

Description	Type	Relevant sections
Test case imports can now be defined dynamically using variable references.	GITB TDL	Imports, Where can expressions be used?
Support for a custom title for if, interact, while, repuntil, foreach and flow steps.	GITB TDL	if, interact, while, repuntil, foreach, flow
Actors’ endpoint parameters can now be defined as hidden to have them visible only to administrators.	GITB TDL	Actors
Actors’ endpoint parameters now support the definition of allowed values with optional labels (allowedValues and allowedValueLabels).	GITB TDL	Actors
Actors’ endpoint parameters now support defining other parameters as prerequisites (dependsOn and dependsOnValue).	GITB TDL	Actors
New log step to add arbitrary information to the test session’s log output.	GITB TDL	log
The documentation content for test suites, test cases and test steps can now be provided via imported resource.	GITB TDL	Metadata, Metadata, Rich documentation per step
The ID of test suites and test cases is now considered in the GITB software for referencing and matching.	GITB software	Test Suites, Test Cases

Previous documentation versions

The following table provides the main highlights introduced in each previous documentation release as well as its access link.

Release	Key highlights	Documentation link
1.9.1	Maintenance release with no changes.	https://www.itb.ec.europa.eu/docs/tdl/1.9.1/
1.9.0	Automatic variable creation from assign steps, rich documentation for test cases and test suites and new Base64Processor.	https://www.itb.ec.europa.eu/docs/tdl/1.9.0/
1.8.0	Support for hidden actors, warning-level verifications and extended test step documentation.	https://www.itb.ec.europa.eu/docs/tdl/1.8.0/
1.7.2	Support for any expression to be used as a template (asTemplate).	https://www.itb.ec.europa.eu/docs/tdl/1.7.2/
1.7.1	Maintenance release with no changes.	https://www.itb.ec.europa.eu/docs/tdl/1.7.1/
1.7.0	Organisation and system properties and extended configuration options for parameters.	https://www.itb.ec.europa.eu/docs/tdl/1.7.0/
1.6.1	Extensions to the TokenGenerator to better handle timestamps and documentation on template file use.	https://www.itb.ec.europa.eu/docs/tdl/1.6.1/
1.6.0	New TokenGenerator and XmlMatchValidator handlers, optional processing transactions, and selection lists for the interact step.	https://www.itb.ec.europa.eu/docs/tdl/1.6.0/
1.5.0	Improved and new embedded validation handlers (XPathValidator, RegExpValidator), improvements to steps (exit, if) and management of reasonable defaults.	https://www.itb.ec.europa.eu/docs/tdl/1.5.0/
1.4.1	Extensions to HttpMessaging capabilities.	https://www.itb.ec.europa.eu/docs/tdl/1.4.1/
1.4.0	Significant configuration and parameterisation extensions, improved SOAP support and introduced timeouts.	https://www.itb.ec.europa.eu/docs/tdl/1.4.0/
1.3.0	Release 1.3.0 for the GITB TDL documentation.	https://www.itb.ec.europa.eu/docs/tdl/1.3.0/
1.2.0	First release for the GITB TDL documentation.	https://www.itb.ec.europa.eu/docs/tdl/1.2.0/