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 1.17.0

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
Steps’ desc, from, to, title and inputTitle values can be set as constant variable references when used within scriptlets.	GITB TDL	Dynamic labels and actor references
New TemplateProcessor embedded processing handler for complex generation of data based on templates.	GITB TDL	TemplateProcessor
New XSLTProcessor embedded processing handler for XSLT transformations of XML content.	GITB TDL	XSLTProcessor
New DisplayProcessor embedded processing handler for displaying arbitrary content to users in a non-obtrusive manner.	GITB TDL	DisplayProcessor
New SimulatedMessaging embedded messaging handler to add simulated message exchanges between actors.	GITB TDL	SimulatedMessaging
Messaging transactions (defined via btxn) are no longer mandatory for send and receive messaging steps.	GITB TDL	send, receive
Non-transactional, non-embedded (external) process, send and receive steps can now also specify authentication properties for the handler service call.	GITB TDL	Authentication for external handlers
The GITB TDL’s expression language is now upgraded from XPath 1.0 to XPath 3.0.	GITB TDL	Expressions

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
1.16.1	Maintenance release with no changes.	https://www.itb.ec.europa.eu/docs/tdl/1.16.1/
1.16.0	Namespace support, introduction of STEP_STATUS variable, and supportsParallelExecution setting for test cases.	https://www.itb.ec.europa.eu/docs/tdl/1.16.0/
1.15.1	Maintenance release with no changes.	https://www.itb.ec.europa.eu/docs/tdl/1.15.1/
1.15.0	Logging levels, simplified process and call steps, and styling of replies in messaging steps.	https://www.itb.ec.europa.eu/docs/tdl/1.15.0/
1.14.1	Maintenance release with no changes.	https://www.itb.ec.europa.eu/docs/tdl/1.14.1/
1.14.0	Syntax-aware processing on interact steps via the mimeType attribute and support for several input types via the inputType attribute.	https://www.itb.ec.europa.eu/docs/tdl/1.14.0/
1.13.0	Support for steps to be defined as hidden and collapsed, display of group steps, and option to display process steps.	https://www.itb.ec.europa.eu/docs/tdl/1.13.0/
1.12.0	Support for sharing resources and scriptlets across test suites, new RegExpProcessor and CollectionUtils processors, extensions to the TokenGenerator and SchematronValidator.	https://www.itb.ec.europa.eu/docs/tdl/1.12.0/
1.11.1	Referencing a missing variable evaluates as an empty string.	https://www.itb.ec.europa.eu/docs/tdl/1.11.1/
1.11.0	Stop on errors, test case output messages, support for verify output data, new TEST_SUCCESS variable, and custom interact titles.	https://www.itb.ec.europa.eu/docs/tdl/1.11.0/
1.10.2	Maintenance release with no changes.	https://www.itb.ec.europa.eu/docs/tdl/1.10.2/
1.10.1	Maintenance release with no changes.	https://www.itb.ec.europa.eu/docs/tdl/1.10.1/
1.10.0	Dynamic test case imports, custom titles, new log step, imported documentation and extensions to endpoint parameters.	https://www.itb.ec.europa.eu/docs/tdl/1.10.0/
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/