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 1.21.1

Note

Maintenance release: Release 1.21.1 is a global maintenance release that did not change the GITB TDL. The latest features presented in this section correspond to the latest release that did introduce changes, i.e. release 1.21.0.

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
Interaction steps now support the forceDisplay attribute to ensure an inline display of their content.	GITB TDL	interact
The TokenGenerator now allows the generation of random numbers via the new random operation.	GITB TDL	TokenGenerator
New DelayProcessor to make it simpler to pause test sessions for a given duration.	GITB TDL	DelayProcessor
New JSONPointerProcessor to extract data from JSON content using JSON Pointer expressions.	GITB TDL	JSONPointerProcessor
Test cases can now be defined as optional and disabled restricting whether they can be executed and how their results are considered.	GITB TDL	Test cases
Test suite and test case definitions now support an update metadata element to define how to carry out the update of existing test suites and test cases.	GITB TDL	update (test suite), update (test case)
Test cases can now define tags as part of their metadata to classify them and visually distinguish them for users.	GITB TDL	tags

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
1.21.0	New forceDisplay for interact step, new embedded processing handlers and operations (DelayProcessor, JSONPointerProcessor, random operation of TokenGenerator), test case tags, test suite update metadata, optional and disabled test cases.	https://www.itb.ec.europa.eu/docs/tdl/1.21.0/
1.20.1	Maintenance release with no changes.	https://www.itb.ec.europa.eu/docs/tdl/1.20.1/
1.20.0	Maintenance release with no changes.	https://www.itb.ec.europa.eu/docs/tdl/1.20.0/
1.19.0	New operations for the CollectionUtils embedded processor, extensions to the STEP_SUCCESS, STEP_STATUS maps to refer to steps within scriptlets.	https://www.itb.ec.europa.eu/docs/tdl/1.19.0/
1.18.1	Maintenance release with no changes.	https://www.itb.ec.europa.eu/docs/tdl/1.18.1/
1.18.0	New XmlValidator and ExpressionValidator; updates to TokenGenerator, SimulatedMessaging, DisplayProcessor, XSDValidator and SchematronValidator; static if steps, dynamic hidden settings in scriptlets, SESSION map with test session metadata.	https://www.itb.ec.europa.eu/docs/tdl/1.18.0/
1.17.0	Dynamic information display within scriptlets, new TemplateProcessor, XSLTProcessor, DisplayProcessor and SimulatedMessaging handlers, non-transactional messaging steps, upgrade to XPath 3.0.	https://www.itb.ec.europa.eu/docs/tdl/1.17.0/
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/