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 1.6.0¶
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 |
|---|---|---|
Documented the embedded UDPMessaging messaging handler. |
GITB TDL | UDPMessaging |
Introduced a new STEP_SUCCESS map variable to record the status of executed steps. |
GITB TDL | Checking the result of test steps |
| Step attributes now allow definition of text values including spaces, and numbers that are signed or floating point. | GITB TDL | TDL step constructs |
| Support for single and multiple selection lists to receive input in user interaction steps. | GITB TDL | interact |
| Processing transactions are now optional allowing for simpler use of stateless processing steps. | GITB TDL | bptxn, process |
New embedded TokenGenerator processing handler to generate text tokens. |
GITB TDL | TokenGenerator |
New embedded XmlMatchValidator validation handler for template-based matching of XML documents. |
GITB TDL | XmlMatchValidator |
| Test case variable values now correctly allow the definition only of a type and name. | GITB TDL | Variables |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1.5.0 | 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/ |