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 1.9.0¶
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 |
|---|---|---|
Rich text documentation can now also be set for test suites via the documentation element. |
GITB TDL | Metadata |
Rich text documentation can now also be set for test cases via the documentation element. |
GITB TDL | Metadata |
Assign steps can now automatically create variables to store expression output. |
GITB TDL | assign, Variables, Defining variables from expressions |
New Base64Processor for the handling of Base64 and data URL encoding in test cases. |
GITB TDL | Base64Processor |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1.8.0 | 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/ |