Changes Report

Release History

Version Date Description
2.2 May 15, 2009
2.1 December 12, 2008
2.0 October 27, 2008
1.5 april 22, 2008 The latest major release before Java 1.5 migration
1.4.1 may 5, 2007
1.4 march 17, 2007
1.4-RC4 march 04, 2007
1.4-RC3 january 11, 2007
1.4-RC2 december 5, 2006
1.4-RC1 november 20, 2006
1.3 july 28, 2006
1.3-RC2 july 07, 2006
1.3-RC1 june 27, 2006 After all these great changes, we need a RC.
1.2 june 13, 2004 The long awaited release
1.1
1.0
RC2
RC1


Release 2.2 - May 15, 2009

Type Changes By
update Updated to HtmlUnit 2.5. henryju
add Enable partial matches of image src and alt attributes. Added assertImagePresentPartial(String partialImageSrc, String partialImageAlt) method. Fixes 2106019. Thanks to Kent R. Spillner. henryju
add Exposed option to toggle exceptions on Javascript errors. Fixes 2647451. Thanks to Kent R. Spillner. henryju
fix Used buffered output stream to improve WebTester.saveAs method performances. Fixes 2568604. Thanks to Umkhulubaas. henryju
fix WebClient.closeAllWindows() called to prevent memory leak. Fixes 2525065. Thanks to Sivan Mozes. henryju

Release 2.1 - December 12, 2008

Type Changes By
add Added new IElement element interface, and methods to directly access elements by XPath. jevonwright
add Added assertHeader*() and assertResponseCode*() methods. Fixes 1744628. jevonwright
add Added WebTestCase(WebTester) constructor. Fixes 1728676. jevonwright
add Added assertLabeledFieldEquals(id, text), assertLabel*(), and setLabeledFormElementField(id, value) methods. Fixes 1519807. jevonwright
update BC CHANGE: setFormElement(), assertFormElementEquals() methods will no longer assert that a form already exists in the page (as allowed by the HTML standard). jevonwright
fix navigator.userAgent is no longer null by default. Test cases now use the Firefox 3.0 user agent as the default, rather than MSIE 4.0. Fixes 1724695. jevonwright
fix Fixed proxy authentication bug in HtmlUnit implementation. Fixes 2306967. Thanks to r_monson. jevonwright
add Added assertMatch(regexp, text) and assertNotMatch(regexp, text) methods. Fixes 1637716. jevonwright
add Added assertCommentPresent(text) and assertCommentNotPresent(text) methods. Fixes 1277374. jevonwright
add Added setTimeout() method. Fixes 1674646. jevonwright
fix Cleaned up the quickstart documentation. Fixes 2404789. jevonwright

Release 2.0 - October 27, 2008

Type Changes By
update Updated to HtmlUnit 2.3. henryju
fix selectOptionByValue failed with Selenium Plugin. selectOption always failed, cannot find element. Other improvements to Selenium plugin. Fixes 2007985,2009776. Thanks to Josh Lane. joshlane
update Updated to HtmlUnit 2.1 and Java 1.5. Fixes 1950248. Thanks to Agnes Ro. henryju

Release 1.5 - april 22, 2008

Type Changes By
fix setProxyAuthorization caused IllegalArgumentException with null username/password and not null host/port. Fixes 1860745. Thanks to Ward Bergmans. henryju
add Added setHiddenField method to WebTestCase. Fixes 1793818. Thanks to Achim Huegen. henryju
fix assertCheckbox[Not]Present now works if HTML type attribute value is not lowercase (e.g.: type="CHECKBOX"). Fixes 1747033. Thanks to Carlo Possati. henryju
update Update to HtmlUnit 1.14. henryju
add Support multiple selects with same name. Fixes 1874212. Thanks to Mike C. henryju
fix assertButtonPresentWithText and clickButtonWithText now work for input button (submit, reset, button) matching the value attribute. Fixes 1845893. Thanks to Mike. henryju
add Add basic Selenium support. henryju
update Rename IJWebUnitDialog in ITestingEngine. henryju

Release 1.4.1 - may 5, 2007

Type Changes By
fix getPageSource() now returns source of the current frame or window. Fixes 1706395. Thanks to meilon. henryju
fix setTextField now doesn't change the current working form if already set. clickRadioOption now doesn't change the current working form if already set. assertFormElementPresent now only searches the current working form if already set. Fixes 1708229,1710809,1712633. Thanks to Jon,Joe Fisher. henryju

Release 1.4 - march 17, 2007

Type Changes By
update Update to HtmlUnit 1.11. henryju
add Add a new method: getElementTextByXPath. Fixes 1677214. Thanks to Dragan Pazin. henryju

Release 1.4-RC4 - march 04, 2007

Type Changes By
add Add new ResourceBundle related methods allowing formatting of resources. Fixes 993058. Thanks to Chris Eldredge. henryju
fix Table.getRows is now public. Fixes 1633967. Thanks to Dirk Jerusalem. henryju
fix gotoFrame should throw an Exception when no frame is found. Fixes 1638720. henryju
fix Make WebTestCase abstract. Fixes 735092. henryju
fix Fix assertRadioButton[Not]Selected. henryju
fix beginAt and gotoPage throw a TestingEngineResponseException on bad Http status code. henryju
fix Make WebTestCase.tearDown() protected. Make WebTestCase.tester protected. Add WebTestCase.getTester() method. henryju

Release 1.4-RC3 - january 11, 2007

Type Changes By
fix Fix exception when trying to access a page with a loop redirection. Fixes 1628076. henryju
add Add methods to test images in a web page: assertImagePresent(String imageSrc, String imageAlt), assertImageValid(String imageSrc, String imageAlt), assertImageValidAndStore(String imageSrc, String imageAlt, File out) Fixes 1531873. Thanks to Gregory Joseph. henryju
add Add methods in TestContext to specify custom request headers. Fixes 1563168. Thanks to Jeff Grimshaw. henryju

Release 1.4-RC2 - december 5, 2006

Type Changes By
fix Reset() function now check for the presence of a reset button. henryju
add Add the possibility to manipulate frame (and iframe) by ID in addition to their name. henryju
add Add saveAs(File f) and assertDownloadedFileEquals(File expected) methods to check downloaded response as a binary File. henryju
add Add getServeurResponse() method to debug HTTP response. henryju

Release 1.4-RC1 - november 20, 2006

Type Changes By
fix submit([...]) methods now detect image input elements. henryju
add Add setWorkingForm(int index) method to select the current form by its index. henryju
update Update to HtmlUnit 1.10. henryju
fix Fix cookie support. You can now properly manually add cookie to the conversation by using TestContext.addCookie() before calling beginAt(). henryju
add Add setExpectedJavascript[Alert/Confirm/Prompt] methods to check presence of Javascript message boxes. henryju
add Add support for Basic and Digest Authentication using Context.setAuthorization(). Context.setNTMLAuthorization() and Context.setProxyAuthorization may also work (not tested). henryju
fix beginAt and gotoPage now accept absolute URL beginning with "http://", "https://" or "www." Fixes 1554148. Thanks to Joe Athman. henryju
add Add new methods: assertCheckBox[Not]Selected(String name, String value) to deal with multiple checkboxes with the same name. Fixes 1575956. Thanks to Lasse Koskela. henryju
fix assertButtonPresentWithText(String) was checking on "value" attribut value instead of text between button tag. Fixes 1567947. Thanks to Jack. henryju
fix selectOption() reset previous setWorkingForm() action. Problematic with 2 selects with same name in 2 different forms. Fixes 1565634. Thanks to Veenay Dodia. henryju

Release 1.3 - july 28, 2006

Type Changes By
remove assertFormParameterValue is now deprecated. Please use more specific method, like assertTextFieldEquals, assertSelectedValueEqual, ... Thanks to Fred Burlet. henryju
add Add assertHiddenFieldPresent method to check presence of an hidden field with given value. Thanks to Fred Burlet. henryju
add Add assertTextFieldEquals method to check content of a text field (text input, password input, textarea). Thanks to Fred Burlet. henryju
fix setTextField is now working with TextArea. Thanks to Fred Burlet. henryju
fix Current form was saved but not reseted when page content change. Thanks to Mark Chaimungkalanont. henryju

Release 1.3-RC2 - july 07, 2006

Type Changes By
add Show the getTable() method in WebTestCase to allow custom assertions. Thanks to Tetyana Gimgina. henryju
add Introduce the setFormElement() back as a deprecated method that wraps setTextField(). Fixes 1517851. Thanks to Tetyana Gimgina. henryju
update Update to HtmlUnit 1.9. henryju
add Allow selection of forms with same name (with index). Add setWorkingForm(String nameOrId, int index) to the API. Fixes 1515297. Thanks to Jeffrey W. Badorek. henryju

Release 1.3-RC1 - june 27, 2006

Type Changes By
add Added ability to navigate to windows / assert presence by window id. Thanks to Buhi Mume. henryju
remove Remove HttpUnit testing engine. henryju
update Refactoring of Table assertions to handle perfectly colspan and rowspan. henryju
add Added XPath methods to core API. henryju
update Split jWebUnit in modules: one for the core (jWebUnit API), one for the tests (that all plugins should pass), and one for each plugin (currently HtmlUnit). This way, for example, when you want to use one plugin, you don't have to include all others dependencies. henryju
update Updated to Jetty 6 for running tests. Need less dependencies and run faster. henryju
add Added HtmlUnitDialog, that provide better Javascript support. henryju
add Added Maven 2 support. There are many reports available on the website. henryju
update Added new method to clickButtonWithText. I believe it is useful addition to existing functionality as we already have assertButtonPresentWithText(). Fixes 1064807. Nicholas Neuberger
add Integrated patch for multiple submit buttons with different values. API change - assertSubmitButtonValue(button, value) now assertSubmitButtonPresent(button, value). Fixes 800660. Thanks to Dragos Manolescu. Jim Weaver
add Assert button (not) present with text added. Fixes 1005396. Thanks to John Evans. Martijn Dashorst
add Added ability to navigate to windows / assert presence by window title. Fixes 999600. Jim Weaver
add Added assert select option present / not present. Fixes 979856. Thanks to Kenny MacLeod. Jim Weaver
add onchange event bug fixed / test added. Fixes 981534. Jim Weaver
fix Memory leak in WebTestCase. Note: tester is no longer allocated at constructor time, but just before 'setUp' is called. Fixes 972992. Thanks to Budi Boentaran. Martijn Dashorst
update better support subclassing of WebTestCase Fixes 735087. Thanks to Oliver Haid. Vivek Venugopalan

Release 1.2 - june 13, 2004

Type Changes By
add assertTextNotInElement method addition Jim Weaver
update form assertion failure messages more accurate Jim Weaver
add assertFormNotPresent method addition Wilkes Joiner
add goto a page directly by url Fixes 724337. Thanks to Alex Chaffee.
add support for clicking links by text when there are multiple links with same text on page Thanks to justin sampson.
add support for multiple checkboxes with different values Fixes 627735. Wilkes Joiner
add Moved the build system from Ant to Maven. Martijn Dashorst
update Upgraded all dependencies (httpunit, rhino, nekohtml, xerces, junit) to their newest released version. Martijn Dashorst
add Added support for cookies. Fixes 715841. Thanks to Vivek Venugopalan. Jim Weaver
fix Wrong text in Assert Fixes 856218. Thanks to Roberto Cosenza. Vivek Venugopalan
fix quickstart.html setBaseUrl is mistyped Fixes 908440. Thanks to Vasile Alaiba. Vivek Venugopalan
fix assertFormElementPresent fails when a form is in an IFRAME Fixes 910242. Thanks to Hien Nguyen. Vivek Venugopalan
fix assertLinkPresentWithImage("foo") fails if foo isn't first Fixes 908372. Vivek Venugopalan
fix broken link in jwebunit-1.1.1 set of files Fixes 918278. Thanks to Jim Cloughley. Vivek Venugopalan
fix prevent js files from being returned as response content Jim Weaver
fix Fork enabled for ant-build compile. Fixes 727614. Thanks to Brad Clarke. Jim Weaver
fix Form submit overload for forms with multiple submit buttons. Fixes 745868. Thanks to Charles Blaxland. Jim Weaver

Release 1.1 - null

Type Changes By
add Support for frames and multiple windows. Thanks to Allen Wu.
add Support for non-submit buttons (input type='button').
add Support for accessing form elements by display label. Thanks to Justin Sampson.
add Support for form reset and onReset event.
fix Fixed problem with onClick javascript event not being triggered by clickLink methods.
update HttpUnit 1.5 incorporated, which also replaces jTidy with nekoHtml.

Release 1.0 - null

Type Changes By
add Support for links with images contributed. Thanks to Justin Sampson.
add Methods were added to assert and navigate links with images by filename.
add assertFormElementEmpty method added - a convenience.
update assertHasForm renamed to assertFormPresent to be consistent with other methods.

Release RC2 - null

Type Changes By
add Support for Radio Options.
add Methods were added to support interaction with and testing of radio button groups.
add Select boxes.
add Methods were added to support interaction with and testing of single-select elements. Multi-select elements are not yet supported.
update FormControl renamed to FormElement.
update Methods related to setting and testing of form input fields were renamed for consistency. All such methods now refer to "FormElement".
update InResponse renamed to Present. AssertXInResponse methods were renamed to AssertXPresent for consistency with other method names.
update Multiple Form support simplified. The two submitForm methods (submitForm(formName) and submitForm(formName, buttonName)) where removed. To explicitly indicate which form to work with on a multi-form page, use the new setWorkingForm method. The two remaining submit methods (submit() and submit(buttonName)) are used to submit the form when ready.
update FormControl renamed to FormElement
update ClickLink signature change. clickLink parameter is now the link id. To navigate a link based on text contained in the link, use clickLinkWithText.
update Access to HttpUnit Response, Request, WebConversation opened up.
update New HttpUnit (1.4.5) utilized, which provides JavaScript support.
update HttpUnitDialog class changed to act as a WebClientListener and update the response upon responseReceived call back.
update Updated to JUnit 3.8.1.

Release RC1 - null

Type Changes By
add First release.