Release notes and changelog

4.0.x

Features

• Support for mocking and virtualizing gRPC APIs and services
• Visual XML editor
• Extended support for SOAP - matching on request body SOAP values
• New matchesXml matcher
• HTTP(S) stateful scenarios available via the Web UI
• Signing SOAP messages
• Duplicate mapping button for HTTP

Changes

• Traffic Parrot 4.x now requires Java 8 (Java 7 is supported by 3.13.x)
• gRPC support requires a 64bit JVM
• Virtual service runs in the same process at the Web UI
• These properties have been removed:
  • trafficparrot.gui.virtualservice.classpath
  • trafficparrot.virtualservice.jvm.Xmx
  • trafficparrot.virtualservice.virtualServerLog4jPropertiesFilename

Fixes

• Configuration files now have Windows style line endings

3.13.x

Features

• Support native IBM®MQ ReplyToQMgr during recording
• Importing RAML v0.8 into HTTP mappings
• The maven plugin has a new cacheDownload property which can be used to choose whether to cache the download in the java.io.tmpdir or not
• New HTTP Management API that can be used to remotely start/stop the record/replay of IBM®MQ, JMS and File Message protocols

3.12.x

Features

• Recording and replaying native IBM®MQ RFH headers with message format MQFMT_RF_HEADER_1 or MQFMT_RF_HEADER_2
• Support MQFMT_NONE MQ message format
• Recording and replaying native IBM®MQ responses using dynamic MQ model queues
• Support native IBM®MQ ReplyToQ during record and replay
• Support configuring the IBM®MQ MQCSP authentication mode

Fixes

• When you connect to a wrong IBM MQ channel or with wrong IBM MQ username/password you do not see it in the logs
• Spaces in the path to the Traffic Parrot installation directory are now supported

3.11.x

Features

• Recording and editing JMS Properties
• During File mocking, request files are now deleted after processing
• More user friendly (easier to read and follow) logs for JMS and File stubbing

Fixes

• Windows start script start.cmd now works even if system32 directory is not on the %PATH%
• The dynamic HTTPS Proxy does not spin up so many threads any more and does not consume so much RAM
• Better error messages in failure scenarios when using several Handlebars
• More rigid stopping

Changes

• Default selection on replay page is now based on the type of mappings that are present (e.g. Queue will be ticked if there are any Queue mappings)

3.10.x

Features

• Support for virtualizing services that read and write files (currently in beta)
• Support JMS byte messages (any bytes message, with special support for java.io.Serializable objects)
• Upgraded WireMock to 2.10.1
• New handlebar helpers xPath, xPathList, jsonPath, jsonPathList, regex, equal, ifEven, size
• JMS is not in beta any more
• IBM®MQ native MQ support is not in alpha any more
• New Maven plugin for replaying HTTP/JMS/MQ traffic during integration tests

Fixes

• Fixed missing pages in community edition
• Fixed links on help page

Changes

• Do not escape characters < > " ' ` & if they are produced by handlebars helpers
• Handlebars each helper now only iterates over iterable arguments
• Recorded cookies format has changed
• com.trafficparrot.sdk.jms.Equal moved to com.trafficparrot.sdk.handlebars.Equal
• com.trafficparrot.sdk.jms.MissingHelper moved to com.trafficparrot.sdk.handlebars.MissingHelper

3.9.x

Features

• Configuring recording HTTP headers in the Web UI
• IBM®MQ native MQ support
• Matching on CorrelationId while recording messages

Earlier versions