[Xmlunit-general] Plans

[Stefan B. <bo...@ap...>]

Hi all,

just so that this list finally gets something other than spam. 8-)

Short term I plan to release XMLUnit Java 1.2 and XMLUnit.NET 0.3.2.

The Java version will be the current trunk and is a way to push the
new features (in particular the JAXP 1.3 validation stuff) out into
public.  The major missing piece is documentation for the new
validation stuff.

On the .NET front I only plan two things:

(1) strongly name the assembly (still need to figure out a way of
    protecting the key and sharing it with prospective release
    managers other than myself, though)

(2) compile against NUnit 2.4.7 since 2.4.6 had serious performance
    issues.  I'm on the NUnit-user list discussing with Charlie Poole
    to search for a way that allows XMLUnit users switching the NUNit
    version without recompiling XMLUnit.

Longer term, these are really just rough sketches:

* fresh start, develop the Java and C# versions side by side, trying
  to keep the APIs similar

* focus on the library aspects of XMLUnit, i.e. create a difference
  engine and a validator library without external dependencies besides
  Java (1.4) and .NET (1.1) at all

* include builders that allow writing tests using a fluent interface
  (but that should probably not be the only way)

* provide integration with JUnit/NUnit maybe others as separate
  jars/assemblies

* provide a legacy jar that maps the XMLUnit Java 1.2 API to the new
  API.

Stefan