On 9 March 2016 at 22:21, Philippe Mouawad <philippe.moua...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > XML assertion only checks that response is well-formed > XML by parsing the file using JDom 1.X which is now deprecated. > > I personally don't find it very useful and have never used it. > So I would tend to drop it.
I've not used it either. I suggest we ask on the user list in case there is a genuine use-case. Could also ask about the XML Schema Assertion. If someone wants to validate the file they can save it, or even use the > But if we decide to keep it, then at least we should drop jdom dependency > by just using a javax SAXParser instead > of:http://www.jdom.org/docs/apidocs.1.1/org/jdom/input/SAXBuilder.html No point if we deprecate now. > > I have attached the patch dropping jdom. > > If you are OK, I will commit it. > > See: > https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=59156 > > Thanks > > Regards
