backplane-import/backplanejs — Issue #95: ant selenium task "selenese" deprecated in selenium-server 1.0.3
Author: backplane-import
Created: 2011-10-15 20:46:33+00:00
State: open

### Imported from backplanejs Google Code [issue 95](http://code.google.com/p/backplanejs/issues/detail?id=95).

Reporter
fdintino

Date
3 Aug 2010 2:58:32 PM UTC

1. Install latest version of selenium-rc (1.0.3)
2. Run "ant functional-test"
3. See the following error:

BUILD FAILED
{PATH}/tools/tools.xml:291: Problem: failed to create task or type selenese
Cause: The name is undefined.
Action: Check the spelling.
Action: Check that any custom tasks/types have been declared.
Action: Check that any / declarations have taken place.

Apparently the SeleneseAntTask is gone from 1.0.3. See: http://groups.google.com/group/selenium-users/browse_thread/thread/cd2a39f7054112d2

quote:
Daniel Alexiuc (Jun 24, 6:22 pm)
It was just part of Selenium RC, and was previously a class in
selenium-server.jar (which yes, is written in java).
It's not part of the java client driver or anything though and had
nothing to do with junit or java tests, it was just an ant tool that
allowed you to run Selenese tests in HTML format using an ant task.

I don't know whether to interpret that as a statement that SeleneseAntTask is deprecated, or is just stating a fact about 1.0.3. Either way, can't be depended upon and should be replaced with a tag