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Re: Supported Eclipse versions
There should be no problem with installing SOAtest into a newer version of Eclipse. Note that SOAtest 2020.2 when it is released later this year will ship with Eclipse 2020-06.
jakubiak
Re: Rules Suppression Question, Source of a warning from a #define MACRO.
solution:
simply put a pragma in the macro:
#define CALC_INIT(val) \
_Pragma("parasoft-suppress MISRAC2012-RULE_14_3-i 'JtemS34884' ") \
( ((val) < THRESH) ? THRESH : (val) )
jeangabe
Re: CTP : How to configure JAVA class file in CTP
Good morning,
To clarify your use case, did you upload the same .pva file to the server in CTP or are you re-creating the .pva file in CTP?
For example, this is how the Virtual Asset looks like in my SOAVirt Desktop (Right-Click>View Image):
And this is how the same Virtual Asset looks like in CTP:
Notice that I am able to see the method in the Extension Tool for both the SOAVirt Desktop and CTP. The JAR file is shown under /VirtualAssets/system_jars. The Text Data Bank will not be shown in CTP because it is not currently available in CTP. However, it will still be executed at runtime if it's the same .pva file from the Desktop.
I am able to hit the Virtual Asset endpoint and get the expected response. Please verify that you see the same on your end.
OmarR
Validating Variable Length Lists In API Responses
Problem:
You are data driving an API with your SOAtest test and you have data validation requirements on an array of data the API returns. This can be problematic because depending on the request parameters, which you've externalized into a data source, you will receive varying length arrays coming back in the API response. Since traditional data sources are two-dimensional (columns and rows), there is a problem because you have to account for a third dimension. Instead of hitting your head against the wall wondering how to construct multiple data source sheets to manage this hierarchy, there is a nice application of XPath that makes this problem easier to overcome.
Solution:
Let's first take a look at how your data source can be constructed. This will also help to visualize the desired data validation described in the problem.
Here you can see I'm using a delimiting character '|' to separate the variable length accountIds I am expecting to see in my response depending on which data source row is being executed. Next, let's look at how the JSON Assertor in my SOAtest Test needs to be configured.
You can see the expected value is set to the Excel column that contains the delimiter we used. The magic that makes this validation possible is a customized XPath using the XPath function "string-join()".
Notice the string-join() function has two parameters. An XPath, and our delimiter String. You will want to start off with an XPath that locates all the accountIds in the response payload, and then use the string-join() function that will append your delimiting character in-between each node the XPath selects. If you want to learn more about the string-join() XPath function, see: https://www.w3schools.com/xml/xsl_functions.asp
And that's all it takes!
whaaker
Re: Limiting scope of test reports to subset of files
On the DTP side, you can set up Resource Groups in your DTP filter to see coverage for only certain files/resources.
Re: How to access private function from a stub callback?
Hi @nokoru ,
To call the original private function from the stub callback, you need to declare your stub callback as a static member of the test suite and make sure your test configuration has the "Access to private members" instrumentation feature enabled (test configuration->Execution tab->General tab-> Instrumentation Mode-> Edit)
Stub callback functions that are added by the test cases editor are by default declared as static members of the test suite class. If you are not using the test case editor, you can try it once and select "Add New -> Stub Configuration" to see how the editor declares callbacks.
Mirek
Re: Test cases are not executed
Hi @juergenwuergen ,
If you copied C/C++test generated test cases into a project from somewhere else, then it might be that your context paths in test suite files are not correct in terms of path levels, or resources they reference. Check if the macros at the beginning of test suite have correct paths:
CPPTEST_CONTEXT()
CPPTEST_TEST_SUITE_INCLUDED_TO()
If this does not help, try getting more information by looking at C/C++test Console tab, and see if any information printed there gives any hints.
If this does not help, I'd suggest to contact our support team.
Re: How to take key which defined in json data bank's custom column name box in the groovy script?
Do something like the following, where you call the "getValue()" method in the ScriptingContext object, passing "Generated Data Source" as the data source name and the name of the custom column:
import com.parasoft.api.*;
import soaptest.api.*;
String doSomething(ExtensionToolContext context) {
String value = context.getValue("Generated Data Source", "value1");
}
jakubiak
Re: I want to iterate rows from table with rows from writable in following manner
Pick the "Flat (lockstep)" option in the test suite.
There is good explanation in the docs.
