Adding IMS Transport via SOAVIRT API

jefftuckerbofa

I am making a PUT call to /v6/virtualAssets to set up the transports. I want to add IMS, however I am not certain what to include in the JSON for that. I currently have an "ims" element with a "port" and also a "workerCount' element. Can you share the appropriate JSON for IMS? Thanks JT

williammccusker

Hi,

I am not sure what the IMS Transport is? Do you mean JMS or is IMS a custom listener? Based on the comment about a port and workerCount I am going to guess its custom listener. In the PUT payload there is a "custom" section, an example of it might be

 "custom" : {
            "className" : "com.company.example.IMSListener",
            "properties" : [
                {
                    "name" : "port",
                    "value" : "111111"
                },
                {
                    "name" : "workerCount",
                    "value" : "1"
                }
            ]
        }

jefftuckerbofa

Thank looks good to me. Thanks!

williammccusker

Glad I could help!

jefftuckerbofa

Hi Bill,

I am using your JSON above as the format for adding the IMS listener to my deploy, however it does not seem to be working. I do see that the IMS custom transport is referenced in the response body JSON, however the port and numThreads values I pass in are not shown. Also, when I open the deployment on the server I can see that IMS is selected under custom transports, however again there are no values for the port and numThreads.

JT

jefftuckerbofa

the property names I am using are port and numThreads
tried both as String and numeric

jefftuckerbofa

and the 1.3 version of the IMS listener jar is in the system_jars folder on the server

OmarR

Try making a GET - /virtualAssets/{id} call on a preconfigured asset to ensure you're using the correct classname for your custom listener.The following payload updated my deployment successfully. Give it a try.

{
  "name": "ims_listener_test",
  "pvaLocation": {
    "id": "/VirtualAssets/ims_listener_test.pva"
  },
  "enabled": true,
  "description": "Testing IMS listener deployment using REST API",
  "transports": {
    "http": {
      "path": "/ims_listener_test"
    },
    "custom": {
      "className": "com.parasoft.virtualize.listener.ims.ImsMessageListener",
      "properties": [
        {
          "name": "numThreads",
          "value": "100"
        },
        {
          "name": "port",
          "value": "12345"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

jefftuckerbofa

Thanks. Your post helped me fix the issue. I was missing the .ims portion of the package name.

JT

jefftuckerbofa

Hey Bill,

Is there a way to set up a test client in SOAtest that can be used to test an IMS-based virtual asset?

Thanks,

JT

williammccusker

Hi,

Since it's a protocol that is not supported out of the box you would probably need to look into creating a custom transport, similar to how a custom listener was created for Virtualize. Then a client in SOAtest could use that custom transport to test.

https://docs.parasoft.com/display/SVC20231/Adding+a+Custom+Transport