[Webtest] Testing with lists of input data
Shawn Bradley
Shawn Bradley" <sbradley@sunergeosystems.com
Mon, 1 Jan 2007 12:42:16 -0600
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I am fairly new to WebTest, but so far, I've been able to accomplish just
about everything I need to. However, I am stuck at this particular
requirement.
Our app builds expense reports, and each expense entry references an expense
category. I am writing tests to exercise the expense category maintenance
portion of the app. What I want to do is create a property file that
contains the parameters for a dozen or so expense categories. I then need
my WebTest case to create each of these categories in a loop, using <repeat>
or some other construct. I DON'T want to have to create the same XML
instructions a dozen or more times to construct the categories in a linear
fashion.
I have spent hours digging through the newsgroup and mailing list archives,
and I cannot find an example similar to what I am trying to do. This seems
like such a common task to me - surely someone else has had a similar
requirement. How do I accomplish this?
Thanks,
Shawn Bradley
President, Sunergeo Systems, Inc.
www.sunergeosystems.com
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times =
New Roman","serif"'>I
am fairly new to WebTest, but so far, I've been able to accomplish just =
about
everything I need to. However, I am stuck at this particular =
requirement.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times =
New Roman","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times =
New Roman","serif"'>Our
app builds expense reports, and each expense entry references an expense
category. I am writing tests to exercise the expense category =
maintenance
portion of the app. What I want to do is create a property file =
that
contains the parameters for a dozen or so expense categories. I =
then need
my WebTest case to create each of these categories in a loop, using
<repeat> or some other construct. I DON'T want to have to =
create
the same XML instructions a dozen or more times to construct the =
categories in
a linear fashion.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times =
New Roman","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times =
New Roman","serif"'>I
have spent hours digging through the newsgroup and mailing list =
archives, and I
cannot find an example similar to what I am trying to do. This =
seems like
such a common task to me - surely someone else has had a similar
requirement. How do I accomplish this?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times =
New Roman","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times =
New Roman","serif"'>Thanks,
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal>Shawn Bradley<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal>President, Sunergeo Systems, Inc.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal>www.sunergeosystems.com<o:p></o:p></p>
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