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Wash Away Those Web Service Testing Blues with Parasoft's SOAPtest: Page 3 of 5

Output can be displayed in SOAPtest or directed to a file, stderr or stdout. If you'd prefer less information, the request and response can be deserialized and displayed or redirected to a browser

or file. Several other out-put options are available, including passing the data through a Diff function and transmitting it via a socket to some other recording service. Check out the SOAPtest manual for a complete list of the options.

Running the test is a right-click menu choice away. I performed an initial test of a Web service that adds two numbers together, and the result popped up in a dialog box. I dismissed it and then examined the traffic output (see screen at right). This feature is excellent for those learning Web services and for digging into the guts of a transaction: You can examine the results and investigate failures through root-cause analysis.

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Regression testing is important, especially when modifying code, and using the regression-testing features of SOAPtest couldn't be simpler. The "Create Regression Control" option runs the test and saves the output as a regression control. Subsequent tests compare the results with the output created, and if the results do not match, the test fails.