How to create a Groovy JAR file for SoapUI using Eclipse

Have you tried calling them by placing jar under SOAPUI_HOME/bin/ext?
Just wanted to understand whether groovy scripts in away that they take any arguments as well?

I need to understand the steps required to create the JAR file in the first place. Once I can do that, then I will place it in the correct folder as you suggest.

Please see the following resources which will help you
http://mrhaki.blogspot.in/2009/11/groov ... cript.html
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3789 ... mmand-line
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1064 ... va-classes

Hi Rao,

The links you provided help somewhat, but I am still stuck on the steps needed to actually create the correct JAR file for Groovy scripts. These scripts are defined as classes with static methods, and all the Groovy classes are declared as belonging to the package "customScripts". Everything works perfectly in SoapUI Pro - I simply place the "customScripts" folder in the ..../bin/scripts/ dir and SoapUI Pro sees the scripts and executes them.

Now - I just need to create the correct JAR file containing the same Groovy scripts so I can place this in the ..../bin/ext/ dir of SoapUI Free so it too will be able to invoke the scripts.

Right now I am stuck at the point where Eclipse Kepler demands that I set the Package for my Groovy project to something from a drop-down list - and I have little idea which choice from the list would be the right one. Also - I want to keep the "customScripts" package name, but Eclipse seems to be uncooperative. I know I am a real junior Eclipse and JAR file beginner. I just need some guidance on how to choose the right package for my Eclipse Groovy project, generate the right kind of JAR file, and then I can test it out on SoapUI Free.

My Groovy scripts use the testRunner, testCase, log and context objects in SoapUI, and some of the methods take a parameter or two. They are pretty simple. I just need to understand how to generate a JAR file that has all the right dependencies for Groovy, SoapUI, etc.

There can be many ways to create a jar file.
The first link shows an example how groovy is compiled.

groovyc Sample.groovy

From the posts, customScripts is a directory under which all groovy scripts are available in the development environment.
If so, then go to customScripts directory, and run groovyc *.groovy, add -cp <additional libs> as needed.
Now come out of customScripts directory, run command
jar -cvf customscripts.jar customScripts/*.class

Once jar is created, try to open it and see all the classes appear under customScripts.
Hope this helps.

Hi Rao,

This is very helpful - I can create a JAR file - and I think I have only one minor obstacle now.

When I try to run a groovy script from the JAR file collection of scripts, I get the error "groovy.lang.MissingPropertyException: No such property: com for class: customScripts.teardownScripts"

In my "teardownScripts" groovy script, I am using this:

def logMon = com.eviware.soapui.SoapUI.logMonitor

Evidently, the "com" property isn't being found or defined. I tried importing it with this in my groovy script:

package customScripts;

import com.eviware.soapui.SoapUI.logMonitor.*;

class teardownScripts
{
.....

And then I re-created the JAR file and placed it in the correct path for SoapUI Free, but the same error persists. How can I resolve the error which seems to indicate that the com property (com.eviware.soapui.SoapUI.logMonitor) isn't defined?

Thanks so much, Rao!

if teardownscript contain the statement -

def logMon = com.eviware.soapui.SoapUI.logMonitor

Did you face any issue while compiling your groovy scripts? I could not find a jar/library where above class is present.

By the way, once jar is created, placed it under /bin/ext and restart soapui.
You should be able to call your class or methods directly like in java
Please see
viewtopic.php?t=7093
https://www.eviware.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=7052

Hi Rao,

I get no errors in the compilation of the groovy scripts nor in the creation of the JAR file. I do place the JAR file in the ....\bin\ext\ dir and restart SoapUI Free - but the same error occurs. Here is the source code so you can see what I am doing:

Here is a call I make to my custom Teardown() method, from inside the soapUI TestCase Teardown Script:

def tdscript = new customScripts.teardownScripts(log, context, testRunner, testCase)
tdscript.Teardown()

Here is the groovy script itself:

package customScripts;

import com.eviware.soapui.SoapUI.logMonitor.*;

class teardownScripts
{
 def log
 def context
 def testRunner
 def testCase
 
 teardownScripts(log, context, testRunner, testCase)
 {
  this.log = log
  this.context = context
  this.testRunner = testRunner
  this.testCase = testCase
 }

 def Teardown()
 {
  def testStep;
  def tstype;
  def tsname;
  def myRequestStep;
  def request;
  def response;
  def sts;
  
  context.fileReader.close()

  if (context.expand('${#TestCase#ScriptLogVerbose}') != "YES")
  {
   return
  }

// Log the testCase name, status and all the testStep messages
//
  def testCaseName = testRunner.testCase.name
  log.info testCaseName

  if ( testRunner.getStatus().toString() == 'FAILED' )
  { 
   log.info ("$testCaseName has failed")
  }
  else
  {
   log.info ("$testCaseName has Passed")
  }
  
  for ( testStepResult in testRunner.getResults() )
  { 
   testStep = testStepResult.getTestStep()
   tstype = testStep.config.type
//   log.info tstype
   tsname = testStepResult.testStep.name
   myRequestStep = testRunner.testCase.getTestStepByName("$tsname")

   if ( tstype == "request" && myRequestStep.testRequest.messageExchange != null)
   {
    request = new String(myRequestStep.testRequest.messageExchange.rawRequestData)
    response = new String(myRequestStep.testRequest.messageExchange.rawResponseData)
    log.info ("\r\n\r\n" + "**** " + "$tsname: RAW REQUEST: " + request + "\r\n\r\n")
    log.info ("\r\n\r\n" + "**** " + "$tsname: RAW RESPONSE: " + response + "\r\n\r\n")
   }

   sts = testStepResult.getStatus().toString()
   log.info ("$tsname has status of: " + "$sts")
   testStepResult.messages.each() { msg -> log.info (tsname + ": " + msg) }
  } 

  if (context.expand('${#TestCase#SaveLogFiles}') != "YES")
  {
   return
  }

// Give SoapUI script logging a chance to catch up before attempting to capture the script log to a file

  sleep (5000)

// Save the TestCase Log, error log and script log to a combined log file
//
// "soapUI log" can be replaced with http log, jetty log, script log, error log etc based on the need.

  def logArea = null
  def logMon = [b]com[/b].eviware.soapui.SoapUI.logMonitor
  if ( logMon != null ) {
   logArea = [b]com[/b].eviware.soapui.SoapUI.logMonitor.getLogArea( "script log" )
  }

  def path = context.expand('${#Project#Log_files_loc}')
  def date = new Date()
  def datefmt = new java.text.SimpleDateFormat('yyyy_MM_dd_kkmmss')
  def timestamp = datefmt.format(date)
  log.info timestamp

  def logFile = new File(path + testCaseName + "_" + timestamp + ".txt")
  log.info (path + testCaseName + "_" + timestamp + ".txt")
  logFile.write("=============================  SCRIPT LOGS: ===============================\r\n\r\n")
  if( logArea != null )
  {
   def model = logArea.model
   if( model.size > 0 ) {           
    for( c in 0..(model.size-1) ) {        
     logFile.append(model.getElementAt( c ).toString() + "\r\n")
    }
   }
  }
 }
}

Here is the error I get when trying to run the TestCase in soapUI Free after compiling, building the JAR, placing it in ...\bin\ext\ and restarting soapUI Free:

groovy.lang.MissingPropertyException: No such property: com for class: customScripts.teardownScripts
Possible solutions: log
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.ScriptBytecodeAdapter.unwrap(ScriptBytecodeAdapter.java:50)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.GetEffectivePogoPropertySite.getProperty(GetEffectivePogoPropertySite.java:86)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.callGroovyObjectGetProperty(AbstractCallSite.java:231)
at customScripts.teardownScripts.Teardown(teardownScripts.groovy:86)
at customScripts.teardownScripts$Teardown.call(Unknown Source)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.CallSiteArray.defaultCall(CallSiteArray.java:42)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.call(AbstractCallSite.java:108)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.call(AbstractCallSite.java:112)
at Script1.run(Script1.groovy:2)
at com.eviware.soapui.support.scripting.groovy.SoapUIGroovyScriptEngine.run(SoapUIGroovyScriptEngine.java:96)
at com.eviware.soapui.impl.wsdl.testcase.WsdlTestCase.runTearDownScript(WsdlTestCase.java:953)
at com.eviware.soapui.impl.wsdl.support.AbstractTestCaseRunner.runTearDownScripts(AbstractTestCaseRunner.java:203)
at com.eviware.soapui.impl.wsdl.support.AbstractTestCaseRunner.internalFinally(AbstractTestCaseRunner.java:184)
at com.eviware.soapui.impl.wsdl.support.AbstractTestCaseRunner.internalFinally(AbstractTestCaseRunner.java:43)
at com.eviware.soapui.impl.wsdl.support.AbstractTestRunner.run(AbstractTestRunner.java:163)
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)


Line 86 in my groovy script is exactly the line where I reference the com.eviware.soapui.SoapUI.logMonitor object.

What am I doing wrong? This all works perfectly in soapUI Pro with the groovy source code package folder (customScripts) placed in the ....\bin\scripts\ dir. But in the Free version it can't seem to find the "com" property.

Please see the link if it helps
http://massapi.com/source/soapui-4.0.0/ ... .java.html

Hi Rao,

Don't know what I'm looking for in the source....

Why would I get the "com" property be undefined error? I'm invoking a valid object.