I have external jar file which is placed in /bin/ext of ready api folder. I want to create an object

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I have external&nbsp;jar file which is placed in /bin/ext of ready api folder. I want to create an object for a class which is present in the jar. So i am writing an groovy script inside ready api with an&nbsp;import statement. I wrote the import statement like&nbsp;import com.philips.audit.client.threadcontext.AuditThreadContextManager. Here&nbsp;AuditThreadContextManager is the name of my class. This works fine.&nbsp;But since this is like a static import , i will have to write multiple import statements for different classes. Hence i tried giving&nbsp;import com.philips.* . But this not working. ready api 2.2.0 is unable to dynamically import. Can you please help ?---------------------------------import com.philips.audit.client.threadcontext.AuditThreadContextManagerAuditThreadContextManager auditThreadContextManager = new AuditThreadContextManager();&nbsp;works fine without any error&nbsp;------------------------------------------import com.philips.*AuditThreadContextManager auditThreadContextManager = new AuditThreadContextManager();gives the below errororg.codehaus.groovy.control.MultipleCompilationErrorsException: startup failed: Script10.groovy: 16: unable to resolve class AuditThreadContextManager @ line 16, column 27. AuditThreadContextManager auditThreadContextManager = new AuditThreadContextManager(); ^ org.codehaus.groovy.syntax.SyntaxException: unable to resolve class AuditThreadContextManager @ line 16, column 27. at org.codehaus.groovy.ast.ClassCodeVisitorSupport.addError(ClassCodeVisitorSupport.java:149) at org.codehaus.groovy.control.ResolveVisitor.resolveOrFail(ResolveVisitor.java:264) at org.codehaus.groovy.control.ResolveVisitor.resolveOrFail(ResolveVisitor.java:274) at org.codehaus.groovy.control.ResolveVisitor.transformVariableExpression(ResolveVisitor.java:944) at org.codehaus.groovy.control.ResolveVisitor.transform(ResolveVisitor.java:696) at org.codehaus.groovy.control.ResolveVisitor.transformDeclarationExpression(ResolveVisitor.java:1083) at org.codehaus.groovy.control.ResolveVisitor.transform(ResolveVisitor.java:700) at org.codehaus.groovy.ast.ClassCodeExpressionTransformer.visitExpressionStatement(ClassCodeExpressionTransformer.java:142) at org.codehaus.groovy.ast.stmt.ExpressionStatement.visit(ExpressionStatement.java:42) at org.codehaus.groovy.ast.CodeVisitorSupport.visitBlockStatement(CodeVisitorSupport.java:37) at org.codehaus.groovy.ast.ClassCodeVisitorSupport.visitBlockStatement(ClassCodeVisitorSupport.java:166) at org.codehaus.groovy.control.ResolveVisitor.visitBlockStatement(ResolveVisitor.java:1320) at org.codehaus.groovy.ast.stmt.BlockStatement.visit(BlockStatement.java:71) at org.codehaus.groovy.ast.ClassCodeVisitorSupport.visitClassCodeContainer(ClassCodeVisitorSupport.java:104) at org.codehaus.groovy.ast.ClassCodeVisitorSupport.visitConstructorOrMethod(ClassCodeVisitorSupport.java:115) at org.codehaus.groovy.ast.ClassCodeExpressionTransformer.visitConstructorOrMethod(ClassCodeExpressionTransformer.java:53) at org.codehaus.groovy.control.ResolveVisitor.visitConstructorOrMethod(ResolveVisitor.java:203) at org.codehaus.groovy.ast.ClassCodeVisitorSupport.visitMethod(ClassCodeVisitorSupport.java:126) at org.codehaus.groovy.ast.ClassNode.visitContents(ClassNode.java:1086) at org.codehaus.groovy.ast.ClassCodeVisitorSupport.visitClass(ClassCodeVisitorSupport.java:53) at org.codehaus.groovy.control.ResolveVisitor.visitClass(ResolveVisitor.java:1263) at org.codehaus.groovy.control.ResolveVisitor.startResolving(ResolveVisitor.java:178) at org.codehaus.groovy.control.CompilationUnit$11.call(CompilationUnit.java:651) at org.codehaus.groovy.control.CompilationUnit.applyToSourceUnits(CompilationUnit.java:931) at org.codehaus.groovy.control.CompilationUnit.doPhaseOperation(CompilationUnit.java:593) at org.codehaus.groovy.control.CompilationUnit.compile(CompilationUnit.java:542) at groovy.lang.GroovyClassLoader.doParseClass(GroovyClassLoader.java:298) at groovy.lang.GroovyClassLoader.parseClass(GroovyClassLoader.java:268) at groovy.lang.GroovyShell.parseClass(GroovyShell.java:694) at groovy.lang.GroovyShell.parse(GroovyShell.java:706) at groovy.lang.GroovyShell.parse(GroovyShell.java:742) at groovy.lang.GroovyShell.parse(GroovyShell.java:733) at com.eviware.soapui.support.scripting.groovy.SoapUIGroovyScriptEngine.recompileWithNewName(SoapUIGroovyScriptEngine.java:155) at com.eviware.soapui.support.scripting.groovy.SoapUIGroovyScriptEngine.compile(SoapUIGroovyScriptEngine.java:146) at com.eviware.soapui.support.scripting.groovy.SoapUIGroovyScriptEngine.run(SoapUIGroovyScriptEngine.java:95) at com.eviware.soapui.support.scripting.groovy.SoapUIProGroovyScriptEngineFactory$SoapUIProGroovyScriptEngine.run(SoapUIProGroovyScriptEngineFactory.java:82) at com.eviware.soapui.impl.wsdl.teststeps.WsdlGroovyScriptTestStep.run(WsdlGroovyScriptTestStep.java:156) at com.eviware.soapui.impl.wsdl.panels.teststeps.GroovyScriptStepDesktopPanel$RunAction$1.run(GroovyScriptStepDesktopPanel.java:316) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source) at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) Script10.groovy: 16: unable to resolve class AuditThreadContextManager @ line 16, column 55. r auditThreadContextManager = new AuditT ^ org.codehaus.groovy.syntax.SyntaxException: unable to resolve class AuditThreadContextManager @ line 16, column 55. at org.codehaus.groovy.ast.ClassCodeVisitorSupport.addError(ClassCodeVisitorSupport.java:149) at org.codehaus.groovy.control.ResolveVisitor.resolveOrFail(ResolveVisitor.java:264) at org.codehaus.groovy.control.ResolveVisitor.resolveOrFail(ResolveVisitor.java:274) at org.codehaus.groovy.control.ResolveVisitor.transformConstructorCallExpression(ResolveVisitor.java:1049) at org.codehaus.groovy.control.ResolveVisitor.transform(ResolveVisitor.java:708) at org.codehaus.groovy.control.ResolveVisitor.transformDeclarationExpression(ResolveVisitor.java:1090) at org.codehaus.groovy.control.ResolveVisitor.transform(ResolveVisitor.java:700) at org.codehaus.groovy.ast.ClassCodeExpressionTransformer.visitExpressionStatement(ClassCodeExpressionTransformer.java:142) at org.codehaus.groovy.ast.stmt.ExpressionStatement.visit(ExpressionStatement.java:42) at org.codehaus.groovy.ast.CodeVisitorSupport.visitBlockStatement(CodeVisitorSupport.java:37) at org.codehaus.groovy.ast.ClassCodeVisitorSupport.visitBlockStatement(ClassCodeVisitorSupport.java:166) at org.codehaus.groovy.control.ResolveVisitor.visitBlockStatement(ResolveVisitor.java:1320) at org.codehaus.groovy.ast.stmt.BlockStatement.visit(BlockStatement.java:71) at org.codehaus.groovy.ast.ClassCodeVisitorSupport.visitClassCodeContainer(ClassCodeVisitorSupport.java:104) at org.codehaus.groovy.ast.ClassCodeVisitorSupport.visitConstructorOrMethod(ClassCodeVisitorSupport.java:115) at org.codehaus.groovy.ast.ClassCodeExpressionTransformer.visitConstructorOrMethod(ClassCodeExpressionTransformer.java:53) at org.codehaus.groovy.control.ResolveVisitor.visitConstructorOrMethod(ResolveVisitor.java:203) at org.codehaus.groovy.ast.ClassCodeVisitorSupport.visitMethod(ClassCodeVisitorSupport.java:126) at org.codehaus.groovy.ast.ClassNode.visitContents(ClassNode.java:1086) at org.codehaus.groovy.ast.ClassCodeVisitorSupport.visitClass(ClassCodeVisitorSupport.java:53) at org.codehaus.groovy.control.ResolveVisitor.visitClass(ResolveVisitor.java:1263) at org.codehaus.groovy.control.ResolveVisitor.startResolving(ResolveVisitor.java:178) at org.codehaus.groovy.control.CompilationUnit$11.call(CompilationUnit.java:651) at org.codehaus.groovy.control.CompilationUnit.applyToSourceUnits(CompilationUnit.java:931) at org.codehaus.groovy.control.CompilationUnit.doPhaseOperation(CompilationUnit.java:593) at org.codehaus.groovy.control.CompilationUnit.compile(CompilationUnit.java:542) at groovy.lang.GroovyClassLoader.doParseClass(GroovyClassLoader.java:298) at groovy.lang.GroovyClassLoader.parseClass(GroovyClassLoader.java:268) at groovy.lang.GroovyShell.parseClass(GroovyShell.java:694) at groovy.lang.GroovyShell.parse(GroovyShell.java:706) at groovy.lang.GroovyShell.parse(GroovyShell.java:742) at groovy.lang.GroovyShell.parse(GroovyShell.java:733) at com.eviware.soapui.support.scripting.groovy.SoapUIGroovyScriptEngine.recompileWithNewName(SoapUIGroovyScriptEngine.java:155) at com.eviware.soapui.support.scripting.groovy.SoapUIGroovyScriptEngine.compile(SoapUIGroovyScriptEngine.java:146) at com.eviware.soapui.support.scripting.groovy.SoapUIGroovyScriptEngine.run(SoapUIGroovyScriptEngine.java:95) at com.eviware.soapui.support.scripting.groovy.SoapUIProGroovyScriptEngineFactory$SoapUIProGroovyScriptEngine.run(SoapUIProGroovyScriptEngineFactory.java:82) at com.eviware.soapui.impl.wsdl.teststeps.WsdlGroovyScriptTestStep.run(WsdlGroovyScriptTestStep.java:156) at com.eviware.soapui.impl.wsdl.panels.teststeps.GroovyScriptStepDesktopPanel$RunAction$1.run(GroovyScriptStepDesktopPanel.java:316) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source) at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) 2 errors

jhunt · Answer

You can only import one package at a time with the star import. So this should work:

import com.philips.audit.client.threadcontext.*

But you'll need at least one for every package you reference classes in. That's normal for Java and for Groovy, and it's not unusual to see a dozen imports or so at the top of a source file.

I can see how that might be a little annoying when you have to write out all the imports manually in ReadyAPI. When using other IDEs it's hardly a problem at all - you just try to reference that class, it complains that you haven't imported it and offers to add the import for you.

swetha1 · Answer

Thanks for your response. It is valuable. But my&nbsp;AuditThreadContextManager class has many other imports statements in it. So does it mean i have to import all of those manually in ready api ? That could be a tidious job!

swetha1 · Answer

Thanks for your response. It is valuable. But my&nbsp;AuditThreadContextManager class has many other imports statements in it. So does it mean i have to import all of those manually in ready api ? That could be a tidious job!

jhunt · Answer

No. When you import a class, you automatically import all the things that it imports.

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