Comparison of Two Property Values In Two Different Properties Steps

Hey,

I created a test a long time ago that always passed - essentially I had two REST requests and I wanted to compare an attribute value from each of these REST requests to confirm they were identical.  I couldn't find any OTB functionality to support a comparison of results from separate test steps so I used a bit of groovy.  HOWEVER - my test always passes and I've realised its actually incorrect and I don't know why - so would like some guidance please?

OK - my test case hierarchy is as follows:

REST1 step

PropertyTransfer (grabs GUIDProcCode from REST1 result and passes it to Properties1 step

Properties1 step (holds Propertyname= GUIDProcCode, Propertyvalue=Xs45-cvs78)

REST2 step

PropertyTransfer (grabs WEIRDGUIDCode from REST2 result and passes it to Properties2 step

Properties2 step (holds Propertyname= WEIRDGUIDCode, Propertyvalue=Xs45-cvs78)

GroovyStep - details as follows:

def fn = testRunner.testCase.getPropertyValue('GUIDProcCode')

def fn2 = testRunner.testCase.getPropertyValue('WEIRDGUIDCode')

assert fn == fn2, "values are identical, SoapUI is great"

Now I always thought the test executed fine cos tbh i could see the groovy step passed and I could also see the values written to the 2 different properties steps were identical.

HOWEVER - I've just started looking at this script cos I need to do something similar and I've realised this groovy step ISN'T doing what I think it's doing.

When I run the groovy debugger I noticed it saying

fn (java.lang.Object) = null

fn2 (java.lang.Object) = null

so I'm guessing its not finding those property values after all!

I was wondering about the following lines

def fn = testRunner.testCase.getPropertyValue('GUIDProcCode')

def fn2 = testRunner.testCase.getPropertyValue('WEIRDGUIDCode')

first thing I notice is that I'm not specifying WHICH Properties steps - the GUIDProcCode is in Properties 1 step, the WEIRDGUIDCode is actually stored in Properties 2 step.  I did try storing them in the one step, but the script didn't execute properly and SmartBear told me I had to split them out due to the sequence of execution.

I've had a read of various soapui.org pages and they dont appear to state I need to specify the actual Properties step name, however groovyguy helped me out yonks ago and gave me some code as follows:

def propertiesStep = context.testCase.testSteps["Properties"];

and I tried altering the script to the following:

def propertiesStepGUIDProcCode = context.testCase.testSteps["Properties1"];

def fn = testRunner.testCase.getPropertyValue('GUIDProcCode') 

def propertiesStepWEIRDGUIDCode = context.testCase.testSteps["Properties2"];

def fn2 = testRunner.testCase.getPropertyValue('WEIRDGUIDCode') 

assert fn == fn2, "values are identical, SoapUI is great"

And it didn't work!  not surprising considering my coding skills

Can anyone advise? am I totally on the wrong track here?  am mI missing somethign totally stupid?

Many thanks to all!

richie