Without getting into the nitty gritty details (which can be found here), an assert statement is like an assertion on a Soap/REST Test Step. It is verifying a certain piece of information and making the groovy test step pass or fail accordingly.
I gotcha - the groovy step will go 'red' if it fails - right?
I don't know if you noticed, but I had a second 'failed' option (VenueSyncIgnore as well as the VenueSyncError) within the cdata - I've altered your script as follows (totally ripping off what you've already done) and the results appear to work - script is below:
import com.eviware.soapui.support.XmlHolder
def groovyUtils = new com.eviware.soapui.support.GroovyUtils( context );
// get the response, specifically the //RETURN element that contains DATA tags. This may need to be adjusted to fit your own project, but you want to collect the //return element
def response = context.expand( '${SOAP Request#Response#declare namespace NS1=\'urn:CSMVenueSyncServicesIntf-ICSMVenueSyncServices\'; //NS1:SyncVenueResponse[1]/return[1]}' )
// remove the CDATA tags
response = response.replaceAll( "<!\\[CDATA\\[", "" )
response = response.replaceAll( "]]>", "" )
// Parse the response into XML
def holder = groovyUtils.getXmlHolder( response )
log.info((holder["exists(//Responses/VenueSyncSuccesses/VenueSyncSuccess)"]));
log.info(holder["count(//Responses/VenueSyncErrors/VenueSyncError)"]);
log.info(holder["count(//Responses/VenueSyncIgnores/VenueSyncIgnore)"]);
def successExists = (holder["exists(//Responses/VenueSyncSuccesses/VenueSyncSuccess)"]);
def errorCount = (holder["count(//Responses/VenueSyncErrors/VenueSyncError)"]).toInteger();
def ignoreCount = (holder["count(//Responses/VenueSyncIgnores/VenueSyncIgnore)"]).toInteger();
assert (successExists && errorCount == 0 && ignoreCount ==0);OK - if you're feeling in a helpful mood I have 1 more point and all I'll stand by all previous conversations
I need to be able to extract the VenueID attribute value from within the cdata string to pass this onto a subsequent JDBC test step. Essentially, once the successful request has been posted, I need to run a query to retrieve the record from within the DB to verify certain attributes have been updated.
I should highlight - the VenueID attribute will 'move' in the response, relative to whether the request is successful or is ignored (for certain error scenario) or is a failure (most severe failed options).
Obviously I only care about when the request has been successful as only successful requests will write to the DB.
I can extract the value and pass it onto the JDBC test step that'll be me very happy!
Cheers!
richie