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AlbertSoapUI
Contributor
7 years ago

JsonGenerator not recognized in external code, does not compile

Hi,   At this moment I am rewriting code that generates json body content, after reading values from an Excel file. Originally everything is written by using String operations, which makes the co...
  • AlbertSoapUI's avatar
    AlbertSoapUI
    7 years ago

    Hi Msiadak,

    I give up on my old solution. Putting jar files in SoapUI is a bit too circumspect, as the code has to be easily shared with others. It's good to know for sure I cannot use all groovy logic of version 2.5. Thx.

    My new solution is somewhat like an older solution I have posted myself earlier.

     

    I put the structure in hasmaps (conditionally), and add this to a JsonBuilder object. Then I prettyprint this structure. Not as accessible as the intended solution, but better than adding jsonbuilding logic in a String.

     

    dummy code:

    import groovy.json.JsonBuilder;
    import groovy.json.JsonBuilder.*;
    import groovy.json.*

    public static String generateSomeContent(def travelClassValue, def productFamilyList)
    def rootMap = [:]
    if (    travelClassValue) rootMap.travelClass = travelClassValue
    if (    productFamilyList) rootMap.productFamily = productFamilyList.split(',')
    JsonBuilder builder = new JsonBuilder(rootMap)

    return     JsonOutput.prettyPrint(builder.toString())

     

     

AlbertSoapUI's avatar
AlbertSoapUI
Contributor

Thank you for your answer.

I have upgraded to ReadyApi 2.5.0, but I have the same problems as with 2.4.0. I also have to reprogram code using log4j with that (setLevel no longer supported).

:smileysad:

My (non-ReadyApi) compiler is Groovy Version: 2.5.2 JVM: 1.8.0_144, with which I developed the code to be implemented. I used this, so that I do not have to rerun SoapUI everytime for minor code changes. However, as you can see, this lead to false assumptions about the code to be used.

 

Guess I just cannot use class JsonGenerator.Options in my project.

I do want to keep using JsonBuilder, as I do not want to implement logic about generating json throughout the code and reinvent the weel over and over.

Now, suppose I want to implement the logic that when there is no value for a key, then no key-value pair is generated in the json content (this is what JsonGenerator.Options().excludeNulls().build() is about). How should I do that, without complicating the code with null checks, and nested if-else logic?

groovyguy's avatar
groovyguy
Community Hero
7 years ago

Unfortunately to get what you desire, you are going to have to recreate the wheel and do all of that logic that that class was already offering you.  My guess is that code has those null checks in place and you will have to do that to error proof your groovy script.

 

One thing you could try is to place the latest groovy.jar file that contains the functionality that you want into the Smartbear\ReadyAPI2.5.0\lib folder and restart ReadyAPI. It might let you use a different version of groovy, but I'd make a backup of everything first just in case!

  • AlbertSoapUI's avatar
    AlbertSoapUI
    Contributor
    7 years ago

    Hi Msiadak,

    I give up on my old solution. Putting jar files in SoapUI is a bit too circumspect, as the code has to be easily shared with others. It's good to know for sure I cannot use all groovy logic of version 2.5. Thx.

    My new solution is somewhat like an older solution I have posted myself earlier.

     

    I put the structure in hasmaps (conditionally), and add this to a JsonBuilder object. Then I prettyprint this structure. Not as accessible as the intended solution, but better than adding jsonbuilding logic in a String.

     

    dummy code:

    import groovy.json.JsonBuilder;
    import groovy.json.JsonBuilder.*;
    import groovy.json.*

    public static String generateSomeContent(def travelClassValue, def productFamilyList)
    def rootMap = [:]
    if (    travelClassValue) rootMap.travelClass = travelClassValue
    if (    productFamilyList) rootMap.productFamily = productFamilyList.split(',')
    JsonBuilder builder = new JsonBuilder(rootMap)

    return     JsonOutput.prettyPrint(builder.toString())

     

     

    • Olga_T's avatar
      Olga_T
      SmartBear Alumni (Retired)
      6 years ago

      Hi all,

       

      Good job on coming up with an alternative code, AlbertSoapUI. Thanks for sharing it with us!

      Let me mark your latest reply as a Solution – it could help other users who face a similar task. 

       

      And, groovyguy, thank you for your assistance here!