LoadUI and SoapUi don't use the same groovy lib version

The company (ICW) I am working for is developing test software for its products, based on SoapUI Pro. I am going to evaluate the possibility of re usage of SoapUI projects for load testing using LoadUI. The projects are constructed as a sequence of groovy / Soap requests (up to 60 steps). The groovy stuff is using camel and mina libraries. There are important dependencies between JRE, groovy, camel and mina versions. The soapui suites are running as expected, unfortunately LoadUI is not possible to run the same suites using the SoapUI runner. The error pattern "Ljavax/xml/bind/JAXBContext" is typical for version mismatches already mentioned.
Thrown Error Message:

09:53:18,786 INFO  [DefaultSoapUICore] Reloading updated settings file
09:53:18,789 INFO  [DefaultSoapUICore] initialized soapui-settings from [/home/i000379/soapui-settings.xml]
09:53:35,540 DEBUG [ModelItemImpl] Triggering action 'SAMPLE' on ModelItem 'ComponentItemImpl[label=SoapUI Runner 1]'
09:53:36,106 DEBUG [PropertyOverrider] 1setting property:
09:53:36,142 ERROR [SoapUI] An error occured [Ljavax/xml/bind/JAXBContext;], see error log for details
09:53:36,145 ERROR [err] java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Ljavax/xml/bind/JAXBContext;
09:53:36,147 ERROR [err]  at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredFields0(Native Method)
09:53:36,149 ERROR [err]  at java.lang.Class.privateGetDeclaredFields(Unknown Source)
09:53:36,149 ERROR [err]  at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredFields(Unknown Source)
09:53:36,150 ERROR [err]  at org.codehaus.groovy.reflection.CachedClass$1$1.run(CachedClass.java:48)
09:53:36,152 ERROR [err]  at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
09:53:36,152 ERROR [err]  at org.codehaus.groovy.reflection.CachedClass$1.initValue(CachedClass.java:45)
09:53:36,152 ERROR [err]  at org.codehaus.groovy.reflection.CachedClass$1.initValue(CachedClass.java:43)
09:53:36,153 ERROR [err]  at org.codehaus.groovy.util.LazyReference.getLocked(LazyReference.java:46)
09:53:36,153 ERROR [err]  at org.codehaus.groovy.util.LazyReference.get(LazyReference.java:33)
09:53:36,154 ERROR [err]  at org.codehaus.groovy.reflection.CachedClass.getFields(CachedClass.java:254)
09:53:36,154 ERROR [err]  at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.addFields(MetaClassImpl.java:2105)
09:53:36,156 ERROR [err]  at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.inheritFields(MetaClassImpl.java:2100)
09:53:36,156 ERROR [err]  at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.setupProperties(MetaClassImpl.java:1990)
09:53:36,156 ERROR [err]  at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.addProperties(MetaClassImpl.java:2947)
09:53:36,157 ERROR [err]  at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.initialize(MetaClassImpl.java:2918)
09:53:36,171 ERROR [err]  at org.codehaus.groovy.reflection.ClassInfo.getMetaClassUnderLock(ClassInfo.java:166)
09:53:36,172 ERROR [err]  at org.codehaus.groovy.reflection.ClassInfo.getMetaClass(ClassInfo.java:182)
09:53:36,175 ERROR [err]  at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.metaclass.MetaClassRegistryImpl.getMetaClass(MetaClassRegistryImpl.java:242)
09:53:36,175 ERROR [err]  at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.InvokerHelper.getMetaClass(InvokerHelper.java:751)
09:53:36,176 ERROR [err]  at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.CallSiteArray.createCallConstructorSite(CallSiteArray.java:71)
09:53:36,176 ERROR [err]  at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.CallSiteArray.defaultCallConstructor(CallSiteArray.java:54)
09:53:36,179 ERROR [err]  at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.callConstructor(AbstractCallSite.java:182)
09:53:36,179 ERROR [err]  at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.callConstructor(AbstractCallSite.java:186)
09:53:36,179 ERROR [err]  at com.icw.prg.XXX.soapui.Sender.instantiateProducer(Sender.groovy:86)
09:53:36,179 ERROR [err]  at com.icw.prg.XXX.soapui.Sender.createProducer(Sender.groovy:62)
09:53:36,180 ERROR [err]  at com.icw.prg.XXX.soapui.Sender.sendMessage(Sender.groovy:28)
09:53:36,182 ERROR [err]  at com.icw.prg.XXX.soapui.Sender$sendMessage.call(Unknown Source)
09:53:36,183 ERROR [err]  at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.CallSiteArray.defaultCall(CallSiteArray.java:42)
09:53:36,183 ERROR [err]  at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.call(AbstractCallSite.java:108)
09:53:36,183 ERROR [err]  at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.call(AbstractCallSite.java:128)
09:53:36,183 ERROR [err]  at Script1.run(Script1.groovy:46)
09:53:36,183 ERROR [err]  at com.eviware.soapui.support.scripting.groovy.SoapUIGroovyScriptEngine.run(SoapUIGroovyScriptEngine.java:96)
09:53:36,183 ERROR [err]  at com.eviware.soapui.support.scripting.groovy.SoapUIProGroovyScriptEngineFactory$SoapUIProGroovyScriptEngine.run(SourceFile:89)
09:53:36,183 ERROR [err]  at com.eviware.soapui.impl.wsdl.teststeps.WsdlGroovyScriptTestStep.run(WsdlGroovyScriptTestStep.java:149)
09:53:36,183 ERROR [err]  at com.eviware.soapui.impl.wsdl.support.AbstractTestCaseRunner.runTestStep(AbstractTestCaseRunner.java:239)
09:53:36,183 ERROR [err]  at com.eviware.soapui.impl.wsdl.testcase.WsdlTestCaseRunner.runCurrentTestStep(WsdlTestCaseRunner.java:48)
09:53:36,184 ERROR [err]  at com.eviware.soapui.impl.wsdl.support.AbstractTestCaseRunner.internalRun(AbstractTestCaseRunner.java:148)
09:53:36,189 ERROR [err]  at com.eviware.soapui.impl.wsdl.support.AbstractTestCaseRunner.internalRun(AbstractTestCaseRunner.java:43)
09:53:36,189 ERROR [err]  at com.eviware.soapui.impl.wsdl.support.AbstractTestRunner.run(AbstractTestRunner.java:135)
09:53:36,191 ERROR [err]  at com.eviware.loadui.components.soapui.SoapUISamplerComponent$SoapUITestCaseRunner.run(SoapUISamplerComponent.java:735)
09:53:36,191 ERROR [err]  at com.eviware.loadui.components.soapui.SoapUISamplerComponent.sample(SoapUISamplerComponent.java:576)
09:53:36,191 ERROR [err]  at com.eviware.loadui.impl.component.categories.RunnerBase.doSample(RunnerBase.java:493)
09:53:36,192 ERROR [err]  at com.eviware.loadui.impl.component.categories.RunnerBase.access$700(RunnerBase.java:59)
09:53:36,192 ERROR [err]  at com.eviware.loadui.impl.component.categories.RunnerBase$Worker.run(RunnerBase.java:782)
09:53:36,192 ERROR [err]  at com.eviware.loadui.util.dispatch.CustomThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(CustomThreadPoolExecutor.java:197)
09:53:36,192 ERROR [err]  at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
09:53:36,192 ERROR [err] Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: javax.xml.bind.JAXBContext
09:53:36,193 ERROR [err]  at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
09:53:36,193 ERROR [err]  at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
09:53:36,199 ERROR [err]  at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
09:53:36,201 ERROR [err]  at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
09:53:36,202 ERROR [err]  at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
09:53:36,218 ERROR [err]  at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
09:53:36,222 ERROR [err] 

I am using SoapUI-4.6.4 (using groovy groovy-all-2.1.7.jar )
and LoadUI-2.6.8 (using groovy groovy-all-1.8.5.jar in their OSGI component bundles)

I analyzed the problem: the following code sections provokes error:

       def instantiateProducer(String host, int port) {

                 final encoding = 'UTF-8'
                 def codec = new HL7MLLPCodec()
                 codec.setCharset(encoding)

                 def config = new MinaConfiguration(
                          host                : host,
                          port                : port,
                          protocol            : 'tcp',
                          sync                : true,
                          codec               : codec,
                          encoding            : encoding,
                          timeout             : 30000,
                          lazySessionCreation : true
                 )

                 log.info("MessageProducerFactory: Generation of Camel Mina Endpoint")
                 MinaEndpoint minaEndpoint = new MinaComponent(new DefaultCamelContext()).createEndpoint(config)  <============ HERE
                 log.info("MessageProducerFactory: Generation of Camel Producer")
                 producer = minaEndpoint.createProducer()
          }

camel-core-2.9.2.jar
camel-hl7-2.7.1.jar
camel-mina-2.7.1.jar
mina-filter-ssl-1.1.7.jar
mina-core-1.1.7.jar

JRE 7.0

Hopefully it is possible to synchronize groovy versions (LoadUI: groovy-all-1.8.5.jar => groovy groovy-all-2.1.7.jar), otherwise reusage of SoapUI projects is not possible for my company.

Thanks for pointing this out!

I'll have a look at it today.

We plan to upgrade the embedded SoapUI engine in LoadUI next week.

Hi Helos thanks for working on this issue!

Hallo Helos, thanx for info update. Have a nice week.

Hi Helos,

I'd like to ask you about the status of the issue. When do you think of providing the updated version, containing the synchronized libaries/bundles.

All the best,
Sven

Hi.

The next release of LoadUI, which will run with SoapUI 5, is scheduled for this week! So if your SoapUI scripts depend on Groovy 2.+, they will work fine with this new LoadUI version.

But please notice that we're not sure yet if LoadUI's own Groovy version will be upgraded. It is currently using 1.8.5. So scripts in LoadUI might still be using this older version (check the release notes).

Renato
SmartBear Software

Hi Renato,

Sry but your response make no sense. IF the groovy lib from LoadUI will not be updated, how the SoapUI runner component from LoadUI will be able to run the my scripts from the imported SoapUI project which are made to work with 2.x lib?

And why 2 tools that are made to interact with each-other don't use the same scripting libs also make no sense.

Thanks!

ccdssv1 wrote:
Sry but your response make no sense. IF the groovy lib from LoadUI will not be updated, how the SoapUI runner component from LoadUI will be able to run the my scripts from the imported SoapUI project which are made to work with 2.x lib?

Because LoadUI uses the SoapUI engine, loaded as an OSGi bundle, to run SoapUI TestCases.

If that is the case then why when I run this script directly in SoapUI:

import groovy.lang.GroovySystem
throw new Exception(GroovySystem.getVersion())

I get:

java.lang.Exception: 2.1.7
...

but when I use the SoapUI runner to run the test with that script I get this:

java.lang.Exception: 1.8.0
...

?