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ili
Occasional Contributor
3 years ago

Smart Assertion - assert logical/relationship contracts in response

Hi, I have soap response with format similar to the following dummy example, ... <person>      <firstName>xxxxxxxxxx</firstName>      <lastName>yyyyyyyyyy</lastName>      <phoneNumber>zzzzzzzzz...
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  • KarelHusa's avatar
    KarelHusa
    3 years ago

    ili,

    your API definition (WSDL in the case of SOAP services) should say there's just one occurrence of the person in the answer in the schema definition (XSD).

     

    Afterward, you can use Schema Compliance assertion.

     

    With this approach, you can validate any issues relating to message structure.

     

    Best regards,

    Karel

     

TNeuschwanger's avatar
TNeuschwanger
Champion Level 1
3 years ago

Hello ili 

 

Probably not possible for any provided assertions.  Probably not possible for a company (smartbear) to enable too much customization for relation contract.  That is just too big of net to cast to be helpful to anyone.  It would have to be super customizable as to appeal to a broad customer base and I don't think they would go for that when there exists an alternative that everyone can already use. 

 

The alternative is groovy script test step that allows you to code just a little bit to overcome any restriction you encounter for the assertion you need.  There would be more code in your relation contract than there is in the code to accommodate the groovy scripting assertion in your example.

 

Just a thought.

 

Regards,

Todd