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JimL
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15 years ago

SOAPUI 4.0.0 BUG? Assertions appear as "UNKNOWN"

Hi,

I posted this awhile ago in the general SOAPUI area, but haven't seen any responses. I don't know if anyone from Eviware support monitors this (Bugs) area, but see this post:

viewtopic.php?f=5&t=7969&p=23108#p23108

As described in the above post, the first problem I encountered was just when SOAPUI displays the assertions that are configured (see attached PNG).

However, since then, I've encountered an additional problem (bug?) that may also be related.

This second problem/bug is because I was researching how to do what I was asking about in this other thread:

viewtopic.php?f=5&t=8025

In researching how to solve the above, I found this other thread, that, at first, I thought would help solve the problem (trying to detect failed testcase):

http://www.soapui.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=3994

So, I tried to add the code in the 28 June 2010 post by Eviware support into my testcase teardown script, i.e.:

def soapStep = testRunner.testCase.testSteps["soap step 1"]
for( assertion in soapStep.assertionList )
{
log.info "Assertion [" + assertion.label + "] has status [" + assertion.status + "]"
for( e in assertion.errors )
log.info "-> Error [" + e.message + "]"
}


I then ran the testcase in a way that I knew would fail (host was down), and got:


Thu Jul 21 18:59:24 EDT 2011:INFO:Assertion [SOAP Response] has status [UNKNOWN]
Thu Jul 21 18:59:24 EDT 2011:INFO:-> Error [null/empty response]
Thu Jul 21 18:59:24 EDT 2011:INFO:Assertion [Contains] has status [UNKNOWN]
Thu Jul 21 18:59:24 EDT 2011:INFO:-> Error [null/empty response]


As you can see from the above, it appears that the "UNKNOWN" is appearing not just when just displaying the assertions in the testcase, but also when trying to access the assertions in the assertionList for the testcase programmatically.

So, it appears that both of these are possibly bugs in SOAPUI 4.0.0 (on Windows 32).

Please advise.

Thanks,
Jim

2 Replies

  • SmartBear_Suppo's avatar
    SmartBear_Suppo
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    15 years ago
    Hi,

    It seems that you are not getting any response , which is indicated by "Error [null/empty response]".
    Assertions is actually checking the response, so in case there isn't any its status is unknown.
    Are you getting any error in the error log, it can be that connection was refused.
    Hope this helps.

    Regards,
    Dragica
    /SmartBear Sweden (eviware)
    http://www.eviware.com
  • JimL's avatar
    JimL
    Contributor
    15 years ago
    Dragica,

    What about the problem that I described in the earlier post:

    viewtopic.php?f=5&t=7969&p=23108#p23108

    That is a static situation, i.e., just displaying what assertions were configured.

    I've been "assuming" that the two (the 1st/static/SOAPUI GUI one and the 2nd one where I get the "UNKNOWN" when running tests) were related, but they may not be.

    You may be correct about the 2nd one ("UNKNOWN" because there is no response), but shouldn't the 1st problem show something other than "UNKNOWN" in the SOAPUI GUI? As I posted in that post I linked above, the assertions look correct in the SOAPUI Project XML file. It's just that they appear in the GUI as "UNKNOWN" when you look after configuring the assertions.

    Jim