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dbaray's avatar
dbaray
Occasional Contributor
7 years ago

Using getXMLHolder with parameters?

I've seen tons of examples of getXMLHolder calls passing the teststepname#request or teststepname#response and that works fine. However, my input XML arrives via CSV file and gets assigned to DataSou...
  • Radford's avatar
    Radford
    7 years ago

    I don't use the XML holder to manipulate XML so there may be a better way to use it, but the holder has a "getXml()" method which returns a string so you should be able to do something like.

     

    testRunner.testCase.setPropertyValue("paramXML", holder.getXml())

    The holder is an instance of the XmlHolder class.

     

    (As an aside I use the XmlSlurper and XmlParser to manipulate XML I personally find it a little bit more intuitive than the groovy utils / XML holder method.)

Lucian's avatar
Lucian
Community Hero
7 years ago
When referencing properties from within a groovy script you need to expand the values like:

context.expand( '${YourDataSourceStep#someProp}' )
  • dbaray's avatar
    dbaray
    Occasional Contributor
    7 years ago

    Thanks so much for your reply. Should have known that, I had to context.expand to log it too. Getting close. Now after I update my holder["//lockpid"] and holder.updateProperty I get the new pid value logged, but my original property isn't changed...

     

    log.info("incoming xml= " + context.expand( '${#TestCase#paramXML}'));

    def  holder = groovyUtils.getXmlHolder(context.expand( '${#TestCase#paramXML}'));

    holder["//lockpid"] = context.expand( '${#TestCase#paramLockPid}' );

    holder.updateProperty();                            this is not updating my TestCase#paramXML property

    log.info("pid now=" +  holder["//lockpid"]);  this shows the new pid value

    log.info("outgoing xml= " + context.expand( '${#TestCase#paramXML}'));   outgoing xml = incoming

     

    Do I now have to do some kind of set property like ...testRunner.testCase.setPropertyValue("paramXML", something); ???

     

    • Radford's avatar
      Radford
      Super Contributor
      7 years ago

      I don't use the XML holder to manipulate XML so there may be a better way to use it, but the holder has a "getXml()" method which returns a string so you should be able to do something like.

       

      testRunner.testCase.setPropertyValue("paramXML", holder.getXml())

      The holder is an instance of the XmlHolder class.

       

      (As an aside I use the XmlSlurper and XmlParser to manipulate XML I personally find it a little bit more intuitive than the groovy utils / XML holder method.)

      • dbaray's avatar
        dbaray
        Occasional Contributor
        7 years ago

        Thanks Radford, worked perfectly!