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wimjan
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6 years ago

Calling java class from mock script

Hi,   I have a mock soap service and want to  do some magic with basic auth headers. When I try to import the java.utils.Base64 I get class not found errrors. Are the std java classes not on the ...
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  • MartinSpamer's avatar
    MartinSpamer
    6 years ago

    To use a Java class such as Base64 you must have the import and the jdk must be on the class path.  Goovy does include the following classes by default.

     

    import java.lang.*
import java.util.*
import java.io.*
import java.net.*
import groovy.lang.*
import groovy.util.*
import java.math.BigInteger
import java.math.BigDecimal

     

    However in this case Groovy already has built in base64 encoding/decoding.  http://docs.groovy-lang.org/2.4.3/html/api/org/codehaus/groovy/runtime/EncodingGroovyMethods.html

     

    String encoded = 'AUTHORISATION-TOKEN'.bytes.encodeBase64().toString()
    log.info encoded

    byte[] decoded = encoded.decodeBase64()
    log.info new String(decoded)

     

    I'd question the need for mock to actually need to authorisatise, in most cases I test for their presence not their values.

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nmrao
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What if you ignore that particular import?
wimjan's avatar
wimjan
New Contributor
6 years ago

I dont understand what you mean.

 

If I dont use the class - java.utils.Base64 in this case - the mock works fine, but then I cannot mess around with the username password.

If I use Base64 without the import It will throw a class not found error 

idem if I use the import

 

The only difference is the line where the class not found exception is thrown, the line with the import statement or the line where the Base64 is used...

  • MartinSpamer's avatar
    MartinSpamer
    Frequent Contributor
    6 years ago

    To use a Java class such as Base64 you must have the import and the jdk must be on the class path.  Goovy does include the following classes by default.

     

    import java.lang.*
import java.util.*
import java.io.*
import java.net.*
import groovy.lang.*
import groovy.util.*
import java.math.BigInteger
import java.math.BigDecimal

     

    However in this case Groovy already has built in base64 encoding/decoding.  http://docs.groovy-lang.org/2.4.3/html/api/org/codehaus/groovy/runtime/EncodingGroovyMethods.html

     

    String encoded = 'AUTHORISATION-TOKEN'.bytes.encodeBase64().toString()
    log.info encoded

    byte[] decoded = encoded.decodeBase64()
    log.info new String(decoded)

     

    I'd question the need for mock to actually need to authorisatise, in most cases I test for their presence not their values.

    • wimjan's avatar
      wimjan
      New Contributor
      6 years ago

      Sorry for the late response, I've been off-line for a while.

       

      Thanks for the clarification. putting Java on the classpath is the general solution. 
      The base64 decoding is the specific solution to the example above.

       

      Thanks

      Wim-Jan