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mtroost
Occasional Contributor
10 years ago

wildcards in XPATH expressions?

Context: In a groovy script, a request is modified as in holder1["//NodeA/ObjectID"]=project.getPropertyValue("objectid") holder1["//NodeB/ObjectID"]=project.getPropertyValue("objectid") ... You ca...
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    mtroost
    Occasional Contributor
    10 years ago

    Thank you, I think it might be something just like that. Only I wouldnt know how to apply this to my situation. I also dont get what @id refers to.

    holder1["//*[starts-with(@id,'Plaatsing') and ends-with(@id,'DAVINCIObjectID')"] =project.getPropertyValue("Plaatsing_objectid")

    This grants me an error

    XPath syntax error at char 70 on line 2 in {...ds-with(@id,'DAVINCIObjectI...}: expected "]", found " " error at line: 17
    • nmrao's avatar
      nmrao
      Champion Level 3
      10 years ago

      Not sure if you are still having the issue. If yes, then please post the xml and what node value you wanted to get.

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        mtroost
        Occasional Contributor
        10 years ago

        Consider the following XML

        <soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:raad="http://raadpleegles.aanboddienst-01_00.davinci.ov.vlaanderen.be">
   <soapenv:Header/>
   <soapenv:Body>
      <raad:RaadpleegLes>
	 	<LesCreate>
	          <ObjectID>2d4e672c-8ebb-4a6d-9ee6-12eabf4b446a:14c47413430</ObjectID>
               <ConcurrencyToken>cdb93192-c8e9-4f85-9e52-54f2482b99c9:14c47413430</ConcurrencyToken>
	 	</LesCreate>
	 	<LesDelete>
	          <ObjectID>5d4e672c-8ebb-4a6d-9ee6-12eabf4b446a:14c47413430</ObjectID>
               <ConcurrencyToken>cdb93192-c8e9-4f85-9e52-54f2482b99c9:14c47413430</ConcurrencyToken>
	 	</LesDelete>
	 	<Les>
	          <ObjectID>hd4e672c-8ebb-4a6d-9ee6-12eabf4b446a:14c47413430</ObjectID>
               <ConcurrencyToken>cdb93192-c8e9-4f85-9e52-54f2482b99c9:14c47413430</ConcurrencyToken>
	 	</Les>
	 	<DONTCHANGE>
	          <ObjectID>hd4e672c-8ebb-4a6d-9ee6-12eabf4b446a:14c47413430</ObjectID>
               <ConcurrencyToken>cdb93192-c8e9-4f85-9e52-54f2482b99c9:14c47413430</ConcurrencyToken>
	 	</DONTCHANGE>
      </raad:RaadpleegLes>
   </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>

        Several nodes name name starting with the string "Les". In those nodes Id like to change the value of their child node named "ObjectID". I can not do that for everything else like "DONTTOUCH". To substitute this script will work fine

        import com.eviware.soapui.impl.wsdl.teststeps.*
import com.eviware.soapui.support.XmlHolder

def groovyUtils = new com.eviware.soapui.support.GroovyUtils( context ) 
def steps = testRunner.testCase.getTestStepsOfType( WsdlTestRequestStep.class )
def project = testRunner.testCase.testSuite.project
for (step in steps) {
	log.info step.name// + step.getLabel()
	def holder1 = groovyUtils.getXmlHolder( step.testRequest.requestContent )
	assert project.getPropertyValue("objectid") != null, "no objectid set"
	holder1["//Les/ObjectID"]=project.getPropertyValue("objectid")
	holder1["//LesCreate/ObjectID"]=project.getPropertyValue("objectid")
	holder1["//LesDelete/ObjectID"]=project.getPropertyValue("objectid")
	holder1.updateProperty()
	step.testRequest.setRequestContent (holder1.getXml());
}

        In the example I included only 3 different names for the nodes to replace (Les, LesCreate, LesDelete). Now imagine there are not 3 but hundreds of possibilities, then how should one go about this?
        Providing an expression the equivalent of //Les*/ObjectID would be my first attempt but I cant see how to include that in the supplied groovy script.