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depstein
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7 years ago

How to self-locate from inside a script step called from a different test case/test suite?

Hello,

 

I am running SoapUI Pro (1.9). The problem I am facing is this: I have a Groovy script step in one test case (call it StepA in CaseA, SuiteA) call another Groovy test step in a different test case within a different test suite (call it StepB in CaseB, SuiteB). How can I determine StepB's location from within the StepB script?

 

When I call StepB, I pass to it context and testRunner variables from StepA. If I query these objects from within StepB, all the methods and properties that return the current test step, test case or test suite give me StepA, CaseA and SuiteA respectively. I looked everywhere I could think of but I could not find any way of getting at StepB' own location (i.e. StepB, CaseB, SuiteB).

 

Is there any way I can get what I want? Or perhaps an alternative solution to what I am trying to do? I am developing a kind of shared library within my project. I have done this before with stand-alone scripts that instantiate a class and attach it to context. Such scripts can be used from anywhere within the project. But this time the script that I am calling requires data steps and other scripts within the same test case, which is why I need to be able to determine what that "same test case" is from within the script.

 

Thanks

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  • nmrao's avatar
    nmrao
    Champion Level 3
    7 years ago
    Little confused with above.

    What is your use case?
    • depstein's avatar
      depstein
      New Contributor
      7 years ago

      Rao,

       

      Here is a simplified structure of my project:

       

      Project

      --SuiteA

      ----CaseA

      ------StepA

      --SuiteB

      ----CaseB

      ------StepB

       

      StepA and StepB are Groovy scripts, and they are located in different test cases inside different test suites within the same project.

       

      With me so far?

       

      I want to call StepB from StepA. I could do it like this:

       

      def stepB = testRunner.testCase.testSuite.project.testSuites['SuiteB'].
          testCases['CaseB'].testSteps['StepB']

      stepB.run(testRunner, context)

       

      So now I am inside StepB, and I want to get at its own test case (CaseB). If I do it like this:

       

      testRunner.testCase

       

      I will get CaseA instead. Why? because testRunner is the test runner that I passed to it from StepA. Same with context.

       

      So my question is, is there a way for me to get at CaseB (or SuiteB) from inside StepB? Other than attaching it to context before I pass it to the script.