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nac20
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15 years ago

Template driven testing not working

Hi,

I've followed the advice on the 'Template Driven Testing' page but this is not working as expected.
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The 2nd and 3rd groovy scripts fail with error 'java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot get property 'null' on null object'.
If I merge the 1st and 2nd groovy scripts they process successfully so I assume there is a problem with passing then reading the context variables  between scripts.
I tried upgrading to the latest version (3.0.1) but this didn't help.
We would really like to use this feature to perform stress testing but I don't understand what's causing the problem.
Please could someone advise how to get this working.

Thanks,

Alan

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  • SmartBear_Suppo's avatar
    SmartBear_Suppo
    SmartBear Alumni (Retired)
    15 years ago
    Hi,

    The context object is persisted for the entire run of the TestCase, so by setting a context variable in one TestStep, it should be readable in another, during the same execution. However, if you run the individual TestSteps one by one a new context will be created each time. So if you are testing just a script by itself it will fail if the required context variables are set in a different script, but when run as a TestCase, it should work. Hope this clears things up!

    Regards,
    Dain
    eviware.com
  • nac20's avatar
    nac20
    New Contributor
    15 years ago
    Hi Dain,

    Thanks for the information that's useful to know.

    Even when I try to run the load test as one complete package I receive 'TestStep [Init run] result status is FAILED; [String index out of range: -1]' which suggests there is still a problem with reading in the context values.

    Any ideas how I can resolve this issue?

    Thanks in advance,

    Alan
  • SmartBear_Suppo's avatar
    SmartBear_Suppo
    SmartBear Alumni (Retired)
    15 years ago
    Hello,

    Could you post the entire contents of your scripts?

    Regards,
    Dain
    eviware.com