Hermes JMS with SoapUI 5.6.0 opensource version

[sridhard]

Team,

Not able to launch or can not see the option of Hermes launching from SoapUI 5.6.0 opensource version.

I added the path of Hemres JMS in Preferences - > Tools - Hermes JMS .

But still can not see any option to launch Hermes JMS.

Please advice what else needs to be added to make it work for 5.6.0 version

[CarmelonHaldon]

JDK 9, load ALL-SYSTEM modules and the jars of Hermes/lib in the soapui.bat... It's possible!! Ask me for the details if you're yet interested 👍🏼

[av_v]

@CarmelonHaldon can u just please share the modifications u did?

[CarmelonHaldon]

Sorry, I hadn't seen the replies yet.

Using portable versions, in Windows (10):

1. Use a JDK 9, not less, not more:
set JAVA_HOME=C:\Projects\project\bin\jdk-9.0.4_windows-x64_bin
call C:\Projects\project\bin\SoapUI-5.6.0-windows-bin\bin\soapui.bat

2. Edit soapui.bat to load all the libraries from Hermes and ALL-SYSTEM for JDK 9:

...

set CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;%JFXRTPATH%
set CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;C:\Projects\project\bin\hermes-installer-1.14\lib\*

...

set JAVA_OPTS=... -splash:SoapUI-Spashscreen.png --add-modules=ALL-SYSTEM

3. "Invalidate/disable/remove" the hermes.jar (there is a known bug with it) from SoapUI. For example, by renaming the extension:

C:\Projects\project\bin\SoapUI-5.6.0-windows-bin\lib\hermes-1.14.jar__

4. And "invalidate/disable/remove" the xerces.jars (avoid the "Xerces Hell" with the ALL-SYSTEM from JDK 9) from Hermes. For example:

C:\Projects\project\bin\hermes-installer-1.14\lib\xerces.jar__

C:\Projects\project\bin\hermes-installer-1.14\lib\xercesImpl.jar__

Heavily tested with HornetQ (standalone/embedded in JBoss, jnp/remote, and Tibco) and OK.

Tell me about any problems, and thanks!!