I am getting the same error in the test case also.
Below is the test case log.
Test started at 2008-04-22 20:00:50.903
Step 1 [GetData] OK: took 7 ms
Step 2 [Properties] OK: took 0 ms
Step 3 [Init] OK: took 0 ms
Step 4 [Set Year Args] OK: took 16 ms
-> Performed transfer [year]
Step 5 [GetGoodFridayRequest] OK: took 620 ms
Step 6 [Get Result] OK: took 0 ms
-> Performed transfer [year]
Step 7 [Validate and Loop] FAILED: took 0 ms
-> startup failed, Script3.groovy: 1: unexpected token: < @ line 1, column 1.org.codehaus.groovy.syntax.SyntaxException: unexpected token: < @ line 1, column 1.
at org.codehaus.groovy.antlr.AntlrParserPlugin.parseCST(AntlrParserPlugin.java:83)
at org.codehaus.groovy.control.SourceUnit.parse(SourceUnit.java:239)
at org.codehaus.groovy.control.CompilationUnit$1.call(CompilationUnit.java:143)
at org.codehaus.groovy.control.CompilationUnit.applyToSourceUnits(CompilationUnit.java:772)
at org.codehaus.groovy.control.CompilationUnit.compile(CompilationUnit.java:438)
at groovy.lang.GroovyClassLoader.parseClass(GroovyClassLoader.java:271)
at groovy.lang.GroovyShell.parseClass(GroovyShell.java:488)
at groovy.lang.GroovyShell.parse(GroovyShell.java:500)
at groovy.lang.GroovyShell.parse(GroovyShell.java:480)
at groovy.lang.GroovyShell.parse(GroovyShell.java:539)
at com.eviware.soapui.support.scripting.groovy.SoapUIGroovyScriptEngine.compile(SoapUIGroovyScriptEngine.java:87)
at com.eviware.soapui.support.scripting.groovy.SoapUIGroovyScriptEngine.run(SoapUIGroovyScriptEngine.java:58)
at com.eviware.soapui.support.scripting.groovy.SoapUIProGroovyScriptEngineFactory$SoapUIProGroovyScriptEngine.run(SourceFile:51)
at com.eviware.soapui.impl.wsdl.teststeps.WsdlGroovyScriptTestStep.run(WsdlGroovyScriptTestStep.java:140)
at com.eviware.soapui.impl.wsdl.testcase.WsdlTestCaseRunner.run(WsdlTestCaseRunner.java:185)
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Caused by: Script3.groovy:1:1: unexpected token: <
at org.codehaus.groovy.antlr.parser.GroovyRecognizer.compilationUnit(GroovyRecognizer.java:484)
at org.codehaus.groovy.antlr.AntlrParserPlugin.parseCST(AntlrParserPlugin.java:74)
... 20 more
1 error
TestCase finished with status [FINISHED], time taken = 643
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