Testing enterprise beans in the universal test client

The workbench provides you with a Web-based Universal Test Client where you can test your enterprise beans and Java™ classes.

Restriction

• You can test enterprise beans at 2.1 (or earlier) specification-level in the Universal Test Client running on a WebSphere® Application Server v6.0, v6.1 or v7.0. However, you can only test EJB 3.0 beans in the Universal Test Client running on a WAS v7.0. The Universal Test Client does not support testing EJB 3.0 beans on a WAS v6.1 with Feature Pack for EJB 3.0.

Prerequisites

• Create an EJB project and add it to a new EAR project

• Create or import an enterprise bean into your EJB project.

• Generate deployment code for your enterprise bean at 2.1 (or earlier) specification-level. This step is not needed for EJB 3.0 modules. To do this right-click on the Deployment Descriptor of the EJB project and select

  Prepare for Deployment.

To use the Universal Test Client:

1. Create a WAS.

2. Add the EJB project to the server.

3. To ensure that the server is enabled to use the Universal Test Client:

   1. In the Servers view, double-click the WAS. Select the

      Overview tab and expand the Server section.

   2. Enable the

      Enable universal test client check box.

   3. Close the editor and save your changes.

4. Start the server.

5. You can open the Universal Test Client in the Web Browser in any of the following ways:

   • In the Project Explorer view, select your EJB Project you want to test and right-click on an enterprise bean resource or an independent or stand-alone Java class. Select

     Run As > Run on Server.

   • In the Servers view, right-click the server and select

     Universal Test Client | Run

6. Use the Universal Test Client to perform one or more of the following tasks:

   • Finding an enterprise bean or class

   • Calling a method

   • Removing an enterprise bean or class

   • Viewing fields

   • Filtering the methods displayed

   • Editing the JNDI property settings

7. You can start over a Universal Test Client session by going into the Servers view, right-click the server and select

   Universal Test Client | Restart.

8. When you have finished using the Universal Test Client, close it.

 

Related concepts

Universal Test Client

 

Related tasks

Testing artifacts on a server

 

Related reference

Universal Test Client namespace limitations on WebSphere® Application Server

Universal Test Client pages

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