Add equal verification points
Equal verification points enable you to check that the contents returned by a service match exactly the contents specified in the verification point. When you add verification points, the results from a service message return are compared with the expected data specified in the verification point test element. Equal or contain verification points enable you to directly compare the XML document that the service returns.
- Contain verification points return a Pass status when the message return XML document contains the expected XML data.
- Equal verification points return a Pass status when the message return XML document matches exactly the expected XML data.
To add an equal verification point to a test, perform the following steps:
- Open the test editor, and right click a message return element and select Add > Equal Verification Point.
- Select the verification point, and in the Test Element Details area of the test editor, type a name for the verification point.
- Select the verification options:
- Select Test using XML namespaces to perform the verification on the qualified structure of the XML document, including the namespace tagging, instead of the simple name. Disable this option to check only the simple name of the element and the final return value.
- Select Text XML text nodes to include the content of text elements in the verification.
- Select Text XML attributes to include the content of attributes in the verification.
- On the Message page, select the Form, Tree, or Source view to specify the expected XML data.
For an equal verification point, the expected XML data contains the XML document from the message return test element. If necessary, you can edit the expected XML data.
You can specify standard Java™ regular expressions in the Tree view. To do this, select the Regular expression column on the line of an attribute or text value and type the regular expression in the Value column.
For example, the following regular expression checks for a correctly formatted email address: /^([a-zA-Z0-9_\.\-])+\@(([a-zA-Z0-9\-])+\.)+([a-zA-Z0-9]{2,4})+$/
What to do next
You can enable or disable each Web service verification point by clicking Enable verification point in the test editor.
Related tasks
Verify application behavior Add attachment verification points Add Xpath query verification points Add contain verification points