Web服务的测试策略

Question

I have been asked to devise a strategy to a REST web services suite my company is developing. These services are primarily intended to share with vendors to aid in their integration.

So far, what I know about the services are that these are XML based REST services that would end up converting java objects to XMLs. Given that, I am looking at various ways to test the output of such services.

So far, these are the options I am looking into -

• verify each XML node to make sure data is good.
• write JUnit testcases to reconvert the XMLs back into java objects and verify selective properties

As for the tools, I have heard SoapUI is a good option to write Web service clients.

But my main concern is how to make sure the data integrity is testable in case of web services. If there was a UI based applicatio, things would be simpler. :(

I am keen to understand how others have tackled such requirement. - Automation tools, intelligent parsing of output .. .. ?

Answer 1

On our project we have used SoapUi to test services with good results. It has useful response assertions that you can use to examine the received XML. Also provides some load / performance testing options. Try and get some clarity beforehand on whether the services are actually going to return objects serialized as XML or Json. This will affect your decision.