Mock-Ups

Example Files (Builder project Advanced Modeling/UI):

<your example path>\Advanced Modeling\UI\uml\uiMockup.xml

Mock-ups are used to cut the dependency to services by emulating their response. This is useful for regression testing or development if the services are yet not there or if their behavior is stateful.

The mock-up example used in this section consists of a simple input form to create a support case followed by a confirmation dialog. Before the dialog is opened the loadData service is called to fetch additional information. This behavior is modelled with the state chart below:

Executing the mock-up example in Firebug shows the response of the loadData service:

If we want to avoid calling this service we can use the controller operation e2eSetMockup(key, value). This operation requires the following parameters:

• Mock-up key: this string is derived from the service port and operation name: key = portTypeName + '.' + operationName
• Mock-up value: This is the service response. The Firebug window above shows an example.

In the uiMockup.xml example we activate the mock-up by using the URL: ?mockup=true" class="external-link" rel="nofollow">http://localhost:12496/ui/UIMockup.html?mockup=true.

This URL sets the public mockup controller attribute to true (see containment tree below). As the state machine above indicates, the JavaScript operation init is called before reaching the first UI state. In this operation we call the e2eSetMockup operation to set the service response value. The mock-up key is "TestPort.loadData" because the SOAP operation loadData is member of the TestPort class. The following figure shows the init() operation:

When running the example with mockup=true, the Firebug console now shows that the service is not called anymore but instead the mock-up value has been returned:

Using the controller mockup attribute is just an example how to switch between mock-up and non-mock-up mode. Another possibility is to enumerate test cases and to return another mock-up value for each test case.