webMethods Developer User's Guide - Software AG Documentation

11. Testing and Debugging Services
Note: If your service expects Object variables that do not have constraints assigned or an
Object defined as a byte[ ], you will not be able to enter those values in the Input dialog
box. To test these values in a service, you must also create a service that generates input
values for your service. Then you need to construct a test harness (a flow service that
executes both the service that produces the test data and the service you want to test) and
use that harness to test your service.
To enter values by typing them
1 Open the service and execute it as described in “Testing Services from Developer” on
page 277 or “Testing Services from a Browser” on page 286.
2 For each variable listed in the Input dialog box, type an input value. If the service
takes complex variables such as a String lists, documents, or document lists, use the
following buttons to specify the variable's individual elements.
Use this… To...
Add a row to the variable.
Insert a blank row above the currently selected row.
Add a column to the variable.
Delete the selected row from the variable.
Delete the selected column from the variable.
3 If you want Developer to pass empty Strings to the service, select the Include empty
values for String Types check box. When you select this check box, empty Strings are
passed with a zero-length value. If you do not select this check box, empty strings are
not passed to the service.
Note: When you enter values for constrained objects in the Input dialog box, Developer
automatically validates the values. If the value is not of the type specified by the object
constraint, Developer displays a message identifying the variable and the expected type.
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