Testing Published Web Services (WSDL) through SOAPUI

In the previous article we have seen how to publish CIS resources as Web-Services. Now lets see how to test them out through the SOAPUI tool before we access it from end clients.

1. We have seen how to publish the example procedure (LookupProduct) as a Web-Service.
After we publish the procedure we have 4 WSDL links as shown below.

Since the default Security Policy is set as Http-Basic-Authentication only the http links will work.
Open the Composite Web Service (Composite_Test) and Double Click on one of the http link, the link will be copied to the clipboard.

2. Open SOAPUI. (I am not going to cover how to install SOAPUI in this blog. Installation of SOAPUI is straightforward)

3. Right Click on Projects and Select New SOAP Project.

4. After you Select New SOAP Project in the Intital WSDL field enter the WSDL you copied in Step 1 and enter a name for the Project. Select Create sample requests for all operations.

5. SOAPUI will automatically create the Request for the operations in the WSDL supplied.

6. Right Click on Request 1 and Select Show Request Editor.

7. A new window will open to the right which is the Request Editor.

8. In the request properties: Enter the username and password (admin/admin).

9. In the request you can enter any integer value and hit the Submit Request (Green Arrow Button) and it will return the Product Information.

10. When you hit Submit Request it will return the Response for that particular product.

Connecting to CIS Published Resources through DBVisualizer

In this article lets see how to connect to CIS published resources through JDBC Tool DBVisualizer.

1. Download the latest version of DBVisualizer from here. Download the version according to your operating system and if you have Java installed on your machine download the file which says without Java VM otherwise download the file with Java VM.

2. After you download the installation is straightforward so I am not going to post the steps to Install.

3. Post installation, open DBVisualizer and in the Tools Menu Select Driver Manager

4. It will open up the Driver Manager window.

5. Click Create a new driver as shown in the picture above and enter the details for
Name: give any meaningful name like CIS62 or CIS

6. Click on the Folder icon to browse and open the csjdbc.jar file.

The csjdbc.jar file is located on the machine where you installed the CIS Server.
Location: C:\Program Files\Composite Software\CIS 6.2.0\apps\jdbc\lib if you installed on a windows machine. If you do not have access to the file contact your system administrator.

7. After you configure the driver you are ready to make connections to the CIS Server published resources.

8. Right click on connections and select Create a New Connection.

9. Click the Use Wizard.

10. In the New Connection Wizard give a name to your connection.

11. In the Select Database Driver Screen Select the previously configured CIS Driver.

12. After you select the appropriate driver click Next and it will take you to the screen below.

In the Database URL Field enter the URL:
URL FORMAT: jdbc:compositesw:dbapi@<hostname>:<jdbc_port>?domain=<domain_ name>&dataSource=<datasource_name>

Sample URL: jdbc:compositesw:dbapi@localhost:9401?domain=composite&dataSource=CompositeTraining

Enter the Userid and Password and Hit Finish.

13. Now you can connect, view and query the published resources in the Data Source you have specified in the Database URL.