What is BPEL Unit Testing?
Create individual B-unit test cases manually, or save each simulation path you run as a B-unit test file.
BPEL unit (B-unit) testing is a framework that tests BPEL processes in the Process Server engine. B-unit testing validates process execution of invokes, receives, and replies. You can use B-unit testing to perform automated regression tests on processes.
When a B-unit test runs, the following steps occur:
- •The SendMessage command sends XML data to process. You provide this data as part of editing or generating a B-unit test.
- •The response comes back from the process
- •An assert expression determines what the response must have
- •The result is compared to the assert
An effective test is to compare entire chunks of XML to see the parts that don't match.
You can create individual B-unit test cases manually, but it is recommended that you save each simulation path you run as a B-unit test file. You can then rerun files as needed as you refactor your process. Readily available B-unit tests make it easy for you to check whether a component of your process is still working properly.
You can design unit tests to produce test cases that cover all paths through a process so you can test various scenarios. You can save a group of files into a suite, or suite of suites, to rerun. You can run B-unit tests outside of Process Developer, as part of your automated build procedures.