Use the Wizard to create a custom Activity - Java

Relevant for: API testing only

This task describes how to create a new activity using Java code, and deploy it in OpenText Functional Testing.

In this topic:

Prerequisite

Make sure you have a JAVA_HOME environment variable defined on your machine indicating the parent JDK folder.

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Run the Activity Wizard

1. Open the Activity Wizard (available from the Windows Start menu or by running <Installdir>\bin\ActivityWizard.exe).

2. In the wizard's General Properties pane, select the Java as the Language.

3. Follow the steps of the wizard to create your activity.

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Edit the code

1. On the final screen of the wizard, click Open Folder to open the <Activity Name> folder, corresponding to the activity name you specified in the wizard. Navigate to the <Activity Name>\hp\st\ext\java subfolder and locate the MyLogic<TimeStamp>.java file.

   Caution: Do not close the Activity Wizard after this step.

2. Edit the ExecuteLogic function inside the MyLogic<TimeStamp>.java file. Make sure to keep the Properties definition.

   public Properties Props = new Properties();
   public ExecutionResult ExecuteLogic()
   {
       try{
       //**************************
       // Execution code goes here 
       //**************************
       return ExecutionResult.Success;
       }
   ...

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Add Logger code - optional

In the MyLogic<TimeStamp>.java file, add information for the log using the Logger.LogInfo, Logger.LogDebug, or Logger.LogError statements. For example:

    try{
    ...
        Logger.LogInfo("Log Message 1");
        Logger.LogDebug("Log Message 2");
        Logger.LogError("Log Message 3");
    ...
    return ExecutionResult.Success;
    }

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Add a Report statement - optional

In the MyLogic<TimeStamp>.java file, add a Report statement, Reporter.Report, using key value combinations. For example:

    try{
    ...
        Reporter.Report{"Name","John");
    ...
    return ExecutionResult.Success;
    }

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Compile the Java into a class

1. In your design IDE, add the ServiceTestCall.jar file to the build path.

2. In OpenText Functional Testing, run the CompileJavaFiles batch file in the <Activity Name>\hp\custom\java\activity folder to compile all java files into a class. This utility only compiles the files in its folder.

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Deploy the activity

1. In the final wizard screen, click Deploy in OpenText Functional Testing.

2. Click Finish to close the wizard and restart OpenText Functional Testing.

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Set up your environment for a Java Activity SDK

To set up your environment for using a Java activity SDK:

1. Collect all necessary .jar libraries. Create new folder in the OpenText Functional Testing installation directory, and copy all of the .jar libraries you collected into the new folder.

   For example: <Installdir>\MQLibs

2. Browse to the <Installdir>\dat folder, and open the InternalJavaClasspath.dat file in a text editor.

3. Add the paths to all the .jar files that you collected to the end of the InternalJavaClasspath.dat file.
4. Launch OpenText Functional Testing and use your custom JMS activity to send or receive messages.

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