First foray into the API

shanz · **Posted:** Mon Dec 14, 2009 5:42 pm

I am looking at automating tests with Test Conductor.
The first choice seems to be whether to use the command line or the Java API.
I guess the Java API would be more powerful and might mean less maintenance.
What do you think?

If I plump for the Java API, it seems that the sample TestConductorAPI_ExecuteFailedTests.java relies on the Rhapsody application already being open before it runs. It calls getActiveRhapsodyApplication().

Now, if this is fully automated, (say it's part of an overnight build) then I don't want to open a Rhapsody project manually before executing the API program.

I guess I'd have to use a script with command line commands which open the Rhapsody project beforehand. Is this right? What does everyone else do?

Roy.Gerstner · **Joined:** Fri Jan 16, 2009 2:02 pm **Posts:** 14

Hi,

with the Java API you can open your Rhapsody project Update, Build and excecute yout TestPackage.
The Support of TestConductor provided as a sample application, that we need to adapt.

The code for starting Rhapsody looks like:

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public synchronized boolean startRhapsody() throws Exception
   {      
      String sCommand = ""+EnvironmentVariable.RHAPSODY_INSTALL_PATH+"\\rhapsody.exe "+ this.s_mOptionalArguments + " -cmd=open " + m_sModelPath;
      System.out.println("Executing command: "+ sCommand); System.out.flush();
      
      Process rhpprocess = null;
      
      try{
          rhpprocess = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(sCommand);
      }catch(IOException e)
      {      
         System.out.println("An exception occurred in startRhapsody: "+e.getMessage());
         System.out.println("StackTrace: \n"); System.out.flush();
         e.printStackTrace();
         throw e;
      }
      
      stdOutFile=File.createTempFile("TestExecuter",".out");  //$NON-NLS-1$//$NON-NLS-2$
      stdErrFile=File.createTempFile("TestExecuter",".err");
      
      MyFd outFd = new MyFd(rhpprocess.getInputStream(),stdOutFile);
      outFd.start();
      
      MyFd errFd = new MyFd(rhpprocess.getErrorStream(),stdErrFile);
      errFd.start();
      // wait
      //exitValue = rhpprocess.waitFor();

      return true;
   }

For Test update/build/execution they got a bunch of "Helper-Functions"

Roy

First foray into the API

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