07 November 2008 - 2.5-beta2 |
The soapUI NetBeans Plugin provides all soapui functionality directly from within NetBeans 5.5/6.0 allowing one integrated development and testing environment for Web Services in java. Since soapUI 2.0, the plug-in hosts soapUI projects just as standard NetBeans projects, ie the previously available "soapUI Navigator" tab has been removed and soapUI projects are managed like any other NetBeans projects. Here are some screenshots:
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Download the NBM from SourceForge soapUI Downloads or via the NetBeans Plugin manager. If you downloaded it from SourceForge, install as described in the soapUI Installation document. See the soapUI demonstration movies below for some hands-on tutorials, otherwise the existing Getting Started with soapUI applies also to the NetBeans Plugin, as does the User Guide. The only real difference is that the standalone soapUI Desktop has been replaced by the NetBeans tabbed interface for editors.
As mentioned above, soapUI projects are managed as standard NetBeans projects. To create a new soapUI project, select the New Project -> SOA -> Web Service Testing Project option:
After selecting "Next", one will be prompted to create the project, together with options for:
Depending on which options that have been selected, a number of dialogs will be shown to query for related information. Once the project has been created, it will be visible in the standard NetBeans "Projects" view in the same way as it is displayed in soapUI Navigator when running the standalone version of soapUI:
The standard soapUI Log tabs are made visible via the Window\soapUI Log menu option which will open the tabs in a window at the bottom of the NetBeans desktop:
The item specific properties displayed at the bottom-left in the standalone version of soapUI can be viewed or edited by opening the NetBeans Properties Window from the Window menu.
As of NetBeans 6.0 M9 / OpenESB 2.0, the soapUI NetBeans plugin is bundled with the OpenESB add ons, downloadable from https://open-esb.dev.java.net/Downloads_OpenESB_Addons_NB6.html. The following demonstration movies are available that show how to get started with common soapUI tasks in NetBeans: