Hi,
      I am running my very first groovy script inside SoapUI. I get the error mentioned in the subject of this message. Here is the code I used ( which I copied from the SoapUI User guide ):
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def request = testRunner.testCase.getTestStepByName( "Groovy Script" );
def property = request.getProperty( "request" );

// parse out textnodes to modify
def node = new groovy.util.XmlParser(false,false).parseText(property.value);
def textNodes = node["soapenv:Body"]["sam:getContactInfo"]["String_1"][0].children()

// modify
textNodes.clear();
textNodes.add( "test" + System.currentTimeMillis() );

// write back to string
def writer = new java.io.StringWriter();
def printer = new groovy.util.XmlNodePrinter( new PrintWriter( writer ));
printer.print( node );

// set property
property.setValue( writer.toString() )
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What am I doing wrong? Should I have to set something before I run my script? I get this error even if I run the load test from the command line.

Also, is there a place I can go to for seeing working examples of groovy scripts inside SoapUI. I want to call different methods inside a Webservice and the inputs to successive webservice calls will be based on the responses to previous webservice calls.

Any help you can provide will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Venkat

The answer to the other parts.

1) Yes, there are example projects to be downloaded from the Downloads sections in the Customer Area

http://www.eviware.com/content/blogcategory/34/45/

2) If i understand you right you want to take the value of one element in a response and transfer that to an element in another request?

There's easier ways to do this than Groovy, namely PropertyTransfers and PropertyExpansions. Example on how to use both is included in the soapUI installation. Look in the folder that soapUI is installed in, there's a sample project file there containing examples on what you're looking for.

Look at
for a PropertyTransfer example and for an example of PropertyExpansions. Remember to start the MockService before running the tests. Look at http://www.soapui.org/gettingstarted/sample-project.html for more info on the sample Project, there's even a movie on about how to use it.

/niclas
eviware.com

Hello,
         Thanks for your replies, Niclas and Ole! Appreciate it! I am using Soap UI 2.0-beta1 version.  Your suggestion to first run the step the script is referring to (Groovy Script) helped. But now I want to print out the contents of one of the elements in the response. What is the syntax for referring to that element? I am trying to use the following code and I am not getting it to do what I wanted. Here is my code:
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def request = testRunner.testCase.getTestStepByName( "Test Request" );
def property = request.getProperty( "request" );
def writer = new java.io.StringWriter();
def printer = new groovy.util.XmlNodePrinter( new PrintWriter( writer ));
printer.print( "Starting test\n");
def node = new groovy.util.XmlParser(false,false).parseText(property.value);
def entityID = node["SOAP-ENV:Body"]["//ns:getXrefBySSPrefixSourceCompanyIDResponse[1]/ns:getXrefBySSPrefixSourceCompanyIDResult[1]/ns0:CompanyXref[1]/EntityID[1]"];
printer.print( entityID );
printer.print( "Ending test\n");
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What am I doing wrong? Why don't I get the values of "EntityID" printed? I can see the value 32074 in the response side of "Test Request" step. Here is my output:
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Starting test
[]Ending test
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