Testing a web service
This recipe explains one of the most important aspects of the web service lifecycle; that is, testing. We will show you how web service testing can be performed through the Oracle Enterprise Manager Console and Oracle Weblogic Server Administration Console. We can also efficiently test web services using other professional tools, such as SoapUi, TestMaker, and WebInject.
These tools can be downloaded at the following URLs:
- SoapUi: This tool can be downloaded at http://www.soapui.org/
- TestMaker: This tool can be downloaded at http://www.pushtotest.com/products.html
- WebInject: This tool can be downloaded at http://webinject.org/
Getting ready
For this recipe, we will use the web service that was defined at the start of the chapter and amended throughout the recipes in this book; that is, the book library web service.
How to do it…
The following are the steps involved into testing of web service in the Oracle Enterprise Manager Console:
- First, we will describe how to test...
