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<h2>15.14. Testing Web Published Web Services</h2>
<p>Virtuoso provides a mechanism for testing SOAP messages instantly. This
mechanism is the Virtuoso Service Module for XML (VSMX) - an automatically
generated test page for published web services. The VSMX file is generated
at the same time the WSDL file is generated. A VSMX file is a SOAP
operations test page generated based on the descriptions of a WSDL file.
The VSMX file has the extension .vsmx, as opposed to the .wsdl
extension of the WSDL file, and can be accessed similarly.</p>
<p>VSMX pages give instant access to published SOAP services for
testing. Any newly created service will need testing which normally means
writing more code to call the service, supply parameters, retrieve the result,
display the results in some manor, etc. The VSMX feature of Virtuoso
eliminates this otherwise repetitive process by automatically
maintaining a test page for SOAP messages: the VSMX file. This greatly
speeds up the development and testing cycle. The
beauty of this is that this is automated, even Microsoft's ASMX file
requires that you code the services descriptions before seeing the results.</p>
<p>Web Service developers would use VSMX to forego the test bed creation step
in light of automatic test page generation. Project managers can easily keep
track of their developers progress by checking the test page periodically.</p>
<p>Since WSDL descriptions by themselves are not very pleasing to the human
eye, the VSMX test page can be used to preview services available on a Virtuoso
server, or from a remote source using <a href="wsdl.html#importwsdl">SOAP/WSDL Proxying</a>.
Even experienced developers will find these easier to read than WSDL files.</p>
<p>Each SOAP enabled virtual directory will have a WSDL and VSMX file available.
The VSMX file is a test page for the SOAP operations. This test page can be
found as simply as the WSDL can be found. From the WSDL chapter we have seen that
for every SOAP enabled virtual directory you automatically get the file:</p>
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<pre class="programlisting">http://[host:port]/[SOAP Virtual Directory]/services.wsdl</pre>
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<p>likewise you also get:</p>
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<pre class="programlisting">http://[host:port]/[SOAP Virtual Directory]/services.vsmx</pre>
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<p>You simply point your web browser to this file for the test page. The
demo database contains samples that can be found as:</p>
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<pre class="programlisting">http://[host:port]/SOAP/services.vsmx</pre>
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<td>Figure: 15.14.1. VSMX Test Page</td>
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<p>The page shows all the operations that are available. Click on
the link that corresponds to the operation to test and the services details and test
facilities will also appear, allowing you to supply input parameters making the SOAP call.</p>
<p>Once executed the result of SOAP call will be rendered using the Virtuoso
XSLT processor and built-in style sheet, and appended to bottom of the
services details. </p>
<p>In addition to the simple types: numbers and strings, more complex
types such as arrays and structures can be specified as input parameters.
For an array, each value must be specified on a separate row in the input text
field. For structures the names of structure members will be displayed,
following by the equals sign, the values of the structures members can then
be input after the equals sign. Arrays of arrays or structures of arrays
cannot be used on the test page.</p>
<p>The first comment line of a stored procedure in the format:</p>
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<pre class="programlisting">--## [comment]</pre>
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<p>will be included in the WSDL description of the SOAP message
for that procedure when generating the WSDL file.</p>
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