Computer system and computer-implemented method for load testing a service-oriented architecture service

• US 10,158,540 B2
• Filed: 01/04/2016
• Issued: 12/18/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/18/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hartford Fire Insurance Company (The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hartford Fire Insurance Company (The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.)
• Inventors: Kamalahasan, Mahalingam, Padmore, Christopher
• Primary Examiner(s): Onat, Umut
• Application Number:
  US14/986,787
• Publication Number:
  US 20160119205A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,079 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3414 Workload generation, e.g. scripts, playback
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3433 for load management allocation of a server based on load conditions G06F9/505; load rebalancing G06F9/5083; redistributing the load in a network by a load balancer H04L67/1029
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/065 related to network devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/08 Annexed information, e.g. attachments
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]

Abstract

A computer system for use in load testing a service-oriented architecture (SOA) service has a testing processor and a memory storage device in communication with the processor. The testing processor is adapted to receive an XML message, an address for a service to be tested, an action compliant with a protocol for exchanging structured information in a decentralized, distributed environment and associated with the service; create and store in memory a template message package compliant with the protocol; create a populated message package compliant with the protocol by incorporating in the template message package the XML message, the address and the action; establish a connection to the service and furnish one or more documents to the service; and receive a response from the service.

Claims

1. A computer system for generating a message package for load testing a service-oriented architecture, comprising:

a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code including processor-executable instructions; and

a testing processor in communication with the non-transitory computer-readable medium, which testing processor is configured by the code to;

retrieve, from a data storage device, data input into a user interface including an Extensible Markup Language (XML) message, an address of a service to be tested, and an action compliant with an object protocol, wherein the XML message, the address of the service to be tested, and the action compliant with the object protocol are sufficient for generation of the message package;

generate a template message package compliant with the object protocol, and store the template message package in the data storage device;

generate a populated message package compliant with the object protocol based on the template message package, the XML message, the address of the service to be tested, and the action compliant with the object protocol, and store the populated message package in the data storage device;

establish a connection to the service and furnish one or more documents to the service;

receive a response from the service;

display the response on a display device;

allow a virtual user generator program being executed by the testing processor to capture presentation layer communications of a network communications protocol.

2. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the testing processor being configured to generate the populated message package compliant with the object protocol comprises the testing processor being configured to:

create an object compliant with the object protocol;

add to the object, based on the XML message and the address of the service to be tested, an object header compliant with the object protocol;

add to the object, based on the XML message, a message body compliant with the object protocol; and

wrap the object with an envelope compliant with the object protocol.

3. The computer system of claim 2, wherein the testing processor is further configured to:

generate a network object compliant with the network communications protocol;

add to the network object, based on the address of a service to be tested, a network header compliant with the network communications protocol;

add to the network header, the action compliant with the object protocol; and

add to the network object, a network body including the message body compliant with the object protocol and the envelope compliant with the object protocol.

4. The computer system of claim 3, wherein the testing processor is further configured to execute the virtual user generator program for generating test scripts based on the documents furnished to the service and the response from the service.

5. The computer system of claim 4, wherein the testing processor being configured to execute the virtual user generator program for generating test scripts based on the documents furnished to the service and the response from the service comprises the testing processor being configured to:

expose a transport layer of the network communications protocol to the virtual user generator program;

open a network communications protocol connection to a target server identified by the address of the service to be tested; and

transmit to the target server the network body including the message body compliant with the object protocol and the envelope compliant with the object protocol.

6. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the testing processor is further configured to:

retrieve, from the data storage device, a path of a file for an attachment to the XML message input into the user interface, wherein the XML message, the path of the file for the attachment, the address of the service to be tested, and the action compliant with the object protocol are sufficient for the generation of the message package;

wherein the populated message package compliant with the object protocol further includes the path of the file.

7. The computer system of claim 3, wherein the object protocol is Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) and the network communications protocol is Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP).

8. A computer-implemented method for generating a message package for load testing a service-oriented architecture, comprising:

retrieving, from a data storage device, data input into a user interface including an Extensible Markup Language (XML) message, an address of a service to be tested, and an action compliant with an object protocol, wherein the XML message, the address of the service to be tested, and the action compliant with the object protocol are sufficient for generation of the message package;

generating, by a testing processor, a template message package compliant with the object protocol, and storing the template message package in the data storage device;

generating, by the testing processor, a populated message package compliant with the object protocol based on the template message package, the XML message, the address of the service to be tested, and the action compliant with the object protocol, and storing the populated message package in the data storage device;

establishing, by the testing processor, a connection to the service and furnishing one or more documents to the service;

receiving, by the testing processor, a response from the service;

displaying, by the testing processor, the response on a display device; and

allowing, by the testing processor, a virtual user generator program being executed by the testing processor to capture presentation layer communications of a network communications protocol.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 8, wherein generating the populated message package compliant with the object protocol comprises:

creating, by the testing processor, an object compliant with the object protocol;

adding to the object, by the testing processor based on the XML message and the address of the service to be tested, an object header compliant with the object protocol;

adding to the object, by the testing processor based on the XML message, a message body compliant with the object protocol; and

wrapping, by the testing processor, the object with an envelope compliant with the object protocol.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 9, further comprising:

creating, by the testing processor, a network object compliant with the network communications protocol;

adding to the network object, by the testing processor based on the address of a service to be tested, a network header compliant with the network communications protocol;

adding to the network header, by the testing processor, the action compliant with the object protocol; and

adding to the network object, by the testing processor, a network body including the message body compliant with the object protocol and the envelope compliant with the object protocol.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 10, further comprising executing, by the testing processor, the virtual user generator program for generating test scripts based on the documents furnished to the service and the response from the service.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, wherein executing the virtual user generator program for generating test scripts based on the documents furnished to the service and the response from the service comprises:

exposing, by the testing processor, a transport layer of the network communications protocol to the virtual user generator program;

opening, by the testing processor, a network communications protocol connection to a target server identified by the address of the service to be tested; and

transmitting, by the testing processor to the target server, the network body including the message body compliant with the object protocol and the envelope compliant with the object protocol.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 8, further comprising:

retrieving, by the testing processor, from the data storage device, a path of a file input into the user interface for an attachment to the XML message, wherein the XML message, the path of the file for the attachment, the address of the service to be tested, and the action compliant with the object protocol are sufficient for the generation of the message package;

wherein the populated message package compliant with the object protocol further includes the path of the file for the attachment.

14. A computer system for generating a message package for load testing a service-oriented architecture (SOA) service, comprising:

a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code including processor-executable instructions; and

a testing processor in communication with the non-transitory computer-readable medium, which testing processor is configured by the code to;

receive, via a user interface, an Extensible Markup Language (XML) message, an address of a service to be tested, and an action compliant with an object protocol, wherein the XML message, the address of the service to be tested, and the action compliant with the object protocol are sufficient for generation of the message package;

generate a template message package compliant with the object protocol, and store the template message package in a data storage device;

generate a populated message package compliant with the object protocol based on the template message package, the XML message, the address of the service to be tested, and the action compliant with the object protocol, and store the populated message package in the data storage device;

establish a connection to the service and furnish one or more documents to the service;

receive a response from the service;

display the response on a display device; and

allow a virtual user generator program being executed by the testing processor to capture presentation layer communications of a network communications protocol.

15. The computer system of claim 14, wherein the testing processor being configured to generate the populated message package compliant with the object protocol comprises the testing processor being configured to:

create an object compliant with the object protocol;

add to the object an object header compliant with the object protocol;

add to the object a message body compliant with the object protocol; and

wrap the object with an envelope compliant with the object protocol.

16. The computer system of claim 15, wherein the testing processor is further configured to:

generate a network object compliant with the network communications protocol;

add to the network object a network header compliant with the network communications protocol;

add to the network header the action compliant with the object protocol; and

add to the network object a network body including the message body compliant with the object protocol and the envelope compliant with the object protocol.

17. The computer system of claim 16, wherein the testing processor is further configured to execute the virtual user generator program for generating test scripts based on the documents furnished to the service and the response from the service.

18. The computer system of claim 17, wherein the testing processor being configured to execute the virtual user generator program for generating test scripts based on the documents furnished to the service and the response from the service comprises the testing processor being configured to:

expose a transport layer of the network communications protocol to the virtual user generator program;

open a network communications protocol connection to a target server identified by the address of the service to be tested; and

transmit to the target server the network body including the message body compliant with the object protocol and the envelope compliant with the object protocol.

19. The computer system of claim 18, wherein the testing processor is further configured to:

retrieve, from the data storage device, a path of a file input into the user interface for an attachment to the XML message, wherein the XML message, the path of the file for the attachment, the address of the service to be tested, and the action compliant with the object protocol are sufficient for the generation of the message package;

add, based on the path of the file for the attachment, the attachment to the envelope compliant with the object protocol;

wherein the network body added to the network object includes the envelope compliant with the object protocol with the added attachment; and

wherein the testing processor being configured to transmit to the target server the network body comprises the testing processor being configured to transmit to the target server the network body including the message body compliant with the object protocol and the envelope including the added attachment.

20. The computer system of claim 19, wherein the object protocol is Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) and the network communications protocol is Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP).