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Hi

 I'm working (evolving) on a java app that have a client and server modules that communicates thru sockets (TCP). The protocol is proprietary and text based.

One of the changes requested is to modify the protocol. I would like to have tests before start making changes.

Does anybody know a tool that allows me to record and play a custom protocol, generating some script (so I could change as I evolve the protocol … /before/ evolving it)?

I'm thinking in a mix of a TCP sniffer and soapUI, maybe

Any suggestion?


Thanks!

Juan Gabardini
Fri Nov 21, 2008 3:07 pm

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Hi I'm working (evolving) on a java app that have a client and server modules that communicates thru sockets (TCP). The protocol is proprietary and text... 		Juan Gabardini
jgabardini
Offline Send Email 		Nov 21, 2008
3:07 pm

Hi: Take a look at PushToTest TestMaker. It's TOOL protocol handler library is for what you are looking to do. www.PushToTest.com Frank ... Frank Cohen ...
Frank Cohen
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Online Now Send Email 		Nov 21, 2008
4:51 pm

Hi Frank I did look in P2T docs, clearly not deep enough. Now I don't have any excuse, I have to try PushToTest! :D Thanks! Juan ... Hi Frank I did look in P2T...
Juan Gabardini
jgabardini
Offline Send Email 		Nov 23, 2008
1:02 pm

... First of all, I don't think soapUI will help, unless the 'proprietary protocol' is, you know, SOAP. I'd suggest the easiest thing would be to write a...
chrs_mcmhn
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4:55 pm

I think I will start from output to a text file and check with regex, then improve start from there. ... I think I will start from output to a text file and...
Carfield Yim
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Offline Send Email 		Nov 21, 2008
5:14 pm

... regex, then ... You'll have to connect a client in order to pipe output to a text file, right? You could build the test checking regexes into the client...
chrs_mcmhn
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7:24 pm

On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 3:24 AM, chrs_mcmhn ... If I am the one who develop the application, I will write everything that send out to network to a log file,...
Carfield Yim
c8133594
Offline Send Email 		Nov 22, 2008
6:10 am

Hi Yes, I have the sources. I could add 'instrumentation' on the server and the client. I will eventually do something along this line. But I will have to...
Juan Gabardini
jgabardini
Offline Send Email 		Nov 23, 2008
12:54 pm

... This is pretty close to what I would do. If the interactions were brain-dead simple, I would consider black-box testing it: Just write a client that...
heusserm
Offline Send Email 		Nov 24, 2008
1:00 pm

... I'm not sure... Let me double check I'm already have the application (client & server) running (sort of). It was not designed or built for testability. ...
Juan Gabardini
jgabardini
Offline Send Email 		Nov 24, 2008
8:16 pm

have a look at texttest. it does regression testing based on log files, so it is completely non-intrusive and works with the model that you need. also, it has...
Gojko Adzic
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Offline Send Email 		Nov 24, 2008
10:06 pm

Hi Gojko The tool is a good complement for one suggested strategy. Now I have to decide which strategy I will follow. Thanks Juan ... files, ... of). ... it ...
Juan Gabardini
jgabardini
Offline Send Email 		Dec 1, 2008
4:40 pm

... I think what you are doing is resonable. I would suggest using a wiki and documenting the expected/actual/bug as they appear so you can slowly create a...
heusserm
Offline Send Email 		Nov 25, 2008
4:52 pm

Hi Matt You mean wiki like Fitnesse? No sure, I will think about it Making it testeable... yes, I trying to do that, my main concern is the right balance...
Juan Gabardini
jgabardini
Offline Send Email 		Dec 1, 2008
4:28 pm

... Extracting out the business logic so you can test with FitNesse would be great. However, if I read correctly, you have no specifications right now,...
heusserm
Offline Send Email 		Dec 1, 2008
5:00 pm

If the protocol is text based, TCP sniffer is an overkill. You can just write a simple client in language of your choice that can read the commands from a text...
Dakshinamurthy Karra
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Offline Send Email 		Nov 25, 2008
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