Is it possible to apply xml Templates in JAVA DSL Runner - citrus-framework

Question

we have a lot of old citrus xml Testcases and templates in our Projects. After Upgrading to newer version I decided to make the switch to Java DSL. Is it possible to keep using the old templates? If i Try to do so, I get a "No bean named .. is defined" exception.
I tried the to import the template file via #ImportResource but without success.

Answer 1

You can write a simple custom test action that loads the template and executes it with current test context:
Given the following template in templates/hello-template.xml
<spring:beans xmlns="http://www.citrusframework.org/schema/testcase"
xmlns:spring="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd
http://www.citrusframework.org/schema/testcase http://www.citrusframework.org/schema/testcase/citrus-testcase.xsd">
<template name="helloTemplate">
<echo>
<message>Hello ${user}</message>
</echo>
</template>
</spring:beans>
You can write a custom test action for loading that template:
public class TemplateTest extends TestNGCitrusTestRunner {
#Test
#CitrusTest
public void test() {
run(new CallTemplateAction("templates/hello-template.xml", "helloTemplate"));
}
private class CallTemplateAction extends AbstractTestAction {
private final String templateName;
private final String templateLocation;
public CallTemplateAction(String templateLocation, String templateName) {
this.templateLocation = templateLocation;
this.templateName = templateName;
}
#Override
public void doExecute(TestContext testContext) {
Template template = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext(new String[] { templateLocation },
testContext.getApplicationContext())
.getBean(templateName, Template.class);
template.getParameter().put("user", "foo");
template.execute(testContext);
}
}
}
You should probably cache the template instance and/or close the application context when done with the action.