This is the recommended test procedure for testing components in
the WebSphere business integration system:
- If your integration broker is InterChange Server, consider
using the System View view, which can be very helpful in
determining if a flow you have sent ends in success or failure.
For more information, see the System Administration
Guide.
- Set up Test Connector to emulate a source connector.
- Launch Test Connector as described in Starting Test
Connector.
- Create a profile for the source connector in the interface as
described in "Creating
a new profile".
- Connect Test Connector to the agent to begin emulating the
source connector, as described in Emulating a
connector.
- Set up instances of Test Connector to emulate each destination
connector involved in the interface.
- Launch Test Connector as
described in Starting
Test Connector.
- Create a profile for a destination connector as described in
"Creating a new
profile".
- Connect Test Connector to the
agent to begin emulating the destination connector as described in
Emulating a
connector.
- Repeat 3athrough 3cabove for all destination connectors
involved in the interface.
- Arrange the instances of Test Connector on your screen so that
you can easily identify the connector being emulated in each Test
Connector window. For example, in Figure 41the source Test Connector is
arranged to the left of the destination Test Connector.
Figure 41. Source and
destination instances of Test Connector.

- Send a request business
object from the source connector. From the source Test Connector,
do the following:
- Create a business object
that is managed by the interface you need to test as described in
"Creating request
business objects".
- Save the business object to a file to use in subsequent tests
as described in "Saving
a business object".
- Send the business object as described in "Sending request business
objects".
- Simulate the response to the
request business object from the destination connector. From the
destination Test Connector window, do the following:
- Accept the request business object as described in "Accepting a request business
object".
- Send the business object as a response as described in "Sending a response business
object".
- Repeat step 5through step
6as many times as necessary to
test each interface.
