Testing a collaboration

After you have built and successfully compiled a collaboration template, you can test its design. To verify that your collaboration works as planned, you must create a collaboration object and use the Test Connector tool to test the collaboration object's functionality.

The Test Connector, which is part of the InterChange Server Express Testing Environment, simulates an actual connector. Use the Test Connector to send events and responses to collaborations. It enables you to set up business objects and triggering events that test the functionality of a collaboration.

If the collaboration you are testing has a port to one connector, then you open one instance of the Test Connector. If the collaboration uses an incoming port from one connector and another port to a different connector, then you open two instances of the Test Connector, one for each connector.

From the Test Connector menus, you designate the configuration file and the definition of the connector to be emulated. You set up values for the selected business objects, then send and receive the business object.

For detailed information on using the Integrated Testing Environment and Test Connector, see the Implementation Guide for WebSphere InterChange Server.

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