Test assertion - BWS-TA-40005 - is there some real meaning here?

[Mike Edwards <mike_edwards@uk.ibm.com>]

Folks,

I've pondered test assertion BWS-TA-40005
in trying to think of some suitable testcase for it.

So far, I've failed.

Perhaps someone could propose some effective
meaning that would be testable.

The problem I see here is:

a) For a reference, the most that is
needed is an interface definition and a <binding.ws/> element that
has a 
target service endpoint defined.  In
principle, nothing else is known about the target service.

So I suppose that any runtime must make
a choice about the web services binding it is going to employ in this case.

The spec says that it should use SOAP
1.1 / HTTP with doc/lit or rpc/lit in these circumstances.

b) For a service, nothing is required
beyond the binding.ws element.  

Again, the spec says that the service
should use SOAP 1.1 / HTTP with doc/lit or rpc/lit


In reality, doc/lit vs rpc/lit can be
fixed in the interface declared on the service (I use doc/lit wrapped almost
exclusively in
the testcases).

So, I suppose SOAP 1.1 / HTTP with doc/lit
is in reality pervasive in the testcases, both for services and for references,
other than those cases where the testcases
deliberately test out other combinations such as rpc/lit or SOAP 1.2.  In
that
sense, the whole testcase suite will
fail if BWS-TA-40005 is not honoured.


So I can argue that no testcase is needed
- either we can't devise one or looking at it the other way, there are
already
a load of testcases that assume it as
a matter of course....



Comments?



Yours,  Mike.

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