The Properties tab

With the Properties tab, you can set up states for your stub and input parameters that can determine how the stub behaves when it runs.

The image shows pass-through operations, environment tasks, and input tags.

You can use the Version (major.minor) field to implement a version-numbering system for your stubs. This version number is displayed in IBM® Rational® Test Control Panel when the stub is published, and is provided for your reference.

Pass-Through table

Use the Pass-Through table to configure default actions for a stub that does not match any of the filter conditions for an operation. If the stub explicitly performs a pass-through action, the default is ignored.

The Pass-Through table lists only the operations that meet the following criteria:
To configure a pass-through action for an event:
  1. In the Configuration column of the Pass-Through table, click the cell that corresponds to the operation for the event. The Passthrough Configuration dialog box is displayed.
  2. In the Pass Through action list, click one of the following options. Some transports support only a subset of this list. For more information about the options, see Configuring transports to use the sift-and-pass-through capability.
    Discard
    This option stops the system under test from receiving the intercepted message. This option can disrupt the calling system. For example, the system might time out while it waits for a reply.
    Pass Through
    This option passes the intercepted message to the system under test, with an optional delay. Specify a Delay in milliseconds in the Configuration section. For more information, see Sift-and-pass-through capability.
    Simulate Error
    This option returns an error to the calling system. The message is not passed to the system under test. Complete the following fields:
    Delay (ms)
    Specify an optional delay in milliseconds.
    Status Code
    Select one of the displayed HTTP status codes.
    Status Text
    Enter free form text to be displayed with the error message.

    The list of options that is displayed depends on the transport type that is associated with the currently selected operation.

  3. Click OK.

Input table

If the stub is part of a test suite, use the table to define the input tags that you want to be available to the stub at run time. All tags are potentially available at run time because they are in the Tag Data Store. The tags that are designated to be exposed as input are available to test suites. Specifically, they are displayed on the Data Drive tab of the Scenario Editor dialog box where values can be entered for these tags when the selected stub is started. For more information, see Scenario data.

If the stub is started from Rational® Test Control Panel, input tags can be set when the stub is started to customize the behavior of the stub.

Select one of the following options to specify which of the tags in the Tag Data Store that you want to be available:
None
No tags can be used as input.
All Tags
All tags in the Tag Data Store are available. The list in the table is ignored.
Selected Tags
Only the tags that are listed in the Input table are available. Use the controls to the right of the table to perform the following actions:
Select tags
The Select Input Tags dialog is displayed. All Tag Data Store tags are displayed. You can create a new tag from this dialog by clicking the New tag icon (). Hold down the Ctrl key and click each of the tags to be displayed in the Input table.
Edit tag
Edit the selected tag. For information about the available fields, see Create tags. Note that the Expose as input check box must be selected for the tag to appear in the Input table.
Remove tag
Click the red X to remove the selected tag or tags from the Input table.

For more information about creating and managing tags, see The Tag Data Store.