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Rational® Integration Tester
Tester Guide
This guide describes the tasks that you can perform for testing various domains, technologies, and applications. To enable testing, you must configure and enable the environment for testing.
Integration Tester Reference
This guide provides the topics to help the Integration tester use the product by using the user interface, commands or scripts. This guide is intended for Integration testers.
Extending Rational® Integration Tester functionality by using custom functions
You can add more calculations and operations to tests by using the Rational® Integration Tester custom function class. Rational Integration Tester custom function is a Java™ class that extends the com.ghc.ghTester.expressions function.
Create the plug-ins in Eclipse
Rational® Integration Tester recognizes functions that are packaged as Eclipse plug-ins. You can create a plug-in and register it as a function in Rational Integration Tester from an Eclipse IDE.
Setting dependencies to Rational® Integration Tester functions
A dependency on Rational® Integration Tester is needed to extend and implement the Function class. This is similar to adding a Java™ build path entry to Rational Integration Tester.
Setting up the target platform
Set up the target platform to Rational® Integration Tester installation folder to enable setting up the dependency, extend, and implement the Function class.

Rational® Integration Tester
- Release Notes
  This document contains information about What's new, installation, known issues, and contact information of IBM Support.
- System Requirements
  This document includes information about hardware and software requirements for IBM® Rational® Integration Tester.
- Getting Started
  This guide provides an overview and describes the tasks to get you started with Rational® Integration Tester.
- Administrator Guide
  This guide describes how to install Rational® Integration Tester. After you install the software, you can perform administration tasks such as configuration and integration of the product. This guide is intended for administrators.
- Tester Guide
  This guide describes the tasks that you can perform for testing various domains, technologies, and applications. To enable testing, you must configure and enable the environment for testing.
  - Integration Tester Reference
    This guide provides the topics to help the Integration tester use the product by using the user interface, commands or scripts. This guide is intended for Integration testers.
    - Integration Tester Guide
      This guide describes the tasks that you can perform for testing various domains, technologies, and applications. To enable testing, you must configure and enable the environment for testing. This guide is intended for Integration testers.
    - Extending Rational® Integration Tester functionality by using custom functions
      You can add more calculations and operations to tests by using the Rational® Integration Tester custom function class. Rational Integration Tester custom function is a Java™ class that extends the com.ghc.ghTester.expressions function.
      - The formatDate example for a custom function
        You can learn about creating a custom function by using an example. The example shows how to build a function, called formatDate, that parses a string-based date representation and returns it in an alternative format.
      - Create the plug-ins in Eclipse
        Rational® Integration Tester recognizes functions that are packaged as Eclipse plug-ins. You can create a plug-in and register it as a function in Rational Integration Tester from an Eclipse IDE.
        Creating Eclipse plug-in project
        You need a plug-in project to hold the Java™ class file and other resources.
        Setting dependencies to Rational® Integration Tester functions
        A dependency on Rational® Integration Tester is needed to extend and implement the Function class. This is similar to adding a Java™ build path entry to Rational Integration Tester.
        Setting up the target platform
        Set up the target platform to Rational® Integration Tester installation folder to enable setting up the dependency, extend, and implement the Function class.
        Setting the dependency in the manifest
        You can set the dependency in the manifest.
      - Implementing the function class
        If you have a function that is written for Rational® Integration Tester V8.5, you can convert it to work in V8.6 or later.
      - Exposing the function
        You can use your own function with the function extension that consists of a number of attributes that describe the function (for example, name) and the class that implements the function.
      - Configuring the function in Rational® Integration Tester
        After the function is developed and a plug-in is generated, you should communicate that to Rational® Integration Tester by configuring the function.
      - Creating a function plug-in without Eclipse
        You can use Eclipse IDE to easily create the plug-ins. Alternatively, you can build a function by using the Sun Java™ 6 SDK.
      - Converting existing function classes with Eclipse
        If you have an existing function that is written for Rational® Integration Tester V4, you can use Eclipse to convert the function for use with V5 or later.
      - Converting existing function classes without Eclipse
        You can convert functions that were written for Rational® Integration Tester V4 to work with V5 or later without Eclipse.
    - Working in non-GUI mode
      You can use the tools and executable files that are provided along with the product software. You can use these tools to perform different test actions in a non-GUI mode.
  - Technical Tester Guide
    Typically, a user with the Integration Tester role is also responsible for performance testing. This guide lists all such topics.
  - Integration Tester Guide (Service Virtualization)
    This guide describes the tasks that you can perform for using virtual services or stubs to simulate parts of an environment if the real services are not yet available or because they are difficult or expensive to use. This guide is intended for Integration Testers.
- Test Manager Guide
  This guide describes the tasks that you can perform for tracking the quality of the application. This guide is intended for Test Managers.
- Troubleshooting Rational® Integration Tester
  While working with Rational® Integration Tester, you might encounter some problems that you can easily troubleshoot.
- Rational® Integration Tester reference
  Rational® Integration Tester is a scripting-free environment for developing tests for service-oriented architecture (SOA) messaging and business process integration projects. Tests can be built by recording existing system behaviors or from requirements, by entering the data to send and the data that is expected in return.
- Security Considerations
  You can take certain actions to ensure that your installation is secure, customize your security settings, and set up user access controls.
- Notices
  This document provides information about copyright, trademarks, terms and conditions for product documentation.

Setting up the target platform

Set up the target platform to Rational® Integration Tester installation folder to enable setting up the dependency, extend, and implement the Function class.

About this task

Follow the steps to set the target platform in Eclipse:

Procedure

Go to Window > Preferences > Plug-in Development > Target Platform.
Select the active Target Platform and click Edit.
The Edit Target Definition window opens.
Click Add, select Directory, and then click Next.
Click Browse and select the Rational® Integration Tester plug-ins folder.
For example, C:\Program Files\IBM\\IBM®IMShared\plugins.
Select the Content tab and select File Path for the Group by method.
Select the Rational® Integration Tester specific plug-ins from the list for IBM®IMShared plug-ins.
List of Rational® Integration Tester plug-ins:
- com.ghc.*
- com.greenhat.*
- com.ibm.greenhat.*
- com.ibm.rational.rit.*
Click Finish to close the Target Content window.
Click OK to close the Preferences window.