Testing Complex Object Code from the Terminal

Here are the steps for testing SOAPService's SaveContact method using the Terminal:

1. Open the Terminal in the namespace in which you are working.

2. Use the WSDL to regenerate a client for the service and then instantiate the client. See Testing the Service from the Terminal for the steps.

3. Enter the following commands to create a new instance of Contact and assign values to its Name and ContactType properties.

   
   USER>Set contact = ##class(SOAPTutorial.Contact).%New()
   USER>Set contact.Name = "Doe,John"
   USER>Set contact.ContactType = "Business"
   
   

   

4. Enter the following command to invoke the SaveContact method, passing it the newly instantiated Contact object, and write the method's return value — the ID value of the new Contact instance. Note that the client variable represents the Web service client generated in the earlier step.

   
   USER>Set client = ##class(SOAPService.SOAPServiceSoap).%New()
   USER>write client.SaveContact(contact)
   6
   
   

   

5. Use the GetContact method added earlier to retrieve the contact using the ID returned by SaveContact.

   
   USER>set contact = client.GetContact(6)
   USER>write contact.Name
   Doe,John