A Testing Process for Interoperability and Conformance of Secure Web Services
Spyridon Papastergiou, Despina Polemi · InTech eBooks · 2010
The creation of an interoperability framework is based on two factors, the precise definition of the used standards and the specification of a strict set of guidelines that should be followed. The testing methodologies are able to guarantee the development of this framework. Nevertheless, the existing testing methodologies and frameworks are not able to cover all interoperability aspects of a Web Services-based environment. This paper presents an enhanced well-formed testing methodology named ICoM, which is able to test and guarantee the end-to-end application interaction capabilities of WS-based services offered autonomously or via a SOA. ICoM achieves to overcome the weaknesses of the existing methodologies being able to satisfy various requirements. ICoM is based on the principles of existing interoperability methodologies and frameworks adopting widely used testing types, covering a set of interoperability and conformance aspects of the WSs and finally formulating an adaptable, extensible and flexible framework. ICoM was demonstrated using an e-invoicing service which is offered as an autonomous WS (SELIS) and via the SOA-based platform SWEB. Future work in this area includes the integration of new types of testing such as integration, performance and stress testing in the proposed methodology. These new testing types will enrich ICoM allowing to test various dimensions of the evaluated services and enabling the creation of a more integrated and enhanced testing framework.