MagooClient Top Tips
What are the key things I need to know in order to use MagooClient effectively?
1. Register your WSDL and/or Schema
MagooClient's ability to recognize, render and validate XML content is based on a Message Type Catalog which maintains a mapping between qualified elements within a message and associated WSDL or Schema definitions. Therefore the first step is typically to register the WSDL or Schema in the Message Type Catalog. All of the following activities will accomplish this (full details available in the MagooClient User and Developer Guides):
- Create a new message from WSDL or Schema using the appropriate entries in the main Message menu. Note that this will register just the relevant WSDL operation or Schema root element. To import an entire definition use one of the other alternatives
- Import the WSDL or Schema. This can be achieved via the Configure->Message Types... dialog. Import capability is also offered from the Message Type selection dialog if you click on the New button in the main MagooClient window.
- Generate a set of Scriptframe scripts from WSDL - the WSDL definition will be automatically imported.
- Generate a set of Testframe templates from WSDL - the WSDL definition will be automatically imported.
2. Use Templates
XML by its nature is typically quite flexible in terms of content and structure. When creating a new message from a WSDL or Schema definition, MagooClient will generate a valid blank representation. However this typically won't be the message you require:
- Element and attribute values will need to be populated
- Optional elements may need to be deleted
- Various structural changes may need to be applied - choices, type/element substitution, any population.
Clearly performing a set of edits each time a new message is created is a laborious, time-consuming and error-prone task. To avoid this, MagooClient supports the notion of templates. A template is simply a 'pre-canned' version of a message which can be used to create new messages without having to re-do all of the necessary edits each time. To create a template, either right-click on a message and select 'New Template...' or select 'Save As Template...' when editing the message. Note that template usage is tracked in the Recent New Message history so you can easily create new messages with just a double-click