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Use Ant scripts for testing in headless IBM Integration Designer
In the headless (command line) batch processing environment of IBM Integration Designer, you can use Ant scripts to automate the testing of component test projects, test suites, and test cases. Ant scripts enable you to automatically perform numerous tasks, such as building and deploying your projects. Although you can use the headless environment of IBM BPM.
The following topics describe how to use Ant scripts for testing in the headless environment of IBM Integration Designer:
- Overview of testing with Ant scripts in headless IBM Integration Designer
A conceptual overview of testing with scripts is presented.- Work with scripts
You can create and use a script to help you with your development processes.
- Use scripts in common testing scenarios
Several common ways of using scripts to test are shown in this section.- Additional Ant tasks
Additional tasks are provided to work with common functions in the product.- Example of an XML output file
An XML output file will be the result of testing with a script. This section shows you the XML Schema Definition (XSD) of that output file.- Example of a batch file to launch a script
The batch file is a convenient way of launching your script.